Keyboard shortcuts

Open the Shortcuts tab in the Studio settings to see the shortcuts for the current project.

You can also press ? to open this tab.

Available actions

Action ID	Default	Action
playPause	Space	Play or pause
toggleMute	M	Mute or unmute preview audio
toggleLoop	Shift+L	Enable or disable looping
jumpToBeginning	A	Jump to the beginning
jumpToEnd	E	Jump to the end
reversePlayback	J	Play in reverse
pausePlayback	K	Pause playback
playForward	L	Play forward; press repeatedly to increase speed
goToFrame	G	Open the frame input
pauseAndReturnToPlaybackStart	Enter	Pause and return to where playback started
toggleLeftSidebar	Cmd/Ctrl+B	Toggle the left sidebar
toggleRightSidebar	Cmd/Ctrl+J	Toggle the right sidebar
toggleBothSidebars	Cmd/Ctrl+G	Toggle both sidebars
enterFullscreen	F	Enter fullscreen
toggleOutlines	Shift+O	Show or hide outlines
toggleRulersAndGuides	Shift+R	Show or hide rulers and guides
toggleSnapping	Shift+M	Enable or disable snapping
previousComposition	PageUp	Select the previous composition
nextComposition	PageDown	Select the next composition
showKeyboardShortcuts	?	Open the Shortcuts settings
quickSwitcher	Cmd/Ctrl+K	Open the Quick Switcher
render	R	Open the Render dialog unless a sequence property is selected
toggleCheckerboard	T	Toggle the checkerboard unless a sequence property is selected
setInPoint	I	Set the playback In Point
setOutPoint	O	Set the playback Out Point
clearInOutPoints	X	Clear the playback In and Out Points
zoomIn	+	Zoom into the preview
zoomOut	-	Zoom out of the preview
resetZoom	0	Reset the preview zoom
undo	Cmd/Ctrl+Z	Undo the last props edit
redo	Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Z; Ctrl+Y outside macOS	Redo the last props edit
selectAllSequenceRows	Cmd/Ctrl+A	Select all sequence rows
selectTranslateProp	P	Select the style.translate property
selectOpacityProp	T	Select the style.opacity property
selectRotateProp	R	Select the style.rotate property
selectScaleProp	S	Select the style.scale property
duplicateSequences	Cmd/Ctrl+D	Duplicate selected sequences
copyEffectsAndValues	Cmd/Ctrl+C	Copy selected effects or property values
cutEffects	Cmd/Ctrl+X	Cut selected effects
deleteSelection	Backspace or Delete	Delete or reset the selection
askAI	Cmd/Ctrl+I	Open Ask AI when it is enabled
pickColor	Shift+C	Open the color picker v4.0.525

Fixed shortcuts

Some shortcuts are context-sensitive interactions or browser events and cannot be overridden:

Shortcut	Action
Left Arrow / Right Arrow	Move one frame or nudge the selected canvas item
Shift+Left Arrow / Shift+Right Arrow	Move one second or nudge the selected canvas item by a larger amount
Shift	Select a range or lock the axis while dragging
Cmd/Ctrl	Toggle items in the selection
Cmd/Ctrl+V	Paste effects or property values
Escape	Exit fullscreen

Keyboard navigation

Press Tab to navigate between controls and Enter to activate the focused control.

Disabling keyboard shortcuts

Use Config.setKeyboardShortcutsEnabled(false) or start the Studio with --disable-keyboard-shortcuts to disable all shortcuts.

Customizing shortcutsv4.0.523

Select a shortcut in the settings and press a new key combination.

The Studio writes the override to remotion.config.ts using Config.setKeyboardShortcuts().

You can also edit the configuration file directly:

remotion.config.ts
Config.setKeyboardShortcuts({
  playPause: {key: 'q'},
  toggleMute: {key: 'u'},
  toggleLoop: {key: 'y'},
  quickSwitcher: {key: 'p', commandOrControl: true},
  toggleSnapping: {key: 's', shift: true},
  render: null,
});

Omitted actions keep their default shortcut. Set an action to null to disable it, or pass an array to assign multiple shortcuts.

commandOrControl uses Command on macOS and Control on other platforms. The shift and alt modifiers are also supported.