Keyboard Shortcuts

Please note that this is a BETA version of the document. All information presented is correct but we are working on improving the details.

Composer

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

Navigation

• 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 compund - enter compound
• Left double-click on an empty area - leave compound
• Alt + Left double-click on a linked compund - open compound for in-place editing and enter it
• Alt + Left double-click on a shader - open shader in a new tab
• Ctrl + G - pack selected modules into a compound while keeping their connections via adding exposions
• Ctrl + Shift + G - unpack 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
• 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

Performer

General

• Esc - close all temporary panels
• Ctrl + F - search file (jump to the search field of the File Browser)
• Ctrl + Shift + F - search settings file (display Settings panel and jump to the search field of the File Browser)
• Ctrl + S - save a snapshot to the last location
• Ctrl + Shift + S - make auto snapshot
• F12 - switch between mouse and touch mode

Mapping

General

• Ctrl + A - select all vertices
• Ctrl + D - deselect all
• Arrow keys - move selected vertex; +Shift 10x, +Ctrl 100x, +Ctrl+Shift 0.1x speed
• Delete - delete selected vertices
• Ctrl + C - copy positions of the selected vertices to the Clipboard
• Ctrl + V - override positions of the selected vertices from the Clipboard
• Ctrl + Z - Undo
• Ctrl + Shift + Z / Ctrl + Y - Redo
• Ctrl + Enter - Keyboard Editing on/off

Keyboard Editing

• Numpad 0 - circular switching among slices
• Enter - circular switching among phases: SourceRect, Mask, SourceGrid, TargetGrid, TargetKeystones
• Numpad / - circular switching among moving mode: move, rotate, uniscale, scale
• Home, End, PageUp, PageDown - put selection to a neighbor vertex
• Numpad * - select all vertices
• Numpad 5 - switch the permanent displaying of the selection marker on/off
• Arrow keys - move / rotate / scale the selected vertices, depending on the current mode; +Shift 10x, +Ctrl 100x, +Ctrl+Shift 0.1x speed
• Numpad + - Undo
• Numpad - - Redo

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