| Drag planet | Launch swarm |
| Send dial | Locks on at 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, and from one planet at the send that takes the target, or on a planet of your own, the send for its next level |
| Drag planet → sun | Attack sun (100 probes = 1 super-probe) |
| Hold 1-9 + drag | Quick-send 10%-90% |
| Hold 0 + drag | Quick-send 100% |
| Hold C + drag | Send exactly enough to take the target, or on a planet of your own, exactly enough for its next level, without opening the dial |
| Hold SPACE + drag | Set attack automation |
| Send dial: 1-9, 0 | Send 10%-90%, or all of it |
| Send dial: C | Send exactly enough to take the target, or on a planet of your own, exactly enough for its next level |
| Send dial: Enter | Send the amount the dial is set to |
| Click own planet | Planet menu (upgrade / auto / select) |
| Select in menu | Add planet, sun or black hole to selection |
| Box button, or B | Box-select mode: drag empty space to select. B toggles it on and off; the button cycles off, replace, add |
| Shift + box drag | Add the box to the selection instead of replacing it |
| Ctrl / Cmd + drag | Box-select without switching the mode on |
| Drag sun | Launch sun swarm |
| Drag sun → black hole | Attack black hole (100 super-probes = 1 megaprobe) |
| Click own sun | Sun menu (select) |
| Click own black hole | Black hole menu (select, or collapse at 1,000 megaprobes with every sun in the galaxy held by you or an ally) |
| Escape | Close the open menu; again to clear the selection |
| WASD / Arrows | Pan camera |
| Scroll / + / - / zoom buttons | Zoom in / out |
| Drag empty space | Pan camera |
| Edge of screen | Pan while dragging a swarm |
| Focus button | Open the Focus panel: quick-jump to your largest holding, or browse and jump to any of your planets, suns, black holes, and probe movements in flight |