Moving playhead using keyboard shortcuts

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Moving playhead using keyboard shortcuts

PostFri Jul 17, 2020 2:25 pm

I am looking for two keyboard shortcuts (or menu options):
1. Moving playhead to the end of selected clip
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2. Selecting next clip on the same track
Something like "Next Clip\Edit" (Down arrow) but without jumping across tracks.
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I am trying to automate some of my editing tasks using autohotkey and such shortcuts would be very useful.
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Re: Moving playhead using keyboard shortcuts

PostFri Jul 17, 2020 2:47 pm

The Search feature of Keyboard Shortcuts does need some work.

; and ' will go to first and last frame of selected clip.

Up/Down arrows will select Previous/Next clip on any track with Auto Select enabled.
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Re: Moving playhead using keyboard shortcuts

PostSat Apr 10, 2021 10:27 pm

' and ; don't work for me in either Cut or Edit.

What's the name of the shortcut that these are supposed to be set to? Perhaps I need to re-add them, but I can't find it.
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Re: Moving playhead using keyboard shortcuts

PostTue Dec 20, 2022 11:51 pm

I'm wondering the same thing. I watched a YouTube video by Jason Yadlovski on moving the playhead from marker to marker. He notes that you hold SHIFT + UP or DOWN arrow to move forward, or backward. But on a Mac desktop that key combination moves the playhead in about 2-second increments (not from marker to marker).

It would also be nice to know how to move the playhead to the beginning of the timeline, or to the end of the last clip using shortcuts.
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Re: Moving playhead using keyboard shortcuts

PostWed Dec 21, 2022 3:50 pm

Are you using the default Resolve shortcuts, Joel?

Home/End go to start/end of a timeline. (Or a clip in the Source Viewer.)
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Re: Moving playhead using keyboard shortcuts

PostWed Dec 21, 2022 10:52 pm

Thanks very much, Jim. Works great.

I've set some keyboard shortcuts, but mostly I'm using the defaults. This is my first time using DR. I can't even FIND a reference, in shortcuts, to Home or End (or to beginning or end of the timeline).
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Re: Moving playhead using keyboard shortcuts

PostMon Jan 22, 2024 11:31 am

Resolve 18.6.4 Build 6 following buttons do not work at all for me.

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EDIT: Okay figured it out track has to have Auto Track Selector enabled for this to work

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