Keyboard shortcuts

This page lists every keyboard shortcut in the editor, with Mac and Windows keys. To see the short version in the app, open Help in the top bar and choose Keyboard shortcuts.

Shortcuts are ignored while you type in a field. If a key does nothing, press Enter to leave the field, then try again. On a Mac, Alt is the Option key.

Create and save

Action	Mac	Windows	Notes
Open the Add menu	Shift A	Shift A	Not during bake playback.
Save now	Cmd S	Ctrl S	Saves at once if there are unsaved changes. Shows also save by themselves.

Edit

These keys work anywhere in the editor, and not during bake playback. A text field keeps its own undo, copy and paste while you type in it.

Action	Mac	Windows	Notes
Undo	Cmd Z	Ctrl Z	Takes back your last change. See Undo and Redo.
Redo	Cmd Shift Z	Ctrl Shift Z or Ctrl Y	Puts it back.
Delete	Delete or Backspace	Delete or Backspace	Removes the selected clips and keyframes. With none selected, removes the selected elements.
Copy	Cmd C	Ctrl C	Copies the selected clip. With none selected, copies the selected elements.
Paste	Cmd V	Ctrl V	Pastes what you copied last. A clip lands at the playhead, on the selected clip's channel or the selected element's first channel of that type.

Transform

These keys work with the pointer over the viewport, and not during bake playback.

Action	Mac	Windows	Notes
Move tool	G	G	With a selection, starts a drag that follows the mouse.
Rotate tool	R	R	Same.
Scale tool	S	S	Same.
Hand tool	H	H	Camera only.
Lock the drag to an axis	X, Y, Z	X, Y, Z	During a drag. Press again to release.
Lock the drag to a plane	Shift X, Shift Y, Shift Z	Shift X, Shift Y, Shift Z	The flat plane across that axis.
Confirm the drag	Enter or click	Enter or click
Cancel the drag	Esc or right-click	Esc or right-click	Esc also cancels a gizmo drag.
Flip Local and Global	Tab or L	Tab or L
Flip Center and Pivot	.	.	The full stop key.

See Viewport and navigation.

Playback

These keys work anywhere in the editor.

Action	Mac	Windows
Play or pause	Space	Space
Step one frame	Left / Right arrow	Left / Right arrow
Step to the previous or next whole second	Shift + Left / Right arrow	Shift + Left / Right arrow
Go to the start	Home	Home
Go to the end of the last clip or keyframe	End	End
Next keyframe	K	K
Previous keyframe	Shift K	Shift K

The K keys use the Transform channels visible in the Timeline.

Camera

Action	Mouse	Trackpad
Pan	Left-drag	Press and drag
Orbit	Right-drag, or Shift + left-drag	Shift + press and drag
Zoom toward the cursor	Scroll wheel	Two-finger scroll, or pinch
Exact views	Click the ViewCube or its ring	Same

Select

Action	Mac	Windows	Where
Add to or remove from the selection	Cmd + click	Ctrl + click	Viewport, Hierarchy
Select a range of rows	Shift + click	Shift + click	Hierarchy
Select all rows	Cmd A	Ctrl A	With the pointer over the Hierarchy list
Add or remove a clip or keyframe	Shift + click	Shift + click	Timeline
Box select	Drag on empty space	Drag on empty space	Timeline
Add with a box	Shift + drag	Shift + drag	Timeline
Add slots with a box	Shift + drag	Shift + drag	Viewport, while picking slots
Remove slots with a box	Shift + Alt + drag	Shift + Alt + drag	Viewport, while picking slots

Timeline and fields

Action	Mac	Windows
Zoom the Timeline	Cmd + scroll, or pinch	Ctrl + scroll, or pinch
Fine adjustment when dragging a number label	Shift + drag	Shift + drag
Finish a field, name or time	Enter	Enter
Cancel a name or time	Esc	Esc

Menus

Action	Mac	Windows
Move through the Add menu	Up / Down arrow	Up / Down arrow
Add the highlighted item	Enter	Enter
Close the Add menu or a right-click menu	Esc	Esc

Edit modes

These keys work while you edit a spline, a point cloud or an SVG.

Action	Mode	Mac	Windows
Remove the selected anchor, point or path	All	Delete or Backspace	Delete or Backspace
Leave edit mode	All	Esc	Esc
Save the guideline you drew	Point cloud, while linking points	Enter	Enter
Apply the split	SVG, while splitting	Enter	Enter

In a point cloud, Esc first drops the line you are drawing, then leaves linking, then leaves edit mode. In an SVG, it first leaves splitting.

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