How To

Keyboard Shortcuts

#File

  • ⌘N: New show
  • ⌘O: Open show
  • ⌘S: Save
  • ⇧⌘S: Save As
  • ⇧⌘I: Import workspace
  • ⇧⌘E: Export cue sheet
  • ⌘W: Close

#Transport (global, works anywhere in the main window)

  • Space: GO (fire armed cue)
  • Escape: PANIC (fade everything out; press again mid-fade for an immediate hard stop)
  • Return: Rename the selected cue inline
  • Page Down: GO (presenter remote "Next"; Logitech R800 and similar)
  • Page Up: Stop (presenter remote "Back")
  • Left / Right Arrow: transport ONLY in Presenter View (Back / Next). On the main console the arrows are yours: ← / → are free, ↑ / ↓ select cues. Remotes that send arrows instead of Page Up/Down (e.g. Logitech Spotlight) therefore drive transport only while Presenter View is on.
  • [: Pause / Resume
  • ]: Open / close the selected group's folder (3-button USB toggle wheels send ] on wheel press, so the wheel click expands and collapses folders)
  • A–Z, F1–F12: Fire the cue assigned to that hotkey (when no text field is focused)
  • ⌘L: Enter / Exit Show Mode

If a remote's buttons don't respond, get in touch — there is a support diagnostic that logs exactly what the remote sends for each button.

#Cue list

  • ↑ / ↓: Select previous / next cue
  • ⌥↑ / ⌥↓: Move selected cue(s) up / down one row
  • ⌘A: Select all cues
  • ⌘C: Copy selected cue(s)
  • ⌘X: Cut selected cue(s)
  • ⌘V: Paste cues
  • ⌘D: Duplicate selected cue(s)
  • ⌘Z: Undo (40 levels)
  • ⇧⌘Z: Redo
  • Delete / ⌫: Delete selected cue(s). Asks for confirmation first; tick "Don't ask again" in the dialog to delete immediately in future. Deletion is always undoable with ⌘Z.
  • ⇧⌘R: Renumber cues
  • ⌘-click: Add / remove from selection
  • ⇧-click: Range select
  • ⇧↑ / ⇧↓: Extend the selection by one row

#Audio windows

  • ⇧⌘D: Audio Devices
  • ⇧⌘P: Audio Outputs
  • ⌥⌘P: Audio Output Groups
  • ⇧⌘M: Live Mixer

#Video windows & controls

  • ⌘⌥V: Video Routing
  • ⌘⌥G: Video Output Geometry
  • ⌘F: Open / close all video output windows
  • ⌘⌥B: Toggle All Video Blackout

#Lighting windows

  • Lighting ▸ Light Patch…: patch instruments, groups, and fixture profiles
  • Lighting ▸ Light Designer…: the visual programmer
  • Lighting ▸ DMX Scene Editor… / DMX Monitor…

#Other windows

  • ⌘,: Show Settings
  • ⇧⌘L: Show Log / Status (warnings, logs, diagnostics)
  • ⇧⌘H: Hot Cues
  • ⌘⌥T: Timeline
  • ⇧⌘T: Active Timecode Streams
  • ⇧⌘R: Remote Server (web remote + OSC)
  • ⇧⌘J: Session
  • ⌃⌘P: Presenter View
  • ⌘0: Bring the main window to the front

#Waveform / trim editor

  • Click waveform: set the in-point
  • ⇧-click waveform: set the out-point
  • Drag left handle: adjust in-point
  • Drag right handle: adjust out-point