# Suggestion: Free-look camera control

**URL:** <https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/suggestion-free-look-camera-control/57672>\
**Category:** Gazebo\
**Tags:** gazebo, simulation, harmonic\
**Created:** [August 26, 2026, 5:46am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/suggestion-free-look-camera-control/57672 "2026-08-26T05:46:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ayrton-Sheng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/ayrton-sheng/32/32193_2.png) [@Ayrton-Sheng](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Ayrton-Sheng)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 5:46am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/suggestion-free-look-camera-control/57672/1 "2026-08-26T05:46:14Z")

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When using a 360° skybox as the scene background, the view is only geometrically correct at the capture center. Gazebo’s current orbit control moves the camera around a clicked point.

It would be very useful to add a shortcut, such as holding a key while dragging the mouse, to rotate yaw and pitch while keeping the camera position fixed.