Editor keyboard shortcuts

Every key you can use in the editor, from playback to splitting, trimming and zooming the timeline.

Playback

`Space`	Play or pause
`J`	Play backwards. Press again to go faster, up to 8×
`K`	Stop
`L`	Play forwards. Press again to go faster, up to 8×
`←` `→`	Previous or next frame
`⇧←` `⇧→`	Back or forward one second
`↑` `↓`	Previous or next edit
`Home` `End`	Go to the start or the end

Editing

`S` `⌘B`	Split at the playhead
`Q`	Trim the clip’s start to the playhead
`W`	Trim the clip’s end to the playhead
`⌫`	Delete the selection or range and close the gap
`⌘D`	Duplicate the clip
`M`	Mute or unmute the clip
`Z`	Add a zoom at the playhead
`1` to `9`	Zoom level of the selected zoom, or of the zoom under the playhead: 1.25×, 1.5×, 1.75×, 2×, 2.5×, 3×, 3.5×, 4× or 5×
`0`	Set the zoom to your default zoom level
`⌘C`	Copy the selected zoom, layout, mask or annotation. With nothing selected, copy the frame as a picture
`⌘V`	Paste the copied settings onto the selected one of the same kind, or add a copy at the playhead
`I`	Start the range at the playhead
`O`	End the range at the playhead
`X`	Mark the clip under the playhead as the range
`Esc`	Clear the selection or range, or close the command menu

On the Transcript tab, ⌫ cuts the selected words, or tightens the selected pause. See Transcript.

Tools and timeline

`V`	Select tool (`A` works too)
`B`	Blade tool
`R`	Range tool
`N`	Snapping on or off
`=` `⌘=`	Zoom the timeline in
`−` `⌘−`	Zoom the timeline out
`⇧Z`	Fit the whole video in the timeline

Everything else

`⌘Z`	Undo
`⇧⌘Z`	Redo
`⌘K`	Command menu
`⌘E`	Export
`⌘⏎`	In the Export window: copy the video to the clipboard
`↩`	In the Export window: export to a file

Tip: while you type in a field, the keys type text instead of editing the video. If a key does nothing after you typed in the inspector, click the timeline first. For recording shortcuts, see Recording shortcuts.