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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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Everything Blocks and structure Editing Files and printing Navigation Paragraphs and lists Selection System Tabs and windows View and zoom

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