diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/view_navigation.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/view_navigation.rs
index ad5f3a4f..258c0b14 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/view_navigation.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/view_navigation.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub static COMMANDS: &[CommandSpec] = &[CommandSpec::new("view.navigate", "Navig
     .icon("orbit")
     .noundo()
     .doc_only()
-    .params("camera: Camera; direction?: [x,y,z] in the camera's up-axis frame; or action: left|right|up|down|clockwise|counterclockwise|home|fit; or motion: pan|orbit|zoom, delta?: [dx,dy] (pixels, each ±10000), viewport?: [width,height] (1..1000000, required for pan or pivot), pivot?: [x,y,z], factor?: 0.05..20 (required for zoom), anchor?: [x,y,z] → camera, fit, continuous?")];
+    .params("camera: Camera; direction?: [x,y,z] in the camera's up-axis frame; or action: left|right|up|down|clockwise|counterclockwise|home|fit, degrees?: 0..180 (how far left|right|up|down turn; default 90); or motion: pan|orbit|zoom, delta?: [dx,dy] (pixels, each ±10000), viewport?: [width,height] (1..1000000, required for pan or pivot), pivot?: [x,y,z], factor?: 0.05..20 (required for zoom), anchor?: [x,y,z] → camera, fit, continuous?")];
 
 fn navigate(_s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let cmd = "view.navigate";
@@ -41,12 +41,23 @@ fn navigate(_s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
         }
     } else {
         use std::f64::consts::FRAC_PI_2;
-        let (r, u, _) = cam.basis();
+        let (r, u, b) = cam.basis();
+        // Left, right, up and down turn the view a quarter turn (the navigation cube's arrows),
+        // or `degrees` (the arrow keys' 15° steps, #1541).
+        let (sin, cos) = match p.get("degrees") {
+            None => (1.0, 0.0),
+            Some(d) => d
+                .as_f64()
+                .filter(|d| d.is_finite() && *d > 0.0 && *d <= 180.0)
+                .map(|d| if d == 90.0 { (1.0, 0.0) } else { d.to_radians().sin_cos() })
+                .ok_or_else(|| bad(cmd, "degrees must be a number above 0 and at most 180"))?,
+        };
+        let turn = |toward: solidcraft_geom::Vec3| cam.looking_from(b * cos + toward * sin);
         match p.get("action").and_then(Value::as_str) {
-            Some("left") => cam = cam.looking_from(-r),
-            Some("right") => cam = cam.looking_from(r),
-            Some("up") => cam = cam.looking_from(u),
-            Some("down") => cam = cam.looking_from(-u),
+            Some("left") => cam = turn(-r),
+            Some("right") => cam = turn(r),
+            Some("up") => cam = turn(u),
+            Some("down") => cam = turn(-u),
             Some("clockwise") => cam.roll = (cam.roll + FRAC_PI_2).rem_euclid(std::f64::consts::TAU),
             Some("counterclockwise") => cam.roll = (cam.roll - FRAC_PI_2).rem_euclid(std::f64::consts::TAU),
             Some("home") => {
@@ -131,6 +142,38 @@ mod tests {
     use solidcraft_geom::Vec3;
     use solidcraft_render::UpAxis;
 
+    /// #1541: left, right, up and down turn a quarter turn, or `degrees` (the arrow keys' 15°).
+    #[test]
+    fn turns_take_degrees_and_default_to_a_quarter_turn() {
+        let mut s = Session::default();
+        let cam = Camera { yaw: 0.0, pitch: 0.0, distance: 100.0, ..Default::default() };
+        let mut turn = |action: &str, degrees: Option<Value>| -> Result<Camera> {
+            let mut params = json!({"camera": cam, "action": action});
+            if let Some(d) = degrees {
+                params["degrees"] = d;
+            }
+            let result = s.execute("view.navigate", &params)?;
+            Ok(serde_json::from_value(result["camera"].clone()).unwrap())
+        };
+        let close = |a: f64, b: f64| (a - b).abs() < 1e-9;
+        // A quarter turn as before, given or not.
+        let quarter = turn("left", None).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(turn("left", Some(json!(90))).unwrap(), quarter);
+        assert!(close((quarter.yaw - cam.yaw).abs(), std::f64::consts::FRAC_PI_2));
+        // 15° each way, about the up axis or over the top.
+        for (action, yaw, pitch) in [("left", -15.0, 0.0), ("right", 15.0, 0.0), ("up", 0.0, 15.0), ("down", 0.0, -15.0)] {
+            let to = turn(action, Some(json!(15))).unwrap();
+            assert!(close(to.yaw.abs(), f64::to_radians(yaw).abs()), "{action}: yaw {}", to.yaw);
+            assert!(close(to.pitch, f64::to_radians(pitch)), "{action}: pitch {}", to.pitch);
+            assert_eq!((to.target, to.distance), (cam.target, cam.distance));
+        }
+        // Left and right turn opposite ways.
+        assert!(close(turn("left", Some(json!(15))).unwrap().yaw, -turn("right", Some(json!(15))).unwrap().yaw));
+        for bad in [json!(0), json!(-15), json!(181), json!(f64::NAN.to_string()), json!("15"), json!(null)] {
+            assert!(turn("left", Some(bad.clone())).is_err(), "{bad}");
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn continuous_navigation_moves_the_camera_without_editing_the_design() {
         let mut s = Session::default();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/keymap.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/keymap.rs
index 11dc230e..abb38103 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/keymap.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/keymap.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ pub const RESERVED: &[&str] = &[
     "Ctrl+C",
     "Ctrl+X",
     "Ctrl+V",
+    // View keys (`navigation::view_key`).
+    "Left",
+    "Right",
+    "Up",
+    "Down",
+    "Shift+Left",
+    "Shift+Right",
+    "Shift+Up",
+    "Shift+Down",
+    "Ctrl+Left",
+    "Ctrl+Right",
+    "Ctrl+Up",
+    "Ctrl+Down",
+    "Ctrl+8",
 ];
 
 #[derive(Default)]
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/navigation.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/navigation.rs
index 866a89c4..7f401cf9 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/navigation.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/navigation.rs
@@ -181,6 +181,45 @@ pub(crate) fn modifier_motion(
     })
 }
 
+/// View keys (#1541): the arrows turn the view 15° (with Shift a quarter turn, as the navigation
+/// cube's arrows), Ctrl+arrows pan it a tenth of the view, and Ctrl+8 looks straight at the
+/// selected face, plane or sketch. Not while a menu, the command box or a focused widget has the
+/// arrows. Returns whether the key was used.
+pub(crate) fn view_key(app: &mut SolveApp, ctx: &egui::Context, key: egui::Key, mods: egui::Modifiers) -> bool {
+    use egui::Key;
+    let menu_open = egui::Popup::is_any_open(ctx)
+        || app.viewport.context_menu.is_some()
+        || app.ui.palette_open
+        || ctx.memory(|m| m.focused().is_some())
+        || ctx.data(|d| d.get_temp::<egui::Id>(egui::Id::new("sc_panel_open")).is_some());
+    let ctrl = mods.command || mods.ctrl;
+    if mods.alt || menu_open {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if key == Key::Num8 && ctrl && !mods.shift {
+        crate::viewport::look_at_selection(app);
+        return true;
+    }
+    let (action, dx, dy) = match key {
+        Key::ArrowLeft => ("left", -1.0, 0.0),
+        Key::ArrowRight => ("right", 1.0, 0.0),
+        Key::ArrowUp => ("up", 0.0, -1.0),
+        Key::ArrowDown => ("down", 0.0, 1.0),
+        _ => return false,
+    };
+    if ctrl {
+        // The model moves with the arrow, as it does under a pan drag.
+        if let Some(rect) = app.viewport.rect {
+            let step = rect.height() * 0.1;
+            camera_motion(app, rect, json!({"motion": "pan", "delta": [dx * step, dy * step]}));
+        }
+    } else {
+        let degrees = if mods.shift { 90.0 } else { 15.0 };
+        let _ = app.run("view.navigate", json!({"camera": app.cam, "action": action, "degrees": degrees}));
+    }
+    true
+}
+
 /// Continuous camera changes use the same JSON command as programmatic callers.
 pub(crate) fn camera_motion(app: &mut SolveApp, rect: Rect, mut params: serde_json::Value) {
     let stored_fov = app.cam.fov;
@@ -835,3 +874,46 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(app.cam, still);
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod view_key_tests {
+    use crate::scenario::Harness;
+    use serde_json::json;
+
+    fn turned(h: &mut Harness, key: serde_json::Value) -> (f64, f64) {
+        let before = h.app.cam;
+        h.step(&key).unwrap();
+        h.frames(2);
+        (h.app.cam.yaw - before.yaw, h.app.cam.pitch - before.pitch)
+    }
+
+    /// #1541: the arrows turn the view 15°, Shift+arrows a quarter turn, Ctrl+arrows pan, and none
+    /// of them is a shortcut a command can take.
+    #[test]
+    fn arrow_keys_turn_and_pan_the_view() {
+        let mut h = Harness::new();
+        h.app.preferences.look_at_anim = false;
+        h.app.run("solid.box", json!({"length": 10, "width": 10, "height": 10})).unwrap();
+        h.step(&json!({"call": "ui.view", "params": {"view": "front"}})).unwrap();
+        h.frames(3);
+        let close = |a: f64, b: f64| (a.abs() - b.to_radians()).abs() < 1e-6;
+        let (yaw, pitch) = turned(&mut h, json!({"key": "ArrowLeft"}));
+        assert!(close(yaw, 15.0) && close(pitch, 0.0), "Left turns 15°: {yaw} {pitch}");
+        let (yaw, pitch) = turned(&mut h, json!({"key": "ArrowUp"}));
+        assert!(close(yaw, 0.0) && close(pitch, 15.0), "Up turns 15° over: {yaw} {pitch}");
+        let (yaw, _) = turned(&mut h, json!({"key": "ArrowRight", "shift": true}));
+        assert!(close(yaw, 90.0), "Shift+Right is a quarter turn: {yaw}");
+        let (before, angles) = (h.app.cam.target, (h.app.cam.yaw, h.app.cam.pitch));
+        h.step(&json!({"key": "ArrowRight", "cmd": true})).unwrap();
+        h.frames(2);
+        assert_ne!(h.app.cam.target, before, "Ctrl+Right pans");
+        assert_eq!((h.app.cam.yaw, h.app.cam.pitch), angles, "and does not turn");
+        for k in [egui::Key::ArrowLeft, egui::Key::ArrowRight, egui::Key::ArrowUp, egui::Key::ArrowDown] {
+            for mods in [egui::Modifiers::NONE, egui::Modifiers::SHIFT, egui::Modifiers::COMMAND] {
+                let name = crate::keymap::key_name(k, mods);
+                assert!(crate::keymap::RESERVED.contains(&name.as_str()), "{name} must be reserved");
+            }
+        }
+        assert!(crate::keymap::RESERVED.contains(&crate::keymap::key_name(egui::Key::Num8, egui::Modifiers::COMMAND).as_str()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs
index 8407fc22..ffc53d8c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs
@@ -1305,6 +1305,9 @@ pub fn shortcuts(app: &mut SolveApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     }
     for k in keys {
         use egui::Key;
+        if shown && crate::navigation::view_key(app, ctx, k, mods) {
+            continue;
+        }
         if mods.command {
             match k {
                 Key::N => crate::documents::new_design(app),
diff --git a/docs/book/src/guide/shortcuts.md b/docs/book/src/guide/shortcuts.md
index babc08fd..9b937313 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/guide/shortcuts.md
+++ b/docs/book/src/guide/shortcuts.md
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Keys handled by the window itself:
 | V | show or hide the selected bodies, sketches and planes |
 | F2 | rename the selected browser or timeline item |
 | F6 | fit the view to the model |
+| ← → ↑ ↓ | turn the view 15° (with Shift, a quarter turn) |
+| Ctrl+← → ↑ ↓ | pan the view |
+| Ctrl+8 | look straight at the selected face, plane or sketch |
 | Esc | cancel the running command, or clear the selection |
 
 While a value box has the keyboard (a dimension being added, a dialog field), keys type into