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Keyboard and menu reference

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All of these were read from the app's menu construction; labels are verbatim.

Application menu

Command Shortcut
Check for Updates… -

File

Command Shortcut
New set ⌘N
Open set… ⌘O
Import media… ⌘I
Save set ⌘S
Save set as… ⇧⌘S

Edit

Command Shortcut
Undo set edit ⌘Z
Redo set edit ⇧⌘Z

Composition

Command Shortcut
Previous bank -
Next bank -
Import banks from set… -
Edit layers, columns and banks… -
Media manager… -

Performance

Command Shortcut
Pause / resume Space
Blackout ⌘B
Output settings… ⇧⌘O
Fullscreen output ▸ (one entry per display) -
Open windowed output -
Close output -
Tap tempo T
Resync beat clock R
Trigger column 1…10 on selected layer 1 … 9, 0
Clear all layers ⌘⌫ (Delete)

Layout

Command Shortcut
Compact window ⌘⌥1
Reference window ⌘⌥2
Customize and save layouts… -
Saved named layout entries -
Reset standard layout -

Others

Command Shortcut
Preferences… ⌘,
Ultimate VJ shortcuts (the in-app help sheet) -

The last item is the in-app help sheet. Standard AppKit equivalents for Quit, Hide and so on are not re-declared by the app.

Keys that work without learning

Key Action
1 … 9, 0 Trigger that column on the selected layer, as a held press
Space Pause / resume
T Tap tempo
R Resync beat clock
Escape Close the clean output window; cancel a keyboard learn
Return (focused tile) Send Live
⌥Return (focused tile) Send Preview only

Clipboard and selection keys

These act on the current selection, are intercepted only in the console window, and never fire while you are editing text:

Key Action
⌘A Select all visible populated clips
⌘C Copy
⌘X Move
⌘V Paste
⌘D Duplicate

Mouse modifiers in the matrix

Gesture Action
Plain click Trigger live, except the preview zone
⌘-click Toggle in selection
⇧-click Select rectangle from anchor
⌘⇧-click Add rectangle
Release on an empty tile Open Source Browser

Modifier flags are read at mouse-down, so a modifier click never triggers.

About the unmodified keys

Space, T, R and the digits are handled both as local pressed-key handling and as declared menu key-equivalents. Which of the two wins in the running app - and therefore whether a learned mapping on one of those keys is ever reachable - is not established from reading the source. If you plan to rely on them during a show, test that specific combination first.

Not verified

  • Behaviour of Function, Caps Lock and dead/accent keys: no special handling was found, so they behave as plain key codes, but nothing in the source confirms it.