| ENTER | run / stop animation |
| SPACE | step animation |
| r | make random gliders |
| b | make bidirectional gliders |
| t | show / hide glider tracing |
| c | remove gliders |
| n | use no cells or range 1 to max no cells |
| l | use dna length or range 1 to max dna length |
| g | show / hide grid when not tracing |
| + | increment grid size |
| - | decrement grid size |
| UP | increment selected parameter by 10 |
| RIGHT | increment selected parameter by 1 |
| DOWN | decrement selected parameter by 10 |
| LEFT | decrement selected parameter by 1 |