Flight Simulator X Keyboard Controls
Breanna Mangels
These are the final keyboard commands for Microsoft's latest flight simulator, MSFS, or Microsoft Flight Simulator - or has it become affectionately named in the flight sim world (especially from older FS users), FS2020.
FS2020 is not the official name or abbreviation for this new release (it's important to note this). Going forward all references to this "evergreen" Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) version will be announced as MSFS.
This is a complete list of all of the keyboard commands and controls from which you can perform actions within the flight simulator to save mouse clicks - they are quick actions that make flight easier (especially when performing a manual landing in a cross-wind!).
It's worth noting that the new MSFS team and Asobo Studio team have tried their best to keep the new/current keyboard control map as close as they can to the existing previous releases (FSX/FS2004 etc.) so that "legacy" simmers are familiar with the control map.
You may also download this list as a PDF document (cheat sheet) so you may print it for easy lookup or use it as a reference whilst flying. We also provide a Word document should you have issues with PDF.
If you think we have missed any controls off the lists above, please let us know. Also, if any controls appear wrong or do not function as expected, also let us know. You can communicate your responses using the comments section below.
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Hi everyone! I do have an issue that I would like resolved and that is, how to make my split screen normal again. It's been over 6 months and I think rust is about to set in! Is there any hope of helping me?
Is there any way to open the doors of the plane..?. It's just curiosity. On the other hand, I would like to know if there is a key to type NAVI-GPS as in FSX, very useful for navigation for those of us who don't have much idea to handle the VOR. Thanks.
I Have the Cessna Yoke and throttle controls. Can I use them with this download? I already have the flight Simulator. Acceleration. I had to get a new hard drive installed, and now I can't get it to load. I also purchased another download and I could not get it to install either. I bought it from Microsoft, I got mad and uninstalled it. Someone told me that my computer is too small I used the one for quite a few years and the new hard drive is the same as I had. I went and bought an external hard drive and it has 1.80 TB of 1.81 left on it. The C Disk has 812 GB of free space left on it.
well... the last FS I used was MS 2004. Like most, I DL the digital version of 2020 huge mistake. No documentation... almost useless. But thanks to your list I might have a shot at getting past a TO to another local Airport. Hopefully, my logistic wheel and throttle will be here soon...I am dying to try this Sim on my new MSI stealth machine... thanks again for the list.
This may be a moot matter, but I often like to open/close exits/doors and I do not see any keyboard commands for doing so. Now, I have both FS9 and FSX, although I do not fly FSX as much as I do FS9, in FS9 I often start with opening doors and or cargo doors and associated ramps (i.e., the C5A). Kinda quirky, I know, but it is part of the overall fun.
A good list, thanks. I am using the KEYBOARD as default. The IMPORTANT item left out from everywhere I look: how to get from camera cockpit view to command view (whatever it is called.) Below is what I do: Take brake off by clicking the BRAKE RELEASE manually, Increase throttle manually, Press ctrl-C to return to cockpit view, then crash.
Thank you for the list, however, if you print the Word document version it is very poorly formatted. there are headings halfway up one page and the relevant on the next page, also no page numbers. Had I produced a document with this formatting for work, I would expect criticism, Good try, but no cigar.
Thank you very much for the (printable) MSFS commands. I am most happy with it. I have MSFS, so it comes handy at times. And I think MSFS is everything I was looking for in a Flight simulator. It all looks and feels so real.
Thank you for the help! After more than 10 years using the old good FSX, all that new commands look to me ..."how to shoot a man to the moon in 17 pages of keyboard commands"... I'll try my best...because mapping to adapt it to FSX is unuseful about.
I had pasted one together also. Yours is mostly better but some of the commands are missing on the bottom of some pages. Also if a new page had been inserted at the beginning of a new section it would make finding the commands a lot easier. I tried to fix it in Word but can't figure out what formatting you used to make the buttons. Still going to use yours instead of mine though.
Got an E-Mail from you pointing me to this link, thank you! Though the Web-Page layout is very good, the Word-Doc and PDF are merely useless... you have to superimpose by 500% to be able to see anything, and then the quality is too bad to be able to use.
Many thanks, I was making one myself using Excel. One problem, the pdf has a ":" in its file-name and so Winzip won't open it as it sees it as a corrupted file. An Excel version would be really helpful. Thanks. Chris
I downloaded the files but they are in tiny font size and cannot be printed as they are illegible. Perhaps I am doing something wrong but I tried it in both the Word and PDF formats and gave up... I ended up printing the web pages.
Both the PDF and the docx file are in some bizarre format where the 300+ lines of key descriptions are all on one page. Shouldn't this kind of thing be available in a PowerPoint or Excel file or in a pdf designed for normal LTR or A4 pages?
A very comprehensive set of commands... I don't think I would have time to fly the aircraft if I had to use and remember the above list; I will be 80 years old in September after having some experience in a company Cessna.
I now enjoy my simulator, and really enjoy using your add on aircraft, I am using ADE and MS Flight Simulator Gold Editions with Accelerate and looking forward to trying MSFS 2020. I have installed the new Brisbane BNE runway using ADE and already flying A380's in and out. I was surprised the MS Flight Sim actually recognizes my new runway 19R and 01L. Keep up the great work, really enjoy Fly-Away.
Well, this is super handy - thank you for publishing these keyboard commands. I think most of them are covered and I can't see anything missed out but if I do then I'll reply to this comment to let you know.
I read some poeple say its overlays with things like NZXT, I disabled all of those, even tried closing it, turned off steam overlays, I tried running the game as Administrator. I tried full screen and windowed mode. I have tried uninstalling and disconnecting my flight yoke and rudders. I have changed my keyboard and mouse USB ports. I have restarted multiple times.
Since the Australia update I have had same issues. Especially in VR mode. I have to move the mouse around vigorously to allow it to come alive and it works again but only for a little while. Doing this also enables the keyboard to work. I am also frustrated by it as I use the keyboard to contact ATC and almost every time I need to shake the mouse around to allow my keyboard commands to be acknowledged. It would be good to have this issue fixed. Asobo ignored this bug with the latest update
On my ipad, inside IF, I can see there are keyboard key assignments to some controls, but using a Smart Connector attached keyboard i cannot activate them. A bluetooth keyboard or external software may be needed to use them
Hi
I have the same problem. I want to use game using keybard in my tablet or running in windows 11 with bluestack (In the next days we will be able to install the game directly in windows 11 using the app store). So we need a way to use the game without accelerometer, using keyboard and/or on-screen control. Does it exist?
I have this, problem is, it doesn't show how to open the cargo doors. I tried CTRL+E, E and even programmed a special key to open all doors using the Logitech G-15 Keyboard. Whatever I did to open those cargo doors only the 747-400 knows.
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According to the published keyboard commands there is a command for DME ident(on/off). It is CTRL+4 but I cannot find DME IDENT in the FSX SETTINGS/CONTROLS/RADIOS. Any ideas on how to set it?If I select Transponder with key T, I only seem to be able...
Need help finding the list of keyboard items and commands, so when it says (back in air) where is this key to do this otherwise the aircraft just sits on the ground. Also how do I pause the flight? If I try to use the mouse to I think hit the white ...
Although Microsoft publish a list of commands in the manual and in the Help files I often see articles on this forum where some key board commands are quoted which I cannot find in this literature.Is there a source available for all the commands? ...
It sounds to me that your video card isn't strong enough.Try lowering some of your slides (autogen, shadows, clouds and AI.This will tranfer power to the sims video card.Instead of the mouse, get a joystick, much easier.If you must, use these keyb...
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