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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 Windows CtrlN Source
Export a video Anywhere Windows CtrlE Source
Export the current frame Anywhere Windows CtrlShiftE Source
Close the project Anywhere Windows CtrlW Source
Undo the last change Anywhere Windows CtrlZ Source
Redo the undone change Anywhere Windows CtrlY Source
Enter full screen Anywhere Windows F11 Source
Switch to the logging layout Anywhere Windows Alt1 Source
Switch to the editing layout Anywhere Windows Alt2 Source
Show the timeline Anywhere Windows Ctrl5 Source
Show the keyboard shortcuts Anywhere Windows ? Source
Rewind Player Windows J Source
Set the in point Player Windows I Source
Set the out point Player Windows O Source
Switch between source and project Player Windows P Source
Insert into the timeline Timeline Windows V Source
Overwrite on the timeline Timeline Windows B Source
Split the clip at the playhead Timeline Windows S Source
Split every track at the playhead Timeline Windows ShiftS Source
Add or edit a marker Timeline Windows M Source
Add an audio track Timeline Windows CtrlU Source
Add a video track Timeline Windows CtrlI Source
Group or ungroup clips Timeline Windows CtrlG 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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