Pie Menus

A pie menu opens around the mouse pointer, with its items arranged in a circle. You choose an item by moving the mouse in its direction, which quickly becomes muscle memory.

Using a pie menu

• Press and release the hotkey: the pie stays open; click an item.
• Press and hold the hotkey: move toward an item and release the key to choose it.
• Press the number keys shown on the items, or press Esc or right-click to cancel.

Pie menus in Bforartists

Pie menus are called by hotkeys, for example the view pie (the ` key, tilde on some keyboards) and the pivot and snapping pies in the 3D Viewport. The keymap chapters list the hotkeys. You can add more pie menus with extensions.