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Kdenlive keyboard shortcuts

Playback, zones, timeline tools, and clip editing in the Kdenlive video editor.

52 shortcuts Windows checked September 14, 2026

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This app has a Windows catalog in Shortivo. No other operating system is published for it yet.

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Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Create a new project Anywhere Windows CtrlN Source
Open a project Anywhere Windows CtrlO Source
Quit Kdenlive Anywhere Windows CtrlQ Source
Save the project Anywhere Windows CtrlS Source
Save the project under a new name Anywhere Windows CtrlShiftS Source
Find any action Anywhere Windows CtrlAltI Source
Enter full screen mode Anywhere Windows CtrlShiftF Source
Open the Kdenlive handbook Anywhere Windows F1 Source
Switch the monitor to full screen Monitor Windows F11 Source
Redo the undone change Anywhere Windows CtrlShiftZ Source
Undo the last change Anywhere Windows CtrlZ Source
Rename the item Item selected Windows F2 Source
Select everything Timeline, bin or titler Windows CtrlA Source
Show the menu bar again Anywhere Windows CtrlM Source
Align the playhead to the mouse Timeline Windows P Source
Play forward Playback Windows L Source
Pause playback Playback Windows K Source
Rewind Playback Windows J Source
Play or stop Playback Windows Space Source
Play the zone Playback Windows CtrlSpace Source
Loop the zone Playback Windows CtrlShiftSpace Source
Go forward one frame Playback Windows Right arrow Source
Go back one frame Playback Windows Left arrow Source
Go forward one second Playback Windows ShiftRight arrow Source
Go back one second Playback Windows ShiftLeft arrow Source
Go to the next guide Timeline Windows CtrlRight arrow Source
Go to the previous guide Timeline Windows CtrlLeft arrow Source
Go to the project start Timeline Windows CtrlHome Source
Go to the project end Timeline Windows CtrlEnd Source
Set the zone in point Editing Windows I Source

About Kdenlive and its shortcuts

Kdenlive comes out of the KDE project, and it follows KDE conventions: nearly everything is bindable, the defaults are visible in one configuration screen, and the editing commands cover the timeline, the clip monitor and the project bin.

Shortivo publishes the Windows list. Because Kdenlive exposes its full configuration, an installation someone has tuned can differ from the defaults in almost every command.

Where the Kdenlive keys came from

Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of Kdenlive. Report a key that is wrong

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