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.
14 actions and 14 key variants match.
- Kdenlive Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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