Keyboard
Shortcuts are written for the keyboard the app is running on: Ctrl on Windows and Linux, ⌘ on macOS.
Running
| Keys | Action | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Space | GO — fire the selected cue of the list in front and move on to the next cue of that list. With nothing selected, as after the list's last cue, it fires nothing. | Anywhere except a text field |
| Esc | STOP — stop the list in front, at once or over the show's STOP fade; a second press during the fade cuts it. Where no other list is running, that is everything | Anywhere except a text field. With a menu open, the press closes the menu and stops nothing |
| P | PAUSE — hold the whole show where it stands, and let it go on. While it is held GO waits; STOP and PANIC end the hold | Anywhere except a text field |
| Shift + Esc | PANIC — stop with a short fade | Anywhere except a text field |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + P | PANIC from the application menu — the same silence, reached without the window | Anywhere, including while the window is busy |
| F5 | Show mode — the show in large type, read-only; F5 again to edit | Anywhere a panel is not open |
| F6 | Cart — the list as a wall of buttons, each playing its cue; F6 again for the list | Anywhere a panel is not open |
| 1 … 9, 0 | Play the first ten cart tiles | The cart |
| A tile's own key | Play that tile — set by right-clicking the tile and pressing the key | Anywhere except a text field, whichever list is in front |
| Ctrl + Page Down / Page Up | The next or previous cue list tab | Anywhere a panel is not open |
The show file
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl/⌘ + N | New workspace |
| Ctrl/⌘ + O | Open workspace |
| Ctrl/⌘ + S | Save |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + S | Save As… |
| Ctrl/⌘ + , | Settings… |
Editing the list
| Keys | Action | Where |
|---|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ | Move the selection | Cue list |
| Delete | Delete the selected cue. The selection moves to the cue that took its place, so GO stays where you were working. | Cue list |
| Ctrl/⌘ + D | Duplicate the selected cue | Cue list |
| Ctrl/⌘ + C / X / V | Copy, cut or paste the selected cues — a group with everything in it. A paste lands after the cue you stand on, as new cues with the next numbers; a copied fade aimed at a cue copied with it is aimed at that cue's copy. The copy outlives opening another show, so cues move between shows | Cue list; in a text field the field's own text |
| Enter / Esc | Commit or cancel a rename | Renaming a cue |
| Esc | Close a menu — the row menu, Cuerunner ▾ or More ▾ — or cancel a rename; a bare press is the transport's | Cue list and toolbar |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Z | Undo | Anywhere except a text field |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + Z | Redo | Anywhere except a text field |
Undo is one stack for everything an edit destroys — the cue list, the scenes, the
desk setup, the cast, the mic plot and how the show follows timecode — so an undo is
never half a change. It
keeps the last 50 edits. In a focused text field, the field's own undo applies
instead.
Slices on the waveform
| Keys | Action | Where |
|---|---|---|
| M | Add a slice marker at the cursor — or, while the cue plays, where the music is. A cue's own hotkey on M still fires everywhere else | The waveform, once it has the keyboard: click it, or Tab to it |
| Double-click | Add a marker at the note under the pointer | The waveform |
| Tab / Shift + Tab | Walk the slices and markers from left to right | The waveform's slice strip |
| ← / → | Nudge the marker 10 ms; with Shift 100 ms, with Alt 1 ms. Each press is one undo; a held key is one | A selected marker |
| Delete / Backspace | Take the marker out; the slices either side join with the earlier one's count | A selected marker |
| Enter | Choose the slice's count: ×1–×4, a typed count, ∞ vamp or skip | A focused slice |
| ↑ / ↓ | One pass more or fewer: skip, ×1 … ×999, then ∞ | A focused slice |
| 0 … 9, V | Set the count: a digit is that many passes, 0 skips, V vamps | A focused slice |