Keyboard Shortcuts

Every default shortcut in Cliqer v3 for macOS and Windows, including the Studio keys for Preview, Program, transitions, overlays, Record and Stream, plus the Timeline editor keys.

This page lists the shortcuts the current builds have. The two platforms differ:

macOS has a full menu bar. The Studio keys come from your active configuration in External Control, so you can change them.
Windows has a menu bar in the title bar of the Windows layout and of the Studio window. The Classic panel has one Menu button that holds the same menus. Control, Studio, Layer and Timeline appear only while you are signed in. Each item shows its key at the right edge. The Studio keys come from your active configuration in External Control too, so you can change them there. Ctrl takes the place of Command, and Alt the place of Option. Quick Play is a plain Space and Cut a plain Enter, as on the Mac. Neither fires while you type in a field or while a dialog, menu or flyout is open, and a button that has focus never fires in their place.

Single keys in Studio (digits, B, M) pause while you type in a search or rename box, so typing a name never switches an input. On Windows every key without Ctrl or Alt, Space and Enter included, also waits while a number box, a list, a menu, a flyout or a dialog has the keyboard.

Studio keys (default configuration)

These are the keys of the built-in Default configuration. They work when the Studio window has focus. Your own configuration can change any of them, and the Studio menu and tooltips then show your keys.

Keys	Action
`1` to `9`, `0`	Put Input 1 to 10 on Preview
`Shift+1` to `Shift+0`	Put Input 1 to 10 straight on Program (a cut, Preview stays)
`Space`	Quick Play
`Return`	Cut
`Command+1` to `Command+5`	Take with Transition 1 to Transition 5
`Option+1` to `Option+8`	Toggle Overlay 1 to 8 with the selected input
`B`	Fade to Black
`M`	Audio on or off for the selected input
`Command+R`	Record
`Command+Shift+L`	Stream

Keys that run an action but start unbound: Pause Inputs and Snapshot appear in the Studio menu without a key until you bind one.

Studio window keys (not rebindable)

Keys	Action
`Option+Command+0`	Open Studio
`Option+Command+1` to `Option+Command+4`	Control menu: Focused window, PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides (see Presentation control)
`Option+Command+M`	Show or hide the Audio Mixer panel
`Shift+Command+K`	Lock Switching on or off
`Command+F`	Search inputs
`Command+Z`, `Shift+Command+Z`	Undo and Redo the last change to the show (inputs, scenes, outputs, mixer, titles and more). While you type in a text field, they undo and redo the typing instead
`Command+N`, `Command+O`	New Show, Open Show…
`Command+S`, `Shift+Command+S`	Save Show, Save Show As…

Scene Editor and Layer menu

When the canvas has the focus, arrow keys, Delete and Escape go to the canvas instead of the Studio keys.

Keys	Action
Arrows	Nudge the selected layers (with `Shift`, in larger steps)
`Delete` or forward `Delete`	Delete the selected layers
`Escape`	Leave crop mode, or clear the selection
`Return`	Leave crop mode
`Command+A`	Select all visible, unlocked layers
`Command+C`, `Command+V`	Copy and paste layers
`Command+D`	Duplicate Layer
`Command+]`, `Option+Command+]`	Bring Forward, Bring to Front
`Command+[`, `Option+Command+[`	Send Backward, Send to Back

While dragging a layer: Shift frees the aspect ratio or turns in 15 degree steps, Option resizes from the centre, Command on an edge handle crops, and Control suspends snapping.

Room, windows and timer

Keys	Action
`Command+,`	Settings
`Option+Command+L`	Copy Room Link
`Control+Command+S`	Start Sharing… or Stop Sharing
`Shift+Command+C`	Open Chat
`Option+Command+I`	Show or hide the inspector
`Option+Command+T`	Timer Start or Stop
`Return`, `Escape`	In the Share Screen picker: share, and close

The Timeline Editor keys

These work while a Timeline Editor window is in front and you are not typing in a field. They do not reach the Studio keys: Space plays and pauses the timeline there, while in the Studio window it stays Quick Play. Arrow keys repeat while held. Undo and Redo are the Edit menu's.

Keys	Action
`Space`	Play or pause
`L`	Fast Forward: play forward, twice as fast on each press, up to 4x
`J`	Rewind: play backward, twice as fast on each press, up to 4x
`K`	Pause
`Left`, `Right`	Back or forward one frame
`Shift+Left`, `Shift+Right`	Back or forward one second
`Up`, `Down`	Previous or next edit point (a clip edge, a cue, the start or the end)
`Home`, `End`	Go to the start, go to the end
`Command+K`	Split at Playhead
`Command+X`, `Command+C`, `Command+V`	Cut Clips, Copy Clips, Paste Clips. Add Media… has no key
`Q`, `W`	Trim the start or the end of the clip to the playhead
`Delete`	Delete the selected clips
`Shift+Delete`	Ripple Delete
`Option+Left`, `Option+Right`	Nudge the selected clips one frame (with `Shift`, one second)
`Option+Up`, `Option+Down`	Move the selected clips to the track above or below
`Command+D`	Add the default 0.5 second fades
`Shift+Command+D`	Remove fades
`Command+T`, `Shift+Command+T`	Add or remove a Cross Dissolve at the cut
`Command+R`	Normal Speed (100%) for the selected media clips
`Shift+Command+R`, `Option+Command+R`	Fast 200%, Slow 50%
`Option+K`	Add Keyframe at Playhead
`Option+;`, `Option+'`	Previous Keyframe, Next Keyframe
`Tab`, `Shift+Tab`	Select the next or previous clip
`Command+A`	Select all clips
`Shift+Command+Return`	Add the input selected in Studio at the playhead
`Option+T`	Add Title at the playhead
`S`	Turn Snapping on or off
`M`	Add Cue at the playhead
`Shift+M`	Open the Cues list (Cue List in the menu)
`Command+Plus`, `Command+Minus`	Zoom in, zoom out
`\`	Zoom to fit

Logs window has no shortcut: open it from Help > Show Logs, or Window > Show Control Monitor.

Studio keys

These keys are the built-in Default configuration on Windows. They work when the Studio window has focus. Your own configuration can change any of them, and the ? keyboard list in the Studio top bar and the tooltips show your keys.

Keys	Action
`1` to `9`, `0`	Put Input 1 to 10 on Preview
`Shift+1` to `Shift+0`	Put Input 1 to 10 on Program as a cut
`Space`	Quick Play
`Enter`	Cut
`Ctrl+1` to `Ctrl+5`	Take with Transition 1 to Transition 5
`Alt+1` to `Alt+8`	Toggle Overlay 1 to 8 with the selected input
`B`	Fade to black
`M`	Audio on or off for the selected input
`Ctrl+R`	Record
`Ctrl+Shift+L`	Stream
`Ctrl+Alt+M`	Show or hide the Audio Mixer panel
`Ctrl+Shift+K`	Lock Switching on or off
`Ctrl+Z`, `Ctrl+Y`, `Ctrl+Shift+Z`	Undo, Redo (`Ctrl+Y` or `Ctrl+Shift+Z`). The Scene Editor has the same keys

Locked switching ignores the switching keys but not the mixer and lock keys.

Scene canvas

When the canvas has the keyboard focus:

Keys	Action
Arrows	Nudge the selected layers by 1 pixel (`Shift`: 10 pixels)
`Delete`	Delete the selected layers
`Ctrl+A`	Select all layers
`Ctrl+D`	Duplicate
`Ctrl+C`, `Ctrl+V`	Copy and paste layers
`Escape`	Leave crop mode, or clear the selection

Menu keys

These are the keys the menus show. They work in the main window and in the Studio window.

Keys	Action
`Ctrl+N`, `Ctrl+O`	New Show, Open Show…
`Ctrl+S`, `Ctrl+Shift+S`	Save Show, Save Show As…
`Ctrl+,`	Settings…
`Ctrl+Alt+S`	Start Sharing… or Stop Sharing
`Ctrl+Alt+L`	Copy Room Link (needs a room link)
`Ctrl+Alt+0`	Open Studio
`Ctrl+Shift+1` to `Ctrl+Shift+4`	Control menu: Focused window, PowerPoint, Google Slides, vMix (see Presentation control)
`Ctrl+Enter`	Quick Play, in the main window (the button there reads Take)
`Ctrl+Alt+I`	Show or hide the inspector (needs a scene open in Studio)
`Ctrl+]`, `Ctrl+Alt+]`	Bring Forward, Bring to Front
`Ctrl+[`, `Ctrl+Alt+[`	Send Backward, Send to Back
`Ctrl+D`	Duplicate Layer
`Ctrl+Num 0`	Timer Start or Stop
`Ctrl+Num +`	Add 1 Minute
`Ctrl+Num -`	Remove 1 Minute

Timeline Editor keys

The Timeline Editor uses the same keys as the macOS table above, with Ctrl where it says Command and Alt where it says Option. Four keys are different, because Windows keeps Alt and Ctrl+Alt letters for menus and AltGr:

Keys	Action
`Ctrl+Shift+5`	Slow 50%
`Shift+T`	Add Title at the playhead
`Ctrl+[`	Add Keyframe at Playhead
`Ctrl+Shift+X`	Clear the loop range

Chat and the Timer window have no shortcut on Windows. Always on Top, Keep Above Slideshows, Show Control Monitor and Show Logs have none either. In the Share window the arrow keys move the selection, Enter shares and Escape closes it.

Compare the Studio keys

Action	macOS	Windows
Preview Input 1 to 10	`1` to `0`	`1` to `0`
Program Input 1 to 10	`Shift+1` to `Shift+0`	`Shift+1` to `Shift+0`
Quick Play	`Space`	`Space`
Cut	`Return`	`Enter`
Transitions	`Command+1` to `Command+5`	`Ctrl+1` to `Ctrl+5`
Overlays 1 to 8	`Option+1` to `Option+8`	`Alt+1` to `Alt+8`
Fade to Black	`B`	`B`
Audio on or off	`M`	`M`
Record	`Command+R`	`Ctrl+R`
Stream	`Command+Shift+L`	`Ctrl+Shift+L`
Audio Mixer panel	`Option+Command+M`	`Ctrl+Alt+M`
Lock	`Shift+Command+K`	`Ctrl+Shift+K`
Rebind keys	External Control	External Control

External Control

Change the Studio keys, add MIDI and keep several configurations.

Studio

What each Studio key does.

External Control

Assign your own keys, MIDI controls, OSC messages and HID control surfaces to Studio and room actions, keep several named configurations, and share them as files.

Logs

Read, filter, copy and export what Cliqer has been doing, with passwords, tokens, licence keys and stream keys removed before anything is saved.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Compare the Studio keys

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