Keyboard shortcuts in the editor

Press ? in the editor to see these at any time. On Windows, use Ctrl where a Mac uses ⌘, and Alt where it uses ⌥.

Playback

• Space: play or pause.
• L: play. K: stop.
• J: back a second.
• ← and →: back or forward a frame.
• Shift ← and Shift →: back or forward a second.

Marking

• I: mark in at the playhead. O: mark out.
• X: clear the marks.
• Delete: cut out the marked part, from every track that isn’t locked, and close up.

Editing

• S: split at the playhead. With clips picked, only those are split.
• B: pick up the blade, then click a clip to cut it where you click. Press B or Esc to put it down.
• Delete (or Backspace): delete the picked clips. On the main track the gap closes up. If you’ve picked a gap, a marker or a marked part instead, Delete closes the gap, removes the marker or cuts the part out.
• Shift Delete: delete and close the gap on any track.
• ⌘Z: undo. The editor has no undo buttons on a computer; a delete says what it did in a message with Undo beside it.
• ⌘ Shift Z: redo. Ctrl Y works too.
• ⌥ while you drop: drop a file from Media onto a clip of the same kind to take that clip’s place.
• M: add a marker at the playhead.
• C: leave a comment at the playhead. It opens Comments with the cursor in the box.
• Shift-click: pick more than one clip.
• Esc: let go of the picked clips.
• \\ (backslash): in a Studio design, hold it to see the original image. See Studio.

On the timeline

• + and −: zoom in or out.
• Shift Z: fit the whole timeline.
• N: turn snapping on or off.
• ⌥ ↑ and ⌥ ↓: with a track’s name focused, move the track up or down.
• Enter: with a track’s name focused, rename the track.
• Hold Shift while you drag a clip’s end to ripple trim on any track: everything after it moves with the change. On the main track, trims close up on their own.

In a Studio design

Press ? in a design for its own list. See Studio.

• Delete: delete the picked layer. ⌘D: duplicate it. The arrow keys nudge it.
• ⌘Z and ⌘ Shift Z: undo and redo. Esc lets go of the pick. \\: hold to see the original image.
• ⌥ while you drop a file on the picked image: replace it. ⌥ ↑ and ⌥ ↓: move a layer up or down in Layers.
• C: leave a comment. It opens Comments with the cursor in the box.
• ⌘-click a page: pick another page. Shift-click: pick a run of pages. ⌘A: pick every page.
• ⌘ + and ⌘ −: zoom in or out. ⌘0: fit the page. ⌘1: zoom to 100%. Hold Space and drag to move around when zoomed in.

Help

• ⌘J: open or close the Agent. See The Agent.
• ?: show these shortcuts.

The keys don’t work while you’re typing in a box, such as a prompt or a title, so you can type an S or a space there as usual. Anyone who can only comment can play and step through the edit, but the editing keys do nothing.