Storyboard Tab Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts available when working in the Storyboard tab are listed in the following table. Some keystroke combinations only work when the cursor is located in a certain section; the Focus column in the table specifies the section of the tab when that is the case. For more information on the tab, see Working with the Storyboard Tab.

Shortcut	Description	Focus
Ctrl+M (Windows) Cmd+M (macOS)	(Production Management) Create a new marker (by default, a marker with a red icon)	Media Viewer Storyboard tab Browse app Search app
Ctrl +number (top-row or numeric keypad)	(Production Management) Create a marker and set the icon color as follows: Ctrl+0: Last color picked. If no previous color was selected in a session, the color is white. Ctrl+1: Red Ctrl+2: Green Ctrl+3: Blue Ctrl+4: Cyan Ctrl+5: Magenta Ctrl+6: Yellow Ctrl+7: Black Ctrl+8: White The NumLock state must be enabled to use these commands on the numeric keypad.	Media Viewer Storyboard tab Browse app Search app
Ctrl+number (Windows) Cmd+number (macOS) (top-row or numeric keypad)	(Asset Management) Creates a segment as follows: Ctrl+1 / Cmd+1: Opens a new segment and sets the In point to the current timecode Ctrl+2 / Cmd+2: Closes the open segment and sets the Out point to the current timecode Ctrl+3 / Cmd+3: Creates a segment with one frame duration	Media Viewer Storyboard tab Browse app Search app
Shift (hold) + Up Arrow Shift (hold) + Down Arrow Shift (hold) + Click	Used to select multiple consecutive markers, restrictions, or segments	Storyboard tab
Ctrl (hold) + Click	Used to select multiple non-consecutive markers, restrictions, or segments	Storyboard tab
Up Arrow Down Arrow	Used to navigate to the previous marker, restriction, or segment Used to navigate to the next marker, restriction, or segment	Storyboard tab
Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow	Used to navigate to the previous marker Used to navigate to the next marker	Asset Editor Media Viewer
Ctrl + C	Copy the selected marker(s) or segment(s)	Storyboard tab
Delete	Delete the selected marker(s), restriction(s) or segment(s)	List view
Delete / Backspace	Delete the selected text or figures	List view (Integer, Float, Date, Time, DateTime, Text)
Enter	Positions the cursor in the Comment field of the selected marker or restriction	List view
Esc	Keep the already selected term	List view (Legal list, thesaurus)
Esc	Discard your input, keep the original value and end editing mode	List view (Date, Time, DateTime, Duration, Integer, Float, Timecode)
Up Arrow Down Arrow	Increase value Decrease value	List view (Date, Time, DateTime)
Up Arrow Down Arrow	Move to the beginning of the field Move to the end of the field	List view (Duration, Integer, Float, Timecode, Text
Up Arrow Down Arrow	Move cursor to the line above Move cursor to the line below	List view (Text (multi-line)
Home End	Move to the beginning of the field Move to the end of the field	List view (Duration, Integer, Float, Timecode, Text
Home End	Move to the beginning of the line Move to the end of the line	List view (Text (multi-line)
Left Arrow Right Arrow	Advance to the input control at the left side Advance to the input control at the right side	List view (Date, Time, DateTime)
Left Arrow Right Arrow	Advance to the character/figure to the left side Advance to the character/figure to the right side	List view (Duration, Integer, Float, Timecode, Text)
Tab	Advance to the input control at the right side within the attribute	List view (Date, Time, DateTime)
Tab	Exit edit mode of non-text attributes n You cannot navigate between the properties of segments using the Tab key.	List view
Ctrl + A	Select the entire text	List view (Text)
Ctrl + C	Copy the selected text	List view (Text)
Ctrl + V	Paste copied text, duration, timecode	List view (Text, Duration, Timecode)
Ctrl + X	Cut the selected text	List view (Text)
Ctrl + Y	Redo the action	List view (Text, Float, Integer)
Ctrl + Z	Undo the input	List view (Text, Float, Integer)
Space	Checks or unchecks the in-focus check box	List view (Boolean)