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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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23 actions and 23 key variants match.

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Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Create a new project Anywhere Mac CmdN Source
Export a video Anywhere Mac CmdE Source
Export the current frame Anywhere Mac ShiftCmdE Source
Close the project Anywhere Mac CmdW Source
Undo the last change Anywhere Mac CmdZ Source
Redo the undone change Anywhere Mac ShiftCmdZ Source
Enter full screen Anywhere Mac CtrlCmdF Source
Switch to the logging layout Anywhere Mac Option1 Source
Switch to the editing layout Anywhere Mac Option2 Source
Show the timeline Anywhere Mac Cmd5 Source
Show the keyboard shortcuts Anywhere Mac ? Source
Rewind Player Mac J Source
Set the in point Player Mac I Source
Set the out point Player Mac O Source
Switch between source and project Player Mac P Source
Insert into the timeline Timeline Mac V Source
Overwrite on the timeline Timeline Mac B Source
Split the clip at the playhead Timeline Mac S Source
Split every track at the playhead Timeline Mac ShiftS Source
Add or edit a marker Timeline Mac M Source
Add an audio track Timeline Mac CmdU Source
Add a video track Timeline Mac CmdI Source
Group or ungroup clips Timeline Mac CmdG 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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