Take control of your scene with this simple yet effective way to move objects with keyboard input!

Unity Quick Tips: Moving an Object with Keyboard Input

Part 6 of Our Bite-Sized Unity Tips and Tricks for Beginners

Welcome to Part 6 of our series of bite-sized Unity tips and tricks for beginners! In this article, we’re going to show you how to move an object using keyboard input in Unity. Whether you’re creating a game or another application, moving objects with keyboard input is a great way to add interactivity and control to your scene. For this example we will be using the legacy Input system.

Here’s the code sample:

using UnityEngine;

public class MoveObject : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float speed = 5f;

    private void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow))
        {
            transform.position += new Vector3(speed * Time.deltaTime, 0f, 0f);
        }

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow))
        {
            transform.position -= new Vector3(speed * Time.deltaTime, 0f, 0f);
        }

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.UpArrow))
        {
            transform.position += new Vector3(0f, speed * Time.deltaTime, 0f);
        }

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.DownArrow))
        {…