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Vidiot Keyboard Shortcuts

Vidiot Keyboard Shortcuts

Adapted from Vidiot source code.

  • Space: Play/Pause
  • Ctrl-Space: Play/Pause with buffering before playback
  • Del: Delete clips
  • Shift-Del: Delete clips and shift
  • A: Split selected clips at cursor
  • Ctrl-A: Select all clips
  • B: Split clip at cursor and trim begin (also during playback
  • Ctrl-D: Deselect all clips
  • E: Split clip at cursor and trim end (also during playback
  • [: Extend at beginning of clip at cursor },
  • ]: Extend at end of clip at cursor
  • Shift-[: Shrink at beginning of clip at cursor
  • Shift-]: Shrink at end of clip at cursor
  • C: Delete empty region
  • I: Create fade in
  • O: Create fade out
  • P: Create fade from previous
  • N: Create fade to next
  • S: Split all tracks at cursor (also during playback
  • =: Zoom in
  • Ctrl-=: Zoom in fully
  • -:Zoom out
  • Ctrl--: Zoom out fully
  • Shift-0: Begin/end region marking (also during playback
  • L: Link selected clips
  • U: Unlink selected clips (also when trimming
  • V: Focus view
  • Ctrl-⬅️: Move cursor to previous cut
  • Ctrl-➡️: Move cursor to next cut
  • ⬅️: Move cursor to previous frame
  • ➡️: KeyAction_MoveCursorToNextFrame
  • Home: Move cursor to next frame
  • End: Move cursor to end
  • Esc: Abort mouse operation
  • D: Toggle snapping (when dragging/trimming)
  • 1: Select default clip length 1
  • 2: Select default clip length 2
  • 3: Select default clip length 3
  • 4: Select default clip length 4
  • 5: Select default clip length 5
  • 6: Select default clip length 6
  • 7: Select default clip length 7
  • 8: Select default clip length 8
  • 9: Select default clip length 9
  • 0: Select default clip length 10
  • Ctrl-X: Cut selected clips
  • Ctrl-C: Copy selected clips
  • Ctrl-V: Paste clips at the cursor position.
  • Shift-Ctrl-V: Make room and paste clips at the cursor position
  • T: Add title at cursor position
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