Keyboard shortcuts

On Windows, use Ctrl where a Mac uses Cmd. The one exception is help, which is F1 on Windows.

Playback

These work anywhere in the editor, except while you type in a box.

Key	What it does
Space	Play or pause
K	Pause
L	Play forwards. Press again to play faster.
J	Play backwards. Press again to play faster.
Left arrow	Back one frame
Right arrow	Forward one frame
Shift+Left arrow	Back one second
Shift+Right arrow	Forward one second

Key	What it does
Cmd+Z	Undo
Shift+Cmd+Z	Redo
Click a word	Jump there and select it
Shift-click a word	Select every word from the selected one to it
Delete or Backspace	Cut the selected words, or restore them if they're all cut
Esc	Clear the selection
Double-click a word	Fix a misheard word
Enter	Save the fixed word
Esc, while fixing a word	Leave the word as it was

Key	What it does
Enter, in Ask for a change	Send the request
Left and Right arrows, on the tool tabs	Move between Edit, Look, Publish and Export
Arrow keys, on a panel's edge	Make the panel bigger or smaller
Home and End, on a panel's edge	Make the panel its smallest or largest
Arrow keys, on the thumbnail text or its corner	Move or resize the text. Add Shift to move five times as far.
Enter, while renaming a project	Save the name
Esc, while renaming a project	Keep the old name
Up and Down arrows, in a project's menu	Move through the menu. Esc closes it.

Key	What it does
Cmd+N	New recording
Cmd+O	Import videos into a new project
Shift+Cmd+O	Add videos to the open project
Cmd+E	Open the Export tab
Cmd+1, Cmd+2, Cmd+3, Cmd+4	Open the Edit, Look, Publish or Export tab
Shift+Cmd+H	Hide cuts, or show them again
Cmd+,	Settings
Cmd+Plus, Cmd+Minus, Cmd+0	Make the whole window bigger, smaller, or its usual size

Key	What it does
Cmd+? on a Mac, F1 on Windows	Open ClipCat Help
Cmd+F, in the Help window	Search the help

Last updated 29 October 2026.