Keyboard Shortcuts

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are shown in menus and button dropdown lists, but some that you might use most often may be worth learning.

General

Mouse / key

Function

Left mouse + drag

Pan a whole grid and everything on it.

Left mouse + Shift + drag

Reposition and resize objects on a grid.

Right mouse click

Raise a context menu. There may be additional items relevant to the area or object clicked (shows a green border around the selected object).

Left mouse click

Select an item in a list (list panel type, menu, drop-down selector). In the Canvas panel, selects an object according to interaction mode.

Left mouse double-click

Select an object or part (shows an orange bounding box, populates the Properties panel).

Mouse wheel

Zoom in/out about the cursor point

=/– keys (main keyboard)
+/– keys (num pad)

Zoom in/out

V

Bring all objects in an assembly panel into view.

Ctrl+s

Save the project

Ctrl+j

Select all Jugglers

Alt+F4

Quit Compere (standard Windows function)

Nodes panel

Key

Function

Shift+i

Import an MPCDI file

Ctrl+Alt+d

Clear temporary MPCDI data

Ctrl+j

Select all Jugglers

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+j

Calculate (red) bus links (same as toolbar button to show all bus links). Note that connections require a minimum zoom level to show, and must first be calculated.

h

Cycle display around revealed Juggler bus connections: All; Selected Jugglers only; None.

k

Cycle display around processing node links: All; Selected nodes only; None.

Shift+Alt+b

Reset the bus

Ctrl+x

Show / hide all text in Juggler nodes

Delete/Backspace

Remove link from selected pin

Canvas panel elements

Key

Function

m

Toggle interaction mode (None/Canvas, Outputs, Windows)

n

Toggle NDI in Windows

Alt+t

Toggle NDI transparent

Alt+m

Toggle the minimap

Shift+drag

Outputs and Windows: snap to edges

Shift+f

Toggle a Window to fill the parent Canvas

Ctrl+cursor left

Move selected Windows to align with left edge of Canvas

Ctrl+cursor right

Move selected Windows to align with right edge of Canvas

Ctrl+cursor up

Move selected Windows to align with top edge of Canvas

Ctrl+cursor down

Move selected Windows to align with bottom edge of Canvas

Shift+c

Centre a Window in the canvas

Cursor left

Move selected Window/Output/Canvas left one unit

Shift+cursor left

Move selected Window/Output/Canvas left 10 units

Ctrl+Shift+cursor left

Move selected Window/Output/Canvas left 100 units

Cursor right

Move selected Window/Output/Canvas right

Shift+cursor right

Move selected Window/Output/Canvas right 10

Ctrl+Shift+cursor right

Move selected Window/Output/Canvas right 100

Cursor up

Move selected Window/Output/Canvas up one unit

Shift+cursor up

Move selected Window/Output/Canvas up 10 units

Ctrl+Shift+cursor up

Move selected Window/Output/Canvas up 100 units

Cursor down

Move selected Window/Output/Canvas down one unit

Shift+cursor down

Move selected Window/Output/Canvas down 10 units

Ctrl+Shift+cursor down

Move selected Window/Output/Canvas down 100 units

Juggler admin

Key

Function

Shift+c

Show Juggler console window

Ctrl+Alt+c

Upgrade Compere version on a Juggler or Jugglers

Ctrl+Alt+e

Upload an EDID to a Juggler or Jugglers

Ctrl+Alt+f

Update firmware on a Juggler or Jugglers

Ctrl+Shift+e

Upload a script to a Juggler or Jugglers

Beam control

Key

Function

 

Key

Function

Individual

Off

 

Individual

On

Ctrl+r

Red beam off

 

Ctrl+Alt+r

Red beam on

Ctrl+g

Green beam off

 

Ctrl+Alt+g

Green beam on

Ctrl+b

Blue beam off

 

Ctrl+Alt+b

Blue beam on

Ctrl+w

RGB beams off

 

Ctrl+Alt+w

RGB beams on

All

Off

 

All

On

Ctrl+Shift+r

All Red beam off

 

Shift+r

All Red beams on

Ctrl+Shift+g

All Green beams off

 

Shift+g

All Green beams on

Ctrl+Shift+b

All Blue beams off

 

Shift+b

All Blue beams on

Ctrl+Shift+w

All RGB beams off

 

Shift+w

All RGB beams on

Actor / Timeline

Key

Function

f

Toggle Render window fullscreen

r

Rewind Timeline to start

spacebar

Stop/start toggle for playing a timeline

t

Create a new timeline

Ctrl+c

Copy a selected asset or assets

Ctrl+v

Place copied asset(s) to start at the current playhead position on a selected layer if available (empty and the same media type), or on a new layer if not

Ctrl+Shift+v

Paste copied asset(s) at a specified time on a selected layer if available (empty and the same media type), or at the specified time on a new layer, if not or if required

Ctrl+x

Remove selected asset(s) from the timeline; this does not delete the asset from the project and the asset can be pasted elsewhere

Ctrl+m

Add a timeline marker

Ctrl+Shift+m

Add a timeline marker at a position (raises dialog to specify)

Ctrl+g

Go to frame and stop (raises a dialog to specify)

= and - (or mouse wheel)

Zoom in and out of the timeline horizontally. Add shift for vertical layer zoom.

Ctrl+z

Zoom to fit all timeline assets into current panel view (‘zoom extents’)

Ctrl+34

Step playhead to next marker left/right on this timeline

Ctrl+Shift+34

Step playhead to previous / next asset start frame on this timeline

Cursor keys: 34

Nudge timeline asset one frame at a time

Page edited [d/m/y]: 01/09/2023