List of Keyboard Shortcuts for Shotcut

 

Main Menu

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
File > New	Ctrl+N	command+N
File > Open	Ctrl+O	command+O
File > Open Other	Ctrl+Shift+O	shift+command+O
File > Save	Ctrl+S	command+S
File > Save As	Ctrl+Shift+S	shift+command+S
File > Export Video	Ctrl+E	command+E
File > Export Frame	Ctrl+Shift+E	shift+command+E
File > Close	Ctrl+W	command+W
File > Quit	Ctrl+Q	command+Q
Edit > Undo	Ctrl+Z	command+Z
Edit > Redo	Ctrl+Y / Ctrl+Shift+Z	shift+command+Z
View > Fullscreen	F11 / Ctrl+Shift+F	control+command+F / F11
View > Layout > Logging	Alt+1	option+1
View > Layout > Editing	Alt+2	option+2
View > Layout > FX	Alt+3	option+3
View > Layout > Color	Alt+4	option+4
View > Layout > Audio	Alt+5	option+5
View > Layout > Player	Alt+6	option+6
View > Audio Peak Meter	Ctrl+1	command+1
View > Properties	Ctrl+2	command+2
View > Recent	Ctrl+3	command+3
View > Notes	Ctrl+Shift+3	shift+command+3
View > Playlist	Ctrl+4	command+4
View > Timeline	Ctrl+5	command+5
View > Filters	Ctrl+6	command+6
View > Markers	Ctrl+Shift+6	shift+command+6
View > Keyframes	Ctrl+7	command+7
View > History	Ctrl+8	command+8
View > Export	Ctrl+9	command+9
View > Jobs	Ctrl+0	command+0
Help > Keyboard Shortcuts	?	?
Help > Topic	F1	F1
Rename clip (Properties)	F2	F2
Find (Recent)	F3	F3
Settings > Proxy > Use Proxy	F4	F4
Reload	F5	F5
Settings > Preview Scaling > None	F6	F6
Settings > Preview Scaling > 360p	F7	F7
Settings > Preview Scaling > 540p	F8	F8
Settings > Preview Scaling > 720p	F9	F9

Player

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
Play	L or Space	L or space
Pause	K or Space	K or space
Rewind	J	J
Fast Forward	L	L
Set In	I	I
Set Out	O	O
Next Frame	Right or K+L	right or K+L
Previous Frame	Left or K+J	left or K+J
Forward One Second	Page Down	page down
Backward One Second	Page Up	page up
Forward Two Seconds	Shift+Page Down	shift+page down
Backward Two Second	Shift+Page Up	shift+page up
Forward 5 Seconds	Ctrl+Page Down	command+page down
Backward 5 Seconds	Ctrl+Page Up	command+Page up
Forward 10 Seconds	Ctrl+Shift+Page Down	shift+command+page down
Backward 10 Seconds	Ctrl+Shift+Page Up	shift+command+page up
Seek Start	Home	home
Seek End	End	end
Seek Next Edit	Alt+Right	option+right
Seek Previous Edit	Alt+Left	option+left
Switch Source/Program	Esc	ESC
Grab Focus	Shift+Esc	shift+esc
Enter Timecode	Ctrl+T	cmd+T

Timeline

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
Cut	Ctrl+X	command+X
Copy	Ctrl+C or C	command+C or C
Paste	Ctrl+V	command+V
Add Audio Track	Ctrl+U	command+U
Add Video Track	Ctrl+I	command+I
Close	Ctrl+W	command+W
Append	A	A
Ripple Delete	X or Shift+Del or Shift+Backspace	X or shift+delete
Lift	Z or Del or Backspace	Z or delete
Insert	V	V
Overwrite	B	B
Replace	R	R
Split	S	S
Trim clip in	I	I
Ripple trim clip in	Shift+I	shift+I
Trim clip out	O	O
Ripple trim clip out	Shift+O	shift+O
Add/Edit marker at cursor	M	M
Add/Edit marker around selected clips	Alt+M	option+M
Delete Marker	Ctrl+Shift+M	shift+control+M
Seek to the previous marker	<	<
Seek to next marker	>	>
Select Track Below	Down	down
Select Track Above	Up	up
Zoom In	=	=
Zoom Out	–	–
Zoom Fit	0	0
Make Tracks Shorter	Ctrl+-	command+-
Make Tracks Taller	Ctrl+=	command+=
Reload	F5	F5
Select clip	single left-click mouse	single-click mouse
Select and seek clip	double left-click mouse	double-click mouse
Select under playhead	Ctrl+Space	command+space
Select All	Ctrl+A	command+A
Select all on the current track	Ctrl+Alt+A	option+command+A
Select None	Ctrl+D	command+D
Move selection left	Ctrl+Left	command+left
Move selection right	Ctrl+Right	command+right
Move selection up	Ctrl+Up	command+up
Move selection down	Ctrl+Down	command+down
Seek start of selected	double-click	double-click
Toggle Mute track	Ctrl+M	control+M
Toggle Hide track	Ctrl+H	control+H
Toggle Lock track	Ctrl+L	control+L
Toggle Snapping	Ctrl+P	command+P
Toggle Ripple mode	Ctrl+R	command+R
Toggle Ripple All Tracks	Ctrl+Alt+R	option+command+R
Toggle Ripple mode and all tracks	Ctrl+Shift+R	shift+command+R
Toggle Ripple markers	Alt+R	option+R
Toggle Ripple markers, mode, and all tracks	Alt+Shift+R	shift+option+R
Insert Track	Ctrl+Alt+I	option+command+I
Remove Track	Ctrl+Alt+U	option+command+U
Copy Timeline to Source	Ctrl+Alt+C	option+command+C
Center the Playhead	Ctrl+Shift+P	shift+command+P
Scroll to Playhead on Zoom	Ctrl+Alt+P	option+command+P
Move Track Up	Alt+Shift+Up	shift+option+up
Move Track Down	Alt+Shift+Down	shift+option+down

Playlist

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
Append	Shift+A	shift+A
Copy	Shift+C	shift+C
Delete	Shift+X	shift+X
Insert	Shift+V	shift+V
Update	Shift+B	shift+B
Move Up	Ctrl+Shift+Up	shift+command+up
Move Down	Ctrl+Shift+Down	shift+command+down
Open Next	Alt+Down	option+down
Open Previous	Alt+Up	option+up
Select All	Ctrl+Shift+A	shift+command+A
Select Item N	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Selection None	Ctrl+Shift+D	shift+command+D
Open Selected	Ctrl+Enter or double-click	command+return or double-click
Goto/Seek	Shift+Enter or Shift+double-click	shift+return or shift+double-click

Filters

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
Choose a Filter	F	F
Select Previous Filter	Up	up
Select Next Filter	Down	down
Add Selected Filter	Enter	return
Remove Filter	Shift+F	shift+F

Keyframes

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
Zoom In	Alt+=	option+=
Zoom Out	Alt+-	option+-
Reset Zoom	Alt+0	option+0
Set Filter Start	[	[
Set Filter End	]	]
Set First Simple Keyframe	{	{
Set Second Simple Keyframe	}	}
Seek Previous Simple Keyframe	Alt+[	option+[
Seek Next Simple Keyframe	Alt+]	option+]
Toggle Keyframe at playhead	;	;

Rich Text Editor

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
Undo	Ctrl+Z	command+Z
Redo	Ctrl+Y/Ctrl+Shift+Z	shift+command+Z
Cut	Ctrl+X	command+X
Copy	Ctrl+C	command+C
Paste	Ctrl+V	command+V
Paste Text Only	Ctrl+Shift+V	shift+command+V
Select All	Ctrl+A	command+A
Move the cursor to the right	Right	right
Move the cursor to the left	Left	left
Move the cursor to the previous line	Up	up
Move the cursor to the next line	Down	down
Move the cursor to the next word	Ctrl+Left	option+left
Move the cursor to the previous word	Ctrl+Right	option+right
Move the cursor to the start of the line	Home	command+home or command+left
Move the cursor to the end of the line	End	command+end or command+right
Move the cursor to start	Ctrl+Home	home or command+up
Move the cursor to the end	Ctrl+End	end or command+down
Select	Shift	shift

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