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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50 actions and 50 key variants match.
- Shotcut Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Append the source to the timeline Timeline | Mac A | Source |
| Ripple delete the selection Timeline | Mac X | Source |
| Lift the selection Timeline | Mac Z | 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 |
| Zoom the timeline in Timeline | Mac = | Source |
| Zoom the timeline out Timeline | Mac - | Source |
| Fit the timeline to the window Timeline | Mac 0 | Source |
| Add an audio track Timeline | Mac CmdU | Source |
| Add a video track Timeline | Mac CmdI | Source |
| Toggle snapping Timeline | Mac CmdP | Source |
| Toggle ripple mode Timeline | Mac CmdR | Source |
| Group or ungroup clips Timeline | Mac CmdG | Source |
| Choose a filter Filters panel | Mac F | Source |
| Remove the filter Filters panel | Mac ShiftF | Source |
| Nudge the clip forward Timeline | Mac . | Source |
| Nudge the clip back Timeline | Mac , | 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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