Editor shortcuts

The editor keeps keyboard shortcuts focused on preview playback, range marking, seeking, and timeline navigation so browser, form, and media controls stay predictable.

Shortcuts only control the editor when focus is not inside an interactive control or dialog. They are ignored while typing in inputs, using selects, pressing buttons, adjusting sliders, or working inside export and framegrab dialogs.

Preview playback

Shortcut	Action
`Space`	Play or pause the preview.

Marking and seeking

Shortcut	Action
`I` or `[`	Set `In` to the current playhead.
`O` or `]`	Set `Out` to the current playhead.
`Shift` + `I`	Jump to `In`.
`Shift` + `O`	Jump to `Out`.
`Left Arrow`	Move the playhead back 30 seconds.
`Right Arrow`	Move the playhead forward 30 seconds.
`Shift` + `Left Arrow`	Move the playhead back 5 seconds.
`Shift` + `Right Arrow`	Move the playhead forward 5 seconds.

I, O, Shift + I, and Shift + O match Premiere-style mark and jump behavior. Bracket keys and arrow-key seeking are Cliparr conveniences.

Setting In or Out clamps the range to the media duration and keeps Cliparr’s minimum clip length intact. Second-based seeking stays inside the media duration and resumes playback when the preview was already playing.

Frame stepping and zoom

Shortcut	Action
`Page Up`	Step back one frame.
`Page Down`	Step forward one frame.
Hold `K` + `J`	Step back one frame.
Hold `K` + `L`	Step forward one frame.
`-`	Zoom the timeline out.
`=`	Zoom the timeline in.

K + J, K + L, -, and = preserve Premiere muscle memory. Page Up and Page Down are Cliparr-specific aliases for single-frame stepping.

Frame stepping pauses the preview and moves by the active source video frame rate when Cliparr can detect it. If the frame rate is unavailable, Cliparr falls back to a 30 fps step.

Editable timecodes

Click the preview time, In, or Out timecode to type an exact time.

Shortcut	Action
`Enter`	Apply the typed timecode.
`Escape`	Cancel editing and keep the previous value.

Timecode fields accept seconds, minutes and seconds, or hours, minutes, and seconds. Examples include 90, 1:30, and 1:02:03.

Pointer controls

Most editor actions are controlled directly on screen:

Drag the timeline selection to move the clip range.
Drag selection edges to adjust In and Out.
Use the zoom buttons to change timeline scale.
Scroll the timeline to move horizontally.
Use Ctrl/Cmd + scroll over the timeline to zoom around the pointer.
Use the volume slider and mute button to control preview audio.