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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11 actions and 22 key variants match.
- Shotcut Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Play forward Player | Mac L 1 more variant | Source |
| Pause playback Player | Mac K 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 |
| Append the source to the timeline Timeline | Mac A 1 more variant | Source |
| Nudge the clip forward Timeline | Mac . 1 more variant | Source |
| Nudge the clip back Timeline | Mac , 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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