Keyboard shortcuts
The full keyboard reference, grouped by where the shortcut works.
Editors live in the keyboard. Here's everything wired up today, grouped by where it fires. If a shortcut isn't listed, it isn't bound yet.
● Highlighted keys are bound. Click any one to see what it does. The full reference is in the tables below.
Global
These work from anywhere in the app.
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌘⇧E | Send selection to Final Cut Pro |
| ⌘⇧S | Regenerate transcript for the current selection |
| ⌘, | Open Settings |
Library grid
When the focus is on the grid of clips.
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| ⬅ ➡ ⬆ ⬇ | Move selection one tile |
| Shift + arrows | Extend the selection |
| Home / End | Jump to first / last clip |
| Page Up / Page Down | Move 4 rows at a time |
| Return / ⌘⬇ | Open the asset |
| Space | Quick Look |
| ⌘A | Select all visible |
| ⌘⇧A | Deselect all |
| ⌘F | Focus the search field |
| ⌘Delete | Move to Trash |
| ⌘0 | Clear rating |
| ⌘1–5 | Rate 1 to 5 stars |
| Ctrl+0 | Clear color label |
| Ctrl+1–7 | Set color label (gray, green, purple, blue, yellow, red, orange) |
| T | Add a tag |
| E | Open the editor |
| ⌥⬅ | Return focus to sidebar |
| ⌥➡ | Move focus to inspector |
Inspector
When the focus is on the right inspector pane.
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| ⬆ ⬇ | Previous / next section |
| ⬅ ➡ | Move within a section |
| Tab / ⇧Tab | Rotate through sections |
| Space / Return | Activate the focused control |
| 0–5 | Set rating directly |
| Esc | Close the inspector |
| ⌥⬅ | Return to the grid |
Paper Edit
When you're in the script panel, the trim strip, or the assembly player.
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Play / pause |
| Home | Jump to start of the timeline |
| End | Jump to end of the timeline |
| ⌘+click ± | Coarse step (default 7 frames, set in Settings → Paper Edit) |
| ⌥+click ± | Fine step (default 15 frames) |
On MacBook keyboards without dedicated Home/End keys, press fn + ⬅ to send Home and fn + ➡ to send End.
Mosaic Editor
When the workspace has focus.
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Play / pause the assembly |
| Home | Jump to start of the timeline |
| End | Jump to end of the timeline |
Same MacBook note as above: fn + ⬅ and fn + ➡ produce Home / End.
Captions Editor
The editor opens in a sheet or its own window. These work inside it.
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Play / pause |
| ⬆ ⬇ | Previous / next segment |
| Return | Seek to selected segment |
| ⌘1 | Captions tab |
| ⌘2 | Style tab |
| ⌘3 | Position tab |
| ⌘4 | Animation tab |
| ⌘A | Select all segments |
| ⌘\ | Split selected segment at midpoint |
| ⌘J | Merge selected with next |
| Delete | Delete selected segments |
| ⌘F | Find |
| ⌥⌘F | Find and replace |
| ⌘S | Save |
| ⌘W | Close |
A note on the trim handles
The ⌘+click and ⌥+click steps in Paper Edit aren't keys you press; they're modifier-clicks on the ± buttons in the trim strip. Hold ⌘ for coarse, hold ⌥ for fine. Tune both step sizes in Settings → Paper Edit if the defaults aren't your speed.