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Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts are shown with Mac keys. On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl for ⌘ and Alt for ⌥.

Keys Action
⌘K Search tools, pages and templates
⌘Enter Send the prompt
Esc Close menus, option panels and dialogs
← → Move between the tool chips on Home

In the AI Product Director chat, template chat and editor AI:

Keys Action
Enter Send
⇧Enter New line

Press ? in the editor to see these at any time. Keys don’t act while you’re typing in a field or a dialog is open. In AI mode, only the playback keys, undo and redo, and ? work.

Keys Action
V Selection
A Track select forward (⇧-click: one track)
B Ripple edit
N Rolling edit
R Rate stretch
C Razor
⇧C Razor on all tracks
Y Slip
U Slide
Keys Action
⌘K Split at the playhead on targeted tracks
⇧⌘K Split all tracks
Delete Delete, leaving a gap
⇧Delete Ripple delete
; Lift the in-to-out range
’ Extract the in-to-out range
Q Ripple trim the clip’s start to the playhead
W Ripple trim the clip’s end to the playhead
, Insert the chosen media at the playhead
. Overwrite with the chosen media at the playhead
⌥← / ⌥→ Nudge one frame earlier or later
⇧⌥← / ⇧⌥→ Nudge five frames
⇧⌘/ Duplicate
⌘D Apply the default video transition
⇧⌘D Apply the default audio transition
⇧D Apply the default transitions to the chosen clips
⌘L Link or unlink
⌘G Group
⇧⌘G Ungroup
⇧E Turn the clip on or off
⌘R Speed and duration
G Audio gain
⌘Z Undo
⇧⌘Z Redo
⌘A Select all
⇧⌘A or Esc Deselect all
1 – 9 Cut a multicam clip to that camera
Keys Action
S Snapping on or off
M Add a marker
⇧M Next marker
⇧⌘M Previous marker
I Mark in
O Mark out
X Mark the clip
⌥X Clear in and out
⇧I Go to in
⇧O Go to out
Keys Action
Space Play or pause
J Play backwards (press again for 2×, 4×, 8×)
K Stop
L Play forwards (press again for faster)
← / → One frame back or forward
⇧← / ⇧→ One second back or forward
↑ / ↓ Previous or next edit point
Home / End Start or end of the edit
Keys Action
⌘C Copy
⌘X Cut
⌘V Paste over, at the playhead
⇧⌘V Paste insert
⌥⌘V Paste attributes
Keys Action
= Zoom the timeline in
- Zoom the timeline out
\ Fit the whole edit
⌘= / ⌘- Taller or shorter tracks
⇧5 Effect Controls
⇧6 Audio Track Mixer
⇧7 Effects
⇧0 Multi-camera view
? Show the shortcuts
Where Keys Action
A selected transition Delete Remove it
A selected transition ← / → One frame longer or shorter (⇧: ten)
Effect stack ⌥↑ / ⌥↓ Reorder an effect
Mask points Arrows, Delete Move or remove a point
Pen mask Enter / Esc Close the path / stop drawing
Volume line ⌘-click / ⌥-click Add / remove a point
Keys Action
⌘Z Undo
⇧⌘Z or ⌘Y Redo
Enter (on a words layer) Start typing
Delete or Backspace Remove the selected layer
Esc Deselect, or cancel typing
Keys Action
⌘Z Undo a script or cast change
⇧⌘Z or ⌘Y Redo