This section contains the following topics:
General
Function  | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut  | Configurable  | 
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Shows Object Editor  | CTRL + 1  | 
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Shows Dopesheet View  | CTRL + 2  | 
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Minimize Spline Editor Height  | SHIFT + PAGE DOWN (on stage view focus)  | 
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Increase Spline Editor Height  | SHIFT + ↑  | 
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Decrease Spline Editor Height  | SHIFT + ↓  | 
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Shows Spline View  | CTRL + 3  | 
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Maximize Spline Editor Height  | SHIFT + PAGE UP (on stage view focus)  | 
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Shows Dope/Spline View  | CTRL + 4  | 
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Stage Tree
Function  | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut  | Configurable  | 
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Jumps to Top Container  | HOME  | 
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Jumps to Last Container  | END  | 
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Moves a page down in the tree  | PAGE DOWN  | 
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Moves a page up in the tree  | PAGE UP  | 
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Scrolls up the tree  | UP ARROW (↑)  | 
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Scrolls down the tree  | DOWN ARROW (↓)  | 
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Jumps to an item (Director, Actor, or Channel), in the tree  | Press the first letter of the item name  | 
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Opens or closes the selected tree  | + or RIGHT ARROW (→)  | 
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- or LEFT ARROW (←)  | 
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Group Directors  | SHIFT + D  | 
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Ungroup Directors  | CTRL + SHIFT + D  | 
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Delete Selection  | DEL  | 
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Timeline
Animation
Function  | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut  | Configurable  | 
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Starts Animation  | ENTER  | 
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Starts Animation Backwards  | SHIFT + ENTER  | 
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Start Animation ignoring Stop points  | CTRL + ENTER  | 
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Start Animation ignoring Stop points Backwards  | CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER  | 
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Pause/Continues Animation Forward  | SPACE  | 
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Pause/Continues Animation Backwards  | SHIFT + SPACE  | 
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Pause/Continues Animation ignoring Stop points  | CTRL + SPACE  | 
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Pause/Continues Animation ignoring Stop points Backwards  | CTRL + SHIFT + SPACE  | 
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Timeline
Function  | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut  | Configurable  | 
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Sets timeline to 0  | HOME  |    | 
Sets View to End Director  | END  | 
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Set View to Time-line Start and move Marker  | CTRL + HOME  | 
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Sets Time-line Marker/Value to End (not when infinity is selected)  | CTRL + END  | 
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Set View to Time-line Start, Zoom Region  | SHIFT + HOME  | 
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Set View to Time-line End, Zoom Region  | SHIFT + END  | 
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Set View to Time-line Start, Zoom Region and move Marker  | CTRL + SHIFT + HOME  | 
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Set View to Time-line End, Zoom Region and move Marker (not when infinity is selected)  | CTRL + SHIFT + END  | 
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Move Timeline Marker  | ←/→ In 1080i50 format, moves the time-line marker five fields, left or right, and in 1080i60 the movement is six fields, left or right.  | 
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ALT + ←/→. In 1080i50 format, moves the time-line marker 50 fields, left or right, and in 1080i60 the movement is 60 fields, left or right.  | 
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CTRL + ←/→. Moves the timeline 1 filed left or right.  | 
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Moves Time-line Marker to nearest Key Frame  | J  | 
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Brings View to Time-line Marker  | M  | 
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Jumps to next Key Frame  | TAB (a Key frame must be highlighted first)  | 
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Jumps to previous Key Frame  | SHIFT + TAB  | 
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Deletes Selected Key Frame(s)  | DELETE  | 
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Tween Mode (Director Scalemark)  | T + start/end click on the timeline   | 
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Zooming
Function  | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut  | Configurable  | 
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Pans View  | Middle mouse click and drag  | 
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Zooms Time Axis In or Out  | Mouse wheel  | 
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Z + Middle mouse click and drag  | 
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Zooms Time Axis to Selected Channel, keep Spline view  | SHIFT + Z  | 
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SHIFT + Y  | 
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Zooms Time Axis to whole Animation, keep Spline view  | SHIFT + X  | 
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Zooms Spline/Dopesheet View In  | Mouse wheel  | 
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Z/Y  | 
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CTRL + Plus sign on the numeric keypad  | 
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Zooms Spline/Dopesheet View Out  | Mouse wheel  | 
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X  | 
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CTRL + Minus sign on the numeric keypad  | 
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Zoom Splineview in (Drag middle Mouse button to adjust)  | A  | 
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Zoom Splineview out (Drag middle Mouse button to adjust)  | S  | 
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Zooms Spline View to whole Spline  | SHIFT + A  | 
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Zooms Time Axis and Spline View to view all Key Frames of selected Channel  | SHIFT + Q  | 
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Zooms Time and Value Axis to View All Key Frames  | SHIFT + W  | 
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Zooms in onto specific region  | X + Drag mouse rectangle  | 
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Y + Drag mouse rectangle  | 
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Zoom Timeline to selected Key Frames  | SHIFT + C  | 
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Searching
Function  | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut  | Configurable  | 
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Open/close Keyframe Search  | CTRL + F  | 
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Jump to first keyframe search result  | CTRL + H  | 
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Jump to last keyframe search result  | CTRL + E  | 
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Jump to next keyframe search result  | CTRL + N  | 
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Jump to previous keyframe search result  | CTRL + P  | 
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Keyframes
Function  | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut  | Configurable  | 
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Provides Rubber band Selection  | R + Left mouse click and drag  | 
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Copies Selected Key Frame  | C + Left mouse click and drag  | 
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Reverses the Order of Selected Key Frames  | CTRL + R  | 
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Jumps to next Key Frame  | TAB (a Key frame must be highlighted first)  | 
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Jumps to previous Key Frame  | SHIFT + TAB  | 
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Insert Stop Point  | P + Left Mouse button click on Director Bar  | 
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Insert Keyframe  | INS + Left Mouse button click on Spline View  | 
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Invert Order of selected Keyframes  | CTRL + R  | 
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View
Function  | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut  | Configurable  | 
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Switch timeline to seconds  | CTRL + 8  | 
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Switch timeline to frames  | CTRL + 9  | 
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Switch timeline to fields (on interlaced formats only)  | CTRL + 0  | 
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Snaps to Grid on/off  | CTRL + G  | 
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Show spline 1  | 1  | 
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Show spline 2  | 2  | 
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Show spline 3  | 3  | 
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Switch Keyframe info on/off  | CTRL + I  | 
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Escapes from moving a Key Frame  | ESC  | 
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See Also