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Adobe After Effects

Find in the Project panel

CmdF

Mac Desktop app After Effects desktop, default shortcuts

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To find in the Project panel in Adobe After Effects, press Ctrl + F. On a Mac, press Cmd + F instead.

Where it works: Project panel

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Desktop app	`CmdF`
Windows	Desktop app	`CtrlF`

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts in After Effects

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Find in the document Adobe Acrobat Cmd + F
Open the find bar Airtable Cmd + F
Find text in the file Android Studio Cmd + F
Put the cursor in the search box Bitwarden Cmd + F
Search text on this page Google Chrome Cmd + F
Search within the page ChromeOS Ctrl + F
Find and replace Confluence Cmd + F
Find and replace text DBeaver Cmd + F
Search within the current panel Chrome DevTools Cmd + F
Search the server Discord Cmd + F
Open find and replace Eclipse IDE Ctrl + F
Search text on this page Microsoft Edge Cmd + F

More Adobe After Effects shortcuts

Open preferences Cmd + Option + ;
Open or close the Project panel Cmd + 0
Open or close the Render Queue panel Cmd + Option + 0
Open or close the Tools panel Cmd + 1
Open or close the Info panel Cmd + 2
Open or close the Preview panel Cmd + 3
Open or close the Audio panel Cmd + 4
Open or close the Effects and Presets panel Cmd + 5

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