Keyboard shortcuts

You can use keyboard shortcuts to move around FilmKit and to work in the screenplay, the schedule, and the On Set log without the pointer.

To see the shortcuts that work on the current screen, press ?. The Keyboard shortcuts sheet opens at the side of the window and lists them by where they apply. You can also open it from the command palette: choose Keyboard shortcuts in the Actions group.

The Keyboard shortcuts sheet on the On Set log, listing shortcuts for Everywhere, Project, and On Set log.

In the tables below, ⌘ is the Command key on a Mac and the Control key on Windows, Linux, and ChromeOS.

Single-key shortcuts (such as N or ?) don't work while you're typing in a field or while a dialog or menu is open, because those keys belong to what you're typing. Shortcuts that use ⌘ work everywhere, including inside fields.

Everywhere

Shortcut	Action
`⌘`+`K`	Search, go to a page, or run a command (in a project or space). See Search and jump with the command palette.
`⌘`+`B`	Show or hide the sidebar. While you're writing in the screenplay editor, this shortcut makes text bold instead.
`?`	Show the Keyboard shortcuts sheet.

Project

Shortcut	Action
`⌘`+`.`	Open or hide the assistant. See Use the project assistant.

Command palette

These keys work while the command palette is open.

Shortcut	Action
Down Arrow, Up Arrow	Move through the list.
Home, End	Go to the first or last item.
Return	Open the selected result or run the selected command.
Esc	Close the palette. Press again to clear the search box.

Screenplay editor

These shortcuts work while you're writing in the screenplay editor. The formatting shortcuts also appear next to their commands in the Format and View menus. See Write and format a screenplay.

Shortcut	Action
`⌘`+`Z`	Undo.
`⌘`+`⇧`+`Z` or `⌘`+`Y`	Redo.
`⌘`+`B`	Bold.
`⌘`+`I`	Italic.
`⌘`+`U`	Underline.
`⌘`+`⇧`+`D`	Turn dual dialogue on or off for the selected dialogue.
`⌘`+`.`	Show or hide the side panel (View > Tooling sidebar).
`⌘`+`F`	Find text in the screenplay (Edit > Find).
`⌘`+`⌥`+`F` or `Ctrl`+`H`	Find and replace (Edit > Find and replace).
`⌘`+`G` or `⌘`+`⇧`+`G`	Go to the next or previous match.
Return	In a scene heading, or at the end of Action, Dialogue, or a Shot, start an Action line. In a Character cue or a Parenthetical, start the Dialogue (text after the insertion point moves into it). In a Transition, start a scene heading.
`⇧` + Return	Add a line break inside the current element, for example in song lyrics.
Tab	Switch the current element between Action and Character, or between Dialogue and Parenthetical. In a scene heading, move to the next part of the heading (`⇧`+`Tab` moves back).
Space	In a scene heading, after `INT.` or `EXT.`, move to the location part of the heading. At the start of an Action line, after `INT.` or `EXT.`, start a scene heading.
Space, then `-`	In a scene heading, after the location, move to the time of day. A hyphen inside a word stays part of the location.
`(`	On an empty Dialogue line, turn it into a Parenthetical.
`)`	In a Parenthetical, leave it and continue with Dialogue.

Schedule grid

These shortcuts work in the Day and Week views of the schedule when a time slot in the grid has keyboard focus. Press Tab until a slot is highlighted. See Build the shooting schedule.

Shortcut	Action
Up Arrow	Move the slot 15 minutes earlier.
Down Arrow	Move the slot 15 minutes later.
Page Up	Move the slot an hour earlier.
Page Down	Move the slot an hour later.
Left Arrow	Previous day.
Right Arrow	Next day.
Home	Start of the day.
End	End of the day.
Return	Create a 30-minute event at the slot.

On Set log

These single-key shortcuts work on the Log tab of On Set. The focused take is the one you last selected in the log. See Log takes.

Shortcut	Action
`N`	New take on the shot you're shooting.
`S`	Same again: log another take like the last one on this shot and camera.
`C`	Circle or uncircle the focused take.
`F`	Mark or unmark the focused take as false.
`E`	Edit the focused take.
`M`	Mark the moment at the current timecode.
`/`	Go to the search box.
Space	Cut the rolling take, or start rolling the focused one.
`R`	Start rolling the focused take.
`1` to `5`	Rate the focused take.
`0`	Clear the rating.
`?`	Show the Keyboard shortcuts sheet.