Keyboard shortcuts

The shortcuts below cover the most common operations in Composer Desktop. Some operators (notably HSV Keyer) use the function keys F1–F12 for additional bindings — see the per-operator documentation for those.

Inputs

Shortcut	Description
`Ctrl + Up / Down`	Rearrange the order of the inputs.

Scene preview area (mouse within the preview area)

Shortcut	Description
`Ctrl + F`	Fit content to the scene preview window (zooms the view; does not change any layer).
`Ctrl + Shift + F`	Scale the selected layer to fit the scene, preserving its aspect ratio, and re-center it.
`Ctrl + +`	Zoom in one step.
`Ctrl + -`	Zoom out one step.
`F11`	Toggle full-screen mode (works globally across Composer). Press `Esc` to exit full-screen mode.
`Ctrl + Space`	Move / pan the preview area.
`Shift + drag corner handle`	Lock the aspect ratio while resizing the selected layer.

Scene layers (clicking the scene layer name)

Shortcut	Description
`Ctrl + Left Click`	Show the layer source.
`Alt + Left Click`	Show the layer operators.
`Ctrl + Up / Down`	Rearrange the order of the layers.
`Arrow keys`	Change the X and Y position.

Property editors (using the Up / Down arrow keys)

Shortcut	Description
`Ctrl + Up / Down`	Step ±10 in all numeric input fields.
`Shift + Up / Down`	Step ±0.1 in Float / Double input fields.

Layout

Shortcut	Description
`Ctrl + M`	Toggles the visibility of the Audio mixer panel.

Misc

Shortcut	Description
`Alt + P`	Saves a snapshot image of the active scene to the `Snapshots` folder in the application folder.
`Ctrl + P`	Toggle between Play & Pause for all media inputs.

Undo

Shortcut	Description
`Ctrl + Z`	Undo only works on scene-layer properties and the input name.

Log window

Shortcut	Description
`Esc`	Close the Log window.