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Keyboard shortcuts

Open the in-app list any time from the keyboard icon at the bottom of the left rail.

Three things to know first

On macOS, Ctrl is and Delete is .

Shortcuts are ignored while you are typing in a field, and while preview is open.

They act on everything you have selected — several objects at once is fine.

General

KeysDoes
Ctrl + Zundo
Ctrl + Yredo

Objects

KeysDoes
Ctrl + Dduplicate
Ctrl + Ccopy
Ctrl + Xcut
Ctrl + Vpaste
Delete / Backspacedelete
↑ ↓ ← →nudge by one grid step

Scenes

KeysDoes
Ctrl + Jduplicate the scene

Layers

KeysDoes
Ctrl + ]move up one layer
Ctrl + Shift + ]move to the top
Ctrl + [move down one layer
Ctrl + Shift + [move to the bottom
Ctrl + Shift + Hshow / hide
Ctrl + Shift + Llock / unlock

Transform

KeysDoes
Shift + Hflip horizontally
Shift + Vflip vertically

In the Animation Controller

With bars selected, Ctrl + D, Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V and Delete act on those bars rather than on objects in your scene.

In the Patch Editor

KeysDoes
Ctrl + Aselect every node
Ctrl + C / X / Vcopy / cut / paste
Ctrl + Dduplicate
Delete / Backspacedelete selected nodes
Escapecancel a wire you are dragging