Most of the menu entries and buttons have an assigned key for activation. Here is a list of these shortcuts:
| <Space> | Switch active object volume/clip |
| <P> | Enable/Disable clipping-plane |
| <B> | Enable/Disable clipping-box |
| <A> | Adjust dialog for light, rotation, z-Values |
| <D> | Enable/Disable shadowing |
| <V> | Open current dataset with vlview |
| <C> | Connect to lipsia-server |
| <E> | Export rendered image to file |
| <S> | Save current view to file |
| <L> | Load view from file |
| <Z> | Enable/Disable zmap colorbar |
| <1> | View Left |
| <2> | View Right |
| <3> | View Top |
| <4> | View Bottom |
| <5> | View Anterior |
| <6> | View Posterior |
| <Esc> | Exit vlRender |