Keyboard Shortcuts

Below are the keyboard shortcuts available.

i and o are used to set in and out points for audio and video. You can also press i and o while hovering the mouse over a file’s thumbnail (performing a hover scrub) to set the in and out points to use when dragging it into a sequence.
enter submits comments/logs and replies in the comment list. Press shift+enter to insert a new line in fields that support it
esc closes an open dialogue window

i and o set in and out points for audio and video. Any comments or logs made while in and out points are set will use them as a time range
left arrow and right arrow go frame by frame
up arrow jumps to the in point
down arrow jumps to the out point
j plays backward, k pauses, and l plays forward. When playing backward, j speeds up playback and l slows it down. Conversely, when playing forward, j slows playback and l speeds it up.
space pauses and plays
home jumps to the beginning of the clip
end jumps to the end of the clip

up arrow and down arrow jump to the previous or next edit point in a sequence
left arrow and right arrow go frame by frame
j plays backward, k pauses, and l plays forward. When playing backward, j speeds up playback and l slows it down. Conversely, when playing forward, j slows playback and l speeds it up.
space pauses and plays
home jumps to the beginning of the sequence
end jumps to the end of the sequence
- and = zoom the sequence in or out
\ zooms out to fit the entire sequence in view
f loads the topmost (or selected) clip at the cursor position in the file details view
v selects the Move Tool
h selects the Hand Tool
c selects the Cutter Tool
a selects the Select Forward Tool. All clips ahead of where you click will become selected. It’s a great way to move the rest of a sequence when working in the middle.
s turns snapping on and off. Holding alt when selecting clips will ignore linked clips.
delete deletes the selected clip
shift + delete will Ripple Delete (move the clips down that are ahead of the one being deleted)
Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, and Ctrl+V (or Cmd+X, Cmd+C, and Cmd+V on a Mac) cut, copy, and paste selected clips in the sequence. You can copy and paste between sequences too. Clips will be pasted starting at the position of the sequence cursor.
Ctrl+Z (or Cmd+Z on a Mac) undoes the previous action
Ctrl+Y (or Cmd+Y on a Mac) redoes the action

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