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Keyboard Shortcuts

Prashant Das edited this page Oct 16, 2026 · 1 revision

ZoomArc Keyboard Shortcuts

ZoomArc has 44 keyboard shortcuts. Press ? or Ctrl+/ in the editor, or choose Help → Keyboard Shortcuts, to see them all. Shortcuts don't fire while you're typing in a text field. On macOS, Ctrl is ⌘.

ZoomArc keyboard shortcuts overlay

Recording

Shortcut Action
Ctrl+Shift+2 Stop recording (works from any app)

Playback

Shortcut Action
Space or K Play / pause
J Back 5 seconds
L Forward 5 seconds
← / → Previous / next frame
Shift+← / Shift+→ Back / forward 1 second
↑ / ↓ Previous / next edit point (start or end of any item)
Home / End Go to start / end

Editing

Shortcut Action
Ctrl+Z Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y Redo
S or Ctrl+B Split selected item at the playhead
[ / ] Trim selected item's start / end to the playhead
Alt+← / Alt+→ Nudge selected item 1 frame earlier / later
Alt+Shift+← / → Nudge selected item 1 second earlier / later
Ctrl+C / Ctrl+X Copy / cut selected item
Ctrl+V Paste at the playhead
Ctrl+D Duplicate selected item (placed right after it)
Delete or Backspace Delete selected item
Esc Deselect

Tools

Shortcut Action
V Select tool
Z Add a zoom at the playhead
T Text tool
R Shapes tool
B Add a background clip
E Add an image element
C Cursor settings

View and app

Shortcut Action
= / - Zoom the timeline in / out
</kbd> Reset timeline zoom
F Fullscreen preview
Ctrl+E Export
? or Ctrl+/ Show the shortcuts overlay

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