This section contains the following topics:

General

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Configurable

Shows Object Editor

CTRL + 1

(tick)

Shows Dopesheet View

CTRL + 2

(tick)

Minimize Spline Editor Height

SHIFT + PAGE DOWN (on stage view focus)

(tick)

Increase Spline Editor Height

SHIFT + ↑

(tick)

Decrease Spline Editor Height

SHIFT + ↓

(tick)

Shows Spline View

CTRL + 3

(tick)

Maximize Spline Editor Height

SHIFT + PAGE UP (on stage view focus)

(tick)

Shows Dope/Spline View

CTRL + 4

(tick)

Stage Tree

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Configurable

Jumps to Top Container

HOME

(error)

Jumps to Last Container

END

(error)

Moves a page down in the tree

PAGE DOWN

(error)

Moves a page up in the tree

PAGE UP

(error)

Scrolls up the tree

UP ARROW (↑)

(error)

Scrolls down the tree

DOWN ARROW (↓)

(error)

Jumps to an item (Director, Actor, or Channel), in the tree

Press the first letter of the item name

(error)

Opens or closes the selected tree

+ or RIGHT ARROW (→)

(error)

- or LEFT ARROW (←)

(error)

Group Directors

SHIFT + D

(tick)

Ungroup Directors

CTRL + SHIFT + D

(tick)

Delete Selection

DEL

(tick)

Timeline

Animation

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Configurable

Starts Animation

ENTER

(tick)

Starts Animation Backwards

SHIFT + ENTER

(tick)

Start Animation ignoring Stop points

CTRL + ENTER

(tick)

Start Animation ignoring Stop points Backwards

CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER

(tick)

Pause/Continues Animation Forward

SPACE

(tick)

Pause/Continues Animation Backwards

SHIFT + SPACE

(tick)

Pause/Continues Animation ignoring Stop points

CTRL + SPACE

(tick)

Pause/Continues Animation ignoring Stop points Backwards

CTRL + SHIFT + SPACE

(tick)

Timeline

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Configurable

Sets timeline to 0
(If timeline does not fit)

HOME

(tick)

Sets View to End Director
(If timeline does not fit)

END

(tick)

Set View to Time-line Start and move Marker

CTRL + HOME

(tick)

Sets Time-line Marker/Value to End (not when infinity is selected)

CTRL + END

(tick)

Set View to Time-line Start, Zoom Region
(If timeline does not fit)

SHIFT + HOME

(tick)

Set View to Time-line End, Zoom Region
(If timeline does not fit)

SHIFT + END

(tick)

Set View to Time-line Start, Zoom Region and move Marker

CTRL + SHIFT + HOME

(tick)

Set View to Time-line End, Zoom Region and move Marker (not when infinity is selected)

CTRL + SHIFT + END

(tick)

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.

(tick)

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.

(tick)

CTRL + ←/→. Moves the timeline 1 filed left or right.

(tick)

Moves Time-line Marker to nearest Key Frame

J

(tick)

Brings View to Time-line Marker

M

(tick)

Jumps to next Key Frame

TAB (a Key frame must be highlighted first)

(tick)

Jumps to previous Key Frame

SHIFT + TAB

(tick)

Deletes Selected Key Frame(s)

DELETE

(tick)

Tween Mode (Director Scalemark)

T + start/end click on the timeline 
Allows to stretch a portion of a director

(tick)

Zooming

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Configurable

Pans View

Middle mouse click and drag

(error)

Zooms Time Axis In or Out

Mouse wheel

(error)

Z + Middle mouse click and drag

(tick)

Zooms Time Axis to Selected Channel, keep Spline view

SHIFT + Z

(tick)

SHIFT + Y

(tick)

Zooms Time Axis to whole Animation, keep Spline view

SHIFT + X

(tick)

Zooms Spline/Dopesheet View In

Mouse wheel

(error)

Z/Y

(tick)

CTRL + Plus sign on the numeric keypad

(tick)

Zooms Spline/Dopesheet View Out

Mouse wheel

(error)

X

(tick)

CTRL + Minus sign on the numeric keypad

(tick)

Zoom Splineview in (Drag middle Mouse button to adjust)

A
A + Middle mouse click and drag

(tick)

Zoom Splineview out (Drag middle Mouse button to adjust)

S
S + Middle mouse click and drag

(tick)

Zooms Spline View to whole Spline

SHIFT + A

(tick)

Zooms Time Axis and Spline View to view all Key Frames of selected Channel

SHIFT + Q

(tick)

Zooms Time and Value Axis to View All Key Frames

SHIFT + W

(tick)

Zooms in onto specific region

X + Drag mouse rectangle

(error)

Y + Drag mouse rectangle

(error)

Zoom Timeline to selected Key Frames

SHIFT + C

(tick)

Searching

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Configurable

Open/close Keyframe Search

CTRL + F

(tick)

Jump to first keyframe search result

CTRL + H

(tick)

Jump to last keyframe search result

CTRL + E

(tick)

Jump to next keyframe search result 

CTRL + N

(tick)

Jump to previous keyframe search result

CTRL + P

(tick)

Keyframes

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Configurable

Provides Rubber band Selection

R + Left mouse click and drag

(tick)

Copies Selected Key Frame

C + Left mouse click and drag

(tick)

Reverses the Order of Selected Key Frames

CTRL + R

(tick)

Jumps to next Key Frame

TAB (a Key frame must be highlighted first)

(tick)

Jumps to previous Key Frame

SHIFT + TAB

(tick)

Insert Stop Point

P + Left Mouse button click on Director Bar

(tick)

Insert Keyframe

INS + Left Mouse button click on Spline View

(tick)

Invert Order of selected Keyframes

CTRL + R

(tick)

View

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Configurable

Switch timeline to seconds

CTRL + 8

(tick)

Switch timeline to frames

CTRL + 9

(tick)

Switch timeline to fields (on interlaced formats only)

CTRL + 0

(tick)

Snaps to Grid on/off

CTRL + G

(tick)

Show spline 1

1

(tick)

Show spline 2

2

(tick)

Show spline 3

3

(tick)

Switch Keyframe info on/off 

CTRL + I

(tick)

Escapes from moving a Key Frame

ESC

(error)

See Also