Keyboard shortcuts in the editor

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

Playback

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

Editing

• S: split at the playhead. With clips picked, only those are split.
• Delete (or Backspace): delete the picked clips.
• Shift Delete: delete and close the gap.
• ⌘Z: undo.
• ⌘ Shift Z: redo. Ctrl Y works too.
• Shift-click: pick more than one clip.
• Esc: let go of the picked clips.

On the timeline

• Hold Option (Alt on Windows) while you drag a clip’s end to ripple trim: everything after it on the track moves with the change.

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.