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Shotcut keyboard shortcuts

Player controls, timeline editing, layouts, and filters in the free video editor.

51 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 14, 2026

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Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Create a new project Anywhere Mac CmdN 1 more variant Source
Open a file Anywhere Mac CmdO 1 more variant Source
Save the project Anywhere Mac CmdS 1 more variant Source
Save the project under a new name Anywhere Mac ShiftCmdS 1 more variant Source
Back up and save the project Anywhere Mac OptionCmdS 1 more variant Source
Export a video Anywhere Mac CmdE 1 more variant Source
Export the current frame Anywhere Mac ShiftCmdE 1 more variant Source
Close the project Anywhere Mac CmdW 1 more variant Source
Quit Shotcut Anywhere Mac CmdQ 1 more variant Source
Undo the last change Anywhere Mac CmdZ 1 more variant Source
Redo the undone change Anywhere Mac ShiftCmdZ 1 more variant Source
Enter full screen Anywhere Mac CtrlCmdF 1 more variant Source
Switch to the logging layout Anywhere Mac Option1 1 more variant Source
Switch to the editing layout Anywhere Mac Option2 1 more variant Source
Show the playlist Anywhere Mac Cmd4 1 more variant Source
Show the timeline Anywhere Mac Cmd5 1 more variant Source
Show the filters panel Anywhere Mac Cmd6 1 more variant Source
Show the keyboard shortcuts Anywhere Mac ? 1 more variant Source
Play forward Player Mac L 1 more variant Source
Pause playback Player Mac K 1 more variant Source
Rewind Player Mac J 1 more variant Source
Set the in point Player Mac I 1 more variant Source
Set the out point Player Mac O 1 more variant Source
Go forward one second Player Mac Page Down 1 more variant Source
Go back one second Player Mac Page Up 1 more variant Source
Jump to the start Player Mac Home 1 more variant Source
Jump to the end Player Mac End 1 more variant Source
Jump to the next edit Player Mac OptionRight arrow 1 more variant Source
Jump to the previous edit Player Mac OptionLeft arrow 1 more variant Source
Switch between source and project Player Mac P 1 more variant Source

About Shotcut and its shortcuts

Shotcut is an open source video editor whose shortcut set is unusually complete for a free tool: playback, trimming, markers, tracks and the player controls all have bindings, and they are documented in one place rather than scattered.

Bindings are editable, and the application updates often enough that a command can be added between releases. Some only apply when the timeline rather than the player has focus.

Where the Shotcut keys came from

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

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