Keyboard Shortcuts

This is the authoritative shortcut reference for CueForge 0.99.1 beta. Shortcuts are context-sensitive: the same key can do different things in Show Mode, Edit Mode, and the Audio Deep Editor.

How shortcuts follow your keyboard layout

Note: Letter and number shortcuts match the produced character, so they follow your active keyboard layout. On an AZERTY or QWERTZ layout, the labelled letter key works — S means “the key that produces the letter S” on your layout. Layout-independent keys — Space, Tab, Escape, Enter, the arrow keys, Home/End, Page Up/Page Down, Insert/Delete, and the F-keys — always follow the physical key position.

Physical validation on non-QWERTY layouts is still being finalised as part of the worldwide-keyboard test pass. We do not claim that every international layout is verified.

Note: On macOS, Option+letter combinations may compose accented characters instead of registering as shortcuts. If the cue creation shortcuts below do not fire, use the Add menu instead — this is a known boundary currently under validation.

Global rules

• Shortcuts are suppressed while focus is in an editable field (any text input or textarea), so typing cue names never fires transport commands.
• Key repeat is ignored — holding a key down does not re-trigger its action.
• Modal dialogs block transport keys until they are dismissed.
• In Show Mode, Escape always triggers PANIC, but it closes the ? shortcut help overlay first if that overlay is open.

Show Mode

Shortcut	Action
Space	GO — fire the armed cue
Enter	Take Next
S	Stop (two-step re-arm; blocked under Show Lock)
P	Pause
R	Resume
N	Next Step (stepped video cues)
A	Acknowledge memo
Escape	PANIC (always works, even under Show Lock)
↑ / ↓	Arm previous / next cue
← / →	Collapse / expand selected group
Cmd/Ctrl+L	Toggle Show Lock
B	Toggle Blackout
T	Toggle Test Pattern
O	Toggle Output Window
?	Open shortcut help overlay

Edit Mode

Transport and audition

Shortcut	Action
Space	Audition play/pause for the selected cue (never GO)
S	Stop audition
P / R	Pause / resume the global transport
Enter	Take Next
Escape	Safe stop

Editing and clipboard

Shortcut	Action
Cmd/Ctrl+D	Duplicate selected cues
Cmd/Ctrl+A	Select all cues
Cmd/Ctrl+C / Cmd/Ctrl+X / Cmd/Ctrl+V	Copy / cut / paste cues (in-memory clipboard, not the OS clipboard)
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+C / Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+V	Copy / paste cue properties
Cmd/Ctrl+Z	Undo
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Z or Cmd+Y	Redo
Delete / Backspace	Delete selected cues
F2	Rename selected cue
Tab	Indent cue into the group above (move into a group)
Shift+Tab	Outdent cue (move out of a group)
Cmd/Ctrl+G	Go to Cue
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P	Command Palette

Cue creation

New cues are named “New <Type> Cue” and receive their cue number automatically.

Shortcut	Creates
Alt+A	Audio Cue
Alt+V	Video Cue
Alt+P	Image Cue
Alt+W	Wait Cue
Alt+G	Group Cue
Alt+C	Call Cue
Alt+M	Memo Cue
Alt+S	Stop Cue
Alt+O	OSC Cue
Alt+I	MIDI Cue
Alt+H	HTTP Cue

Note: On macOS, Option (mapped to Alt) may compose accented characters instead of firing these shortcuts. If they do not respond, use the Add button in the cue list. This is a known boundary under validation in the worldwide-keyboard test pass.

Audio Deep Editor

The Audio Deep Editor owns its own transport while it has focus:

Shortcut	Action
Space	Play / pause preview
S	Stop preview

Audition transport never contains GO or PANIC — previewing in the Deep Editor can never affect the live show. See The Audio Deep Editor.

Timeline window

Shortcut	Action
S	Toggle snap
I	Toggle inspector
Cmd +/-	Zoom in / out
Cmd+0	Zoom to fit
← / →	Pan the view
Home / End	Jump to start / end of the show

Global application shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+Q	Quit — routes through the quit guard: with unsaved changes you are offered Save / Discard Changes / Cancel; repeated presses while the dialog is open are ignored; a failed save shows an error and aborts the quit cleanly
Cmd+N	New Project
Cmd+O	Open Project
Cmd+S	Save Project
Cmd+Shift+S	Save Project As
Cmd+Shift+N	Open the Start Workspace
Cmd+,	Settings
Cmd+W	Close window