Keyboard Shortcuts
The timeline editor is built for fast keyboard-driven editing. The shortcuts here work when the editor (not a text input field) has focus.
Transport
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Space | Play / Pause |
Shift + Space | Stop |
Home | Jump to start of show |
End | Jump to end of show |
Left arrow | Seek back one frame |
Right arrow | Seek forward one frame |
Shift + + / Shift + - | Jump forward / back 10 seconds |
, / . | Jump the playhead to the previous / next keyframe (any clip edge, control point, or color stop) |
Zoom
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
+ or = | Zoom in |
- | Zoom out |
0 | Fit show to viewport |
On a trackpad, two-finger pinch also works. On touch devices, pinch-to-zoom works the way you'd expect.
Selection and editing
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Cmd/Ctrl + Z | Undo |
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z or Cmd/Ctrl + Y | Redo (up to 50 steps) |
Cmd/Ctrl + C | Copy selected clips |
Cmd/Ctrl + X | Cut selected clips |
Cmd/Ctrl + V | Paste |
Cmd/Ctrl + D | Duplicate the selection, placed right after it |
Cmd/Ctrl + K | Split selected clip(s) at the playhead |
Delete / Backspace | Delete selected clips or control points |
Ctrl, Cmd, or Shift + click | Add to or remove from the selection |
| Click a track header | Select everything on that track (click again to deselect) |
Cmd/Ctrl + A | Select all clips in the show |
Esc | Cancel the current operation (drag, draw, etc.) |
Snapping
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
G | Cycle the snap grid (1 s, ½ s, ¼ s, frame) |
Shift + G | Toggle Hard / Soft snap |
Hold F while dragging | Snap to single frames for this drag |
Hold Shift while dragging | Drag free (no snapping, lands on a frame) |
Hold Ctrl while dragging an endpoint | Move just that endpoint, not its linked partner |
Details on Snapping & Alignment.
Tools
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
V | Switch to Select tool |
D | Switch to Draw tool |
C | Switch to Split tool |
X | Switch to Remove (delete) tool |
R | Switch to Range tool |
Touch / mobile
The editor is fully usable on iPad and large phones in landscape:
- Single-finger drag on a clip — moves it
- Single-finger drag on empty space — pans the timeline
- Two-finger pinch — zooms
- Tap a clip — selects it
Most editing operations work with touch. Some interactions that rely on a modifier key (Alt+drag, Ctrl+click) don't have direct touch equivalents — use the toolbar buttons for those.