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Adobe After Effects

Open Effect Controls for the selected layer

F3

Mac Desktop app After Effects desktop, default shortcuts

Practice this

To open Effect Controls for the selected layer in Adobe After Effects, press F3. The keys are the same on a Mac.

Where it works: Layer selected

Ctrl and Shift and T on Windows, or Cmd and Option and T on the Mac, does the same thing.

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System Environment Keys
Mac Desktop app F3
Windows Desktop app F3

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.

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