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Composer
Composer's shortcuts are modifiable in Edit->Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts.
General
- Alt + F4 - close Composer
- Ctrl + P - preferences
- Ctrl + Z - undo
- Ctrl + Shift + Z | Ctrl + Y' - redo
File
- Ctrl + O - open document
- Ctrl + S - save document
- Ctrl + Shift + S - save document as
- Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S - save document with incrementing the index embedded in its name
- Ctrl + W | Ctrl + F4 - close document
- Ctrl + Shift + W - close all documents
- Ctrl + E - document properties
- Ctrl + Shift + F - search file (jump to the search field of the File Browser)
View
- F8 - jump to the active document
- Ctrl + F8 - jump to the currently running document
- F9 - bring all fullscreen outputs to the front
- Esc while focus is on the document area - close all browser panels
- Esc while focus is on any panel - put focus back to the document area
- Ctrl + Q - close the focused panel
- Tab - hide / show all panels
- Shift + Tab - maximize / reset the focused panel
- Ctrl + Tab, Ctrl + Shift + Tab - switching between tabs in the focused window
- F1 - switch to the Flow Editor
- F2 - circular switching among the Control Boards
- F3 - switch to the TEST level
- Alt + 1 .. 9 - switch to the Control Board with the given index
- Shift + 1 .. 9 - create a bookmark with the given index for the current view
- Ctrl + Shift + Alt + 1 .. 9 - delete the bookmark with the given index
- Ctrl + 1 .. 9 - switch to the bookmark with the given index
Flow Editor
- Drag mouse with middle button down - pan the view
- Ctrl + Drag mouse with middle button down - pan the view on using a minified map
- Mouse wheel - zooming the view
- Ctrl + NumPad0 - set the default zoom
- Ctrl + NumPad+ - magnify the view
- Ctrl + NumPad- - minify the view
- Ctrl + A - select all modules in the current view
- Ctrl + D - deselect all
- Ctrl + F - open the Search Panel in Local mode
- Shift + F - open the Search Panel in Global mode
- Left click - select an individual module
- Ctrl + Left click - add / remove a module from the selection
- Drag mouse with left button down from an empty area - select modules within a rectangular area
- Shift + Drag mouse with left button down from an empty area - add modules within a rectangular area to the selection
- Ctrl + Drag mouse with left button down from an empty area - add/remove modules within a rectangular area from the selection
- Ctrl + Shift + Drag mouse with left button down from an empty area - cut connections crossed by the dragged line
- Shift + Move module - move module with snapping to the other modules
- Insert | Ctrl + Left double-click on an empty area - insert module
- Delete - delete selected modules
- Ctrl + Delete - delete the selected single module while keeping the connections passed through it
- Left double-click on a simple compound - enter compound
- Left double-click on an empty area - leave compound
- Alt + Left double-click on a linked compound - open compound for in-place editing and enter it
- Alt + Left double-click on a shader - open shader in a new tab
- Ctrl + G - group selected modules into a compound while keeping their connections via adding exposures
- Ctrl + Shift + G - ungroup a compound while keeping its connections
- Ctrl + K - lock position of a module on the screen - it will stay put when the view is panned
- Ctrl + Shift + K - unlock position of a module
- Ctrl + C - copy selected modules to the clipboard along with their internal connections
- Ctrl + X - cut selected modules to the clipboard along with their internal connections
- Ctrl + V - paste modules from the clipboard
- Tab - hide / show all side panels
Search Panel
- Tab - switch between search modes: Name, Index, Type, File
- Ctrl + Tab - switch between Local and Global search mode
- Letters/digits - typing in one or more search keywords.
- Up/down arrow keys / PageUp/PageDown / Home/End - navigate in the search results list. The highlighted module moved to the center of the screen in the Flow Editor.
- Right arrow key - mark the highlighted module
- Left arrow key - unmark the highlighted module
- Ctrl + Right arrow key - mark all modules in the search results list
- Ctrl + Left arrow key - unmark all modules in the search results list
- Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow key - invert all markings
- Shift + Up/down arrow keys / PageUp/PageDown / Home/End - mark a range of the search results list
- Enter - make the highlighted module or the marked modules selected in the Flow Editor.
- Esc - close Search Panel
Control Board
- Drag mouse with middle button down - pan the view
- Ctrl + Drag mouse with middle button down - pan the view on using a minified map
- Mouse wheel - zooming the view
- Ctrl + NumPad0 - set the default zoom
- Ctrl + NumPad+ - magnify the view
- Ctrl + NumPad- - minify the view
- Ctrl + A - select all modules in the current view
- Ctrl + D - deselect all
- Ctrl + Delete - remove selected modules from the Control Board (but they remain intact at their source location)
- Pin Values / Dashboard panel (Property Editor)
- Home, End, up/down arrow keys - step up/down between the properties
- Left/right arrow keys - step the selected numeric property, +Shift 10x, +Ctrl 100x, +Ctrl+Shift 0.1x step
- Space - Trigger: signaling, Logical and numeric: stepping
- Enter - enter the edit box of the property
Numeric Editors
- Drag mouse up/down with left button down - increasing / decreasing the numeric value, +Shift 10x, +Ctrl 100x, +Ctrl+Shift 0.1x speed. +Alt change the digit at the cursor
- Up/down arrow keys - increasing / decreasing the numeric value, +Shift 10, +Ctrl 100, +Ctrl+Shift 0.1 step. +Alt change the digit at the cursor
- Enter - apply the value entered and leave the edit box
- Esc - cancel the value entered and leave the edit box
3D Scene Editing
Camera Mover
Also, see Camera Mover Mouse Control.
In the output/preview selected for editing
- S - selection mode on/off
Only in selection mode
- Left click - select an individual object
- Ctrl + Left click - add / remove an object from the selection
- Ctrl + Shift + Left click - moves and snaps selected object to the clicked position
- U - select the parent of the currently selected object
- M - select the shader of the currently selected object
- Ctrl + D - deselect all
- Q - world mode on/off
- W - translate mode
- E - rotate mode
- R - scale mode
- P - pivot mode
- X, Y, Z - restrict operations to the selected axis' on/off
- C - only in pivot mode: puts pivot in the center of the object's bounding box
- B - only in pivot mode: puts pivot in the bottom center of the object's bounding box
When dragging object handles
- + Ctrl - snap to grid
- + Shift - 0.1x speed
- + Ctrl + Shift - 0.01x speed
Sequence / Curve Editor
General
- Drag mouse with middle button down - horizontally: pan timeline, vertically: pan tracks
- Shift + Drag mouse with middle button down - vertically over a track: pan track value range
- Ctrl + Drag mouse with middle button down - horizontally: zoom timeline, vertically over a track: zoom track value range
- Mouse wheel: roll tracks
- Shift + Mouse wheel: over a track: roll track value range
- Ctrl + Mouse wheel: over a track: zoom track value range
- Ctrl + A - if a track group is selected: select all track groups; if a track is selected: select all tracks; if a part is selected: select all parts of the containing track; if a key is selected: select all keys of the containing part; if a marker is selected: select all markers
- Ctrl + Shift + A - if a part is selected: select all parts of the entire sequence; if a key is selected: select all keys of the entire containing track
- Ctrl + D - deselect all
- A - if a track is selected: zoom the track to the value range of all the keys contained by the track; if a part or key is selected: zoom the track to the value range of the keys contained by the part
- Shift + A - if a track, part, or key is selected: zoom the track to its default value range
- Enter - Play/Stop; when stopped, playing position jumps back to cursor
- Space - Play/Stop; when stopped, the cursor jumps to playing position
- Ctrl + Space - Play/Pause
- Alt + Home | B - move Loop Start to Cursor
- Alt + End | N - move Loop End to Cursor
- Ctrl + Home - move Cursor to Loop Start
- Ctrl + End - move Cursor to Loop End
- Home / End - move Cursor to the previous/next part boundary
- Shift + Home / End - select previous/next part without moving the Cursor
- PageUp / PageDown - move Cursor to the previous/next key and select that key
- Ctrl + PageUp / PageDown - select previous / next key without moving the Cursor
- Shift + PageUp / PageDown - move Cursor to the previous / next marker
- Ctrl + Shift + PageUp / PageDown - select previous / next marker without moving the Cursor
- Left/right arrow keys - if a part, key or marker is selected: step the selected object; otherwise: step Cursor. The step size depends on the current timeline zoom. Objects: +Shift 10x, +Ctrl 100x step; Cursor: +Shift small time ticks, +Ctrl large time ticks
- Up/down arrow keys - if a key is selected: step the value of the key. The step size depends on the current value range zoom of the track. +Shift 10x, +Ctrl 100x step
- S - Snap on/off
- Shift + Drag an object - switch snapping temporarily to the opposite of the current Snap setting
- Q - Quantize on/off
- L - Looping on/off
- F - Follow on/off
- Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R - reset layout
Header (Timeline)
- Drag mouse with left button down from an empty area - select objects within a time range
- Shift + Drag mouse with left button down from an empty area - adding objects within a time range to the selection
- Ctrl + Drag mouse with left button down from an empty area - set the loop range
- Left double-click - move Cursor to the clicked position
Track Headers
- Left click - select an individual track
- Ctrl + Left click - add / remove track from the selection
- Shift + Left click - select a range of tracks
Part Editing
- Right Click - select an individual part
- Ctrl + Right click - add / remove part from the selection
- Drag mouse with right button down from an empty area - select parts within a rectangular area
- Shift + Drag mouse with right button down from an empty area - add parts within a rectangular area to the selection
- Ctrl + Drag mouse with right button down from an empty area - add/remove parts within a rectangular area from the selection
- Alt + Right click - insert a part at the mouse position
- Drag the boundary of a part with right button down - resize part while keeping the positions of its keys
- Shift + Drag the boundary of a part with right button down - resize part while stretching the positions of its keys
- Ctrl + Drag the boundary of a part with right button down - resize part while shifting the positions of its keys
- Delete - delete selected parts
- Alt + PageUp / PageDown - if a single part is selected: move the starting / ending boundary of the part to the Cursor
- T - split selected parts at Cursor
- Shift + T - join selected parts
- Ctrl + C - copy selected parts to the Clipboard
- Ctrl + X - cut selected parts to the Clipboard
- Ctrl + V - paste parts from the Clipboard at the mouse position
Key Editing
- Left click - select an individual key
- Ctrl + Left click - add / remove a key from the selection
- Drag mouse with left button down from an empty area - select keys within a rectangular area
- Shift + Drag mouse with left button down from an empty area - add keys within a rectangular area to the selection
- Ctrl + Drag mouse with left button down from an empty area - add/remove keys within a rectangular area from the selection
- Alt + Left click - insert a key to the curve under the mouse at the mouse position
- Alt + Ctrl + Bal mouse click - insert keys to all the curves of the part at the mouse position
- Drag a key with left button - move the key both horizontally and vertically
- Shift + Drag a key with left button - move the key only horizontally or vertically depending on the direction of the first move
- Left double-click on a numeric key - select the key and put focus on its value editor box
- Left double-click on a color key - select the key and show the color selector dialog
- Left double-click on a logical key - select the key and toggle its value
- Shift + Left double-click on a key - move Cursor to the key
- Insert - insert keys to all the curves within the selected tracks to Cursor when sequencer is stopped, or to the playing position when sequencer is running
- Delete - delete selected keys
- Ctrl + C - copy selected keys to the Clipboard
- Ctrl + X - cut selected keys to the Clipboard
- Ctrl + V - paste keys from the Clipboard at the mouse position
Marker Editing
- Left click - select an individual marker
- Ctrl + Left click - add / remove a marker from the selection
- Alt + Left click on the timeline - insert a marker at the mouse position
- Left double-click on a marker - select the marker and put focus on its text editor box
- Delete - delete selected markers
- Insert - if no selection, insert a marker to Cursor when sequencer is stopped, or to the playing position when sequencer is running
- Ctrl + C - copy selected markers to the Clipboard
- Ctrl + X - cut selected markers to the Clipboard
- Ctrl + V - paste markers from the Clipboard at the mouse position
Watchdog
These shortcuts work even when Watchdog is not the focused application
Watched application can be: Performer, Exhibitor, Server
- Alt + NumPad 0 - kill watched application
- Ctrl + NumPad 0 - kill watched application and restart it with the latest auto snapshot
- Ctrl + NumPad 1 .. 9 - kill watched application and restart it with the auto snapshot with the given index backwards in time
- Ctrl + NumPad . - kill watched application and restart it with the special snapshot specified in the application
