Keyboard Shortcut Improvements

Select/Deselect ALL Auto Selectors. Video AND Audio

+10000

I've been asking for this for ages. So easy to implement, but still nothing. It should include the subs track as well.

Hot Keys for Next/Prev Edit - Ignore Track selections.

+10000 Another shortcut that I've been asking for forever.

It's definitely the norm for me, at least when on Avid.

This is more of a bug but I tried to assign "Opt+U" to "Zoom Out" and when I did - nothing was happening. Then I found out that there are other commands and key combos that don't work when pressed. I also see that others are having the same issue where they assign a command and nothing happens.

So in general - keyboard customization needs a serious clean up!!

Also, I have assigned F9 to expand scopes and it only works like 30% of the time...

Hot Keys for Next/Prev Edit - Ignore Track selections.

+10000 Another shortcut that I've been asking for forever.

It's definitely the norm for me, at least when on Avid.

100% agree.

Jim’s comment about ‘breaking the norm’ is irrelevant! Just make it an option.

"Edit selection Mode" (Fairlight Toolbar) to a keyboard shortcut

+1 for adding Fairlight's "Edit Selection Mode" as a keyboard shortcut option.

Assign Key to Layout Presets

+1. Would make the presets way more useful IMHO, vs. having to navigate multiple menu levels.

IMHO it would be useful to allow key sequences (vs. only key combinations).

For example [ALT+S, K] (alt+s followed quickly by "k" key).

Due to the myriad actions available in DR, it's pretty easy to run out of modifiers... and I consider even 2 modifiers pretty awkward, never mind more. It's easier to type a sequence at that point.

Also sequences can give another way to organize shortcuts in a logical way. For example one could have all the Color page-specific feature shortcuts start with [ALT+C] then another key (or combo). This seems to be a fairly common paradigm in software with many possible actions with logical groupings.

I'm not sure how practical/possible it would be to do this with an external macro launcher... but possibly.

Qt already supports this (QKeySequence) in all actions/etc, as does the included shortcut editor (QKeySequenceEdit). But the DR UI shortcut editor only allows combos (effectively QShortcut) not key sequences. Hopefully using full QKeySequences internally wouldn't be a huge refactor job, if at all besides the editor, but I could see how it could be if only QShortcuts were considered in the original design.

I'm not sure how practical/possible it would be to do this with an external macro launcher... but possibly.

Have you considered a Streamdeck? I use one and it works really well with Resolve.

I'm not sure how practical/possible it would be to do this with an external macro launcher... but possibly.

Have you considered a Streamdeck?

Sure, though instead I use my Logitech keyboard with 18x3 macro keys, a Shuttle controller with more macro keys (kinda crap, may splurge on X-Keys version), and now TouchPortal app which turns my old Android tablet into a touch-screen macro launcher (I also use it to display my hardware macro key mappings because I can never remember them all). Oh and my mouse has 8 "extra" programmable buttons.

But what I meant above was for using the "regular" keyboard, but then be able to use key sequences and "translate" them to DR shortcuts. Using something like AutoHotkey or LuaMacros. For this to happen the macro launcher would have to intercept (handle) all key stokes first, then "send" the "translated" shortcut to the application (DR). I'm not sure whether any macro launchers work this way or if it's even possible (depending on the OS, likely).

Keyboard-only access to top-level menus (File/Edit/Trim/etc).

On MacOS I think this is already doable via OS-level features. But on Windows (and I assume Linux) it doesn't appear to be, which I was kinda shocked to realize (I assume, since I got no replies, but still hoping I'm wrong).

I realize this may seem redundant vs. assigning shortcuts directly to items within menus, but a) not all actions can be assigned shortcuts (as demonstrated by this thread) and b) using a macro launcher (or other method) one could then automate navigation through the menu tree and activate any feature that way. And of course one could also navigate menus w/out remembering all the shortcuts or using the pointer, which in some cases is quicker and/or more ergonomic. Even a quick peek into a menu to see what the assigned shortcuts are, can be very helpful. Or not having to move the mouse all the way to the top of the screen to click a small menu link only to then move it back down to select something.

It's really a very basic accessibility feature IMHO.

One thing I've found super useful in MacOs is using the shift+Command+/ key to move the focus to the help field in the menubar. Simple but effective!

another +1 for adding Fairlight Page "Edit Selection Mode" as a keyboard shortcut option.

for me the following shortcuts dont't work:

Multiframe left (Shift + ,)
Swap Clips towards left (Ctrl + Shift + ,)

Nudge 1 Frame works for . and , (right and left)
and both Multiframe right (Shift + .) and Swap Clips towards right (Ctrl + Shift + .) work as well.

Even pressing the non-working Key Combos in the Keyboard Customization Window works, the correct commands are shown, but they don't work when using them in the timeline..

for me the following shortcuts dont't work:

Multiframe left (Shift + ,)
Swap Clips towards left (Ctrl + Shift + ,)

Nudge 1 Frame works for . and , (right and left)
and both Multiframe right (Shift + .) and Swap Clips towards right (Ctrl + Shift + .) work as well.

Even pressing the non-working Key Combos in the Keyboard Customization Window works, the correct commands are shown, but they don't work when using them in the timeline..

Could it be a keyboard layout issue? Am using a standard US Qwerty layout here and those commands seem to be working for me.

No.. the , key is working for nudge left one frame, and shift and control are working as well for other shortcuts. It's not the keyboard layout.

[Shrinivas Ramani]

Ralph,

Does Shift+, equate to the semicolon in your keyboard layout?

Just as a test,
a. does invoking the menu explicitly work?
b. if you were to edit in a shortcut without Shift, does that shortcut work?
c. in the Keyboard customisation dialog, if you were to clear the shortcut and redo the same Resolve-default shortcut, does the window show Shift+, or ; or Shift+; ?

For steps b and c, does the hotkey work?

Regards
Shrinivas

Does Shift+, equate to the semicolon in your keyboard layout?

Just as a test,
a. does invoking the menu explicitly work?
b. if you were to edit in a shortcut without Shift, does that shortcut work?
c. in the Keyboard customisation dialog, if you were to clear the shortcut and redo the same Resolve-default shortcut, does the window show Shift+, or ; or Shift+; ?

For steps b and c, does the hotkey work?

Hi, yes, the "," used with SHIFT is ";" on the german keyboard loayout.

a) yes, i can use CTRL + "," to open the Preferences Window.
b) yes just using "," as a shortcut works for nudging left one frame, setting a different button shortcut without Shift works as well in the Timeline for the Multiframe Left command.
c) in Keyboard customization window pressing SHIFT +"," shows the "," and SHIFT Key like it should and the default command "Multiframe left". i deleted the shortcut and redid it with SHIFT and "," and it worked and sets SHIFT and "," in the shortcut box for Multiframe left like before.

Using the shortcut in the Timeline doesn't have any effect though.
using SHIFT and "." for Multiframe right works..
SHIFT and "." is a ":" on german keyboard layout, and that works fine in the timeline.

The new Render In Place feature is missing the ability to add a keyboard shortcut.

It's also missing from any main menu - which is perhaps the reason it's not available to make a keyboard shortcut. With regards to the main menu, logically it should appear in the Clip menu, below "New VFX Connect Clip" (matching where it appears on the right-click context menu.)

Sanity check...

Does Resolve have the ability to add keyboard shortcuts? In Fusion Studio, you can make a .fu in your config folder that adds menus, hotkeys, actions, etc.., so you aren't bound to a predefined list of commands.

Also, why does the Resolve Keyboard Customization GUI not allow meta as a modifier? Resolve itself is fine with it, it's just not available to click in the editor.

Assign Key to Layout Presets

+1. Would make the presets way more useful IMHO, vs. having to navigate multiple menu levels.

+1 absolutely - use this multiple times a day, just annoying that a shortcut can't be used

Hardly the most important request ever, but I'd happily make use of keyboard shortcuts for the global monitoring controls (Volume Up/Down, Dim and Mute) if they were accessible.

Contrast keyboard shortcuts would be welcomed.

The Tracker Window received recently a very useful function called Track forward and Reverse, but there is still no Shortcut slot accessible to apply a custom keystroke to it.

Please, BM add it into the Keyboard Customization in one of your future updates.

keyboard shortcuts for the global monitoring controls (Volume Up/Down, Dim and Mute) if they were accessible.

I would also find those useful.

+ 1 on this one, this is one I would really appreciate

Thought of a new one I'd like to see.

Shortcuts for the Full Extent Zoom and Detail Zoom levels on the Edit page, along with adding those options to Fairlight and Deliver.

it would be very useful to have a few additional mappable control on the color page, particularly for certain commands that are only available through the right click drop down.

specifically all the commands related to remote and local grades and
- switching version in both grading mode
- use local grade
- use remote grade
- copy remote to local
- copy local to remote


similarly shortcut for groups:
- assign to current group
- assign to new group
- delete from group

also shortcuts to switch between the different node graph: pre-clip, clip, post-clip and timeline.

lastly the image wipe on/off toggle. you can keyboard map the highlight toggle and the split screen toggle, but not the image wipe which is odd to me...

Please make these available as options in Keyboard Customization:

- Save As Shared Node
- Lock/Unlock Node

I totally agree. Standing by BM!

The Tracker Window received recently a very useful function called Track forward and Reverse, but there is still no Shortcut slot accessible to apply a custom keystroke to it.

Please, BM add it into the Keyboard Customization in one of your future updates.

Shortcut to toggle b/n "clip" & "timeline" in color page. I am constantly toggling between "clip" and "timeline" when I'm in the color page but it's so annoying having to always click on those two little dots at the top of the window.

please a shortcut for "clean up node graph"!

or even better, an option to select all clips on color page and clean up node to all selection?

Render in Place and Open in Fusion actions can be assigned shortcuts in 18 Beta.

Options for keyboard shortcut will never be too much. Keep them coming please.

I have two:

Snapping - Currently you can bind a key to activate/deactivate that little magnet and also an override for when you have your cursor moving. But I never remember and I have to keep checking all the time. For my taste and workflow, that is extremely annoying. But keep that function for those who like it. On top of it, add and alternative method where you assign a key you want to hold down. While holding that key down, the snapping is always on and when you release it, is off.

Expand - There is currently no option to set shortcuts to expand/reduce the media pool, effects library and inspector tab. Some times I need them big and overlapping the timeline. But sometimes I need more horizontal room in the timeline and I need them retracted. Having to use the mouse for that all the time is a pain.

Ohhh yes. I agree to what was said above.

I like to add the Problem that I can not resize the "Keyboard Customization" Window. This leads sometimes to the problem that I can not reach and edit all of my longer Keystrok combinations. What I mean is that the "X" Symbol that is meant to delete a shortcut is sometimes simply outside of the window frame.

+1 for this. Just running into it now.

Ohhh yes. I agree to what was said above.

I like to add the Problem that I can not resize the "Keyboard Customization" Window. This leads sometimes to the problem that I can not reach and edit all of my longer Keystrok combinations. What I mean is that the "X" Symbol that is meant to delete a shortcut is sometimes simply outside of the window frame.

+1 for this. Just running into it now.

+1 I've had the same problem.

Jim requested I add this to the list so...

Want a command to switch between the two latest viewer clips viewtopic.php?f=33&t=161295

When I'm assembling a scene I'm often switching between two takes, dropping down, say, shot reverse shot or its conceptual equivalent. Is there a fast way to repeatedly switch back and forth in the viewer between these two most recent takes? If not, is there a different paradigm in Resolve that accomplishes this?

If there isn't such a command, how about adding one? Don't think it needs any UI so I suspect it would be relatively easy to do - and it wouldn't effect anyone who didn't want to bind it to a key and use it.

Want a command to switch between the two latest viewer clips

I would argue for Next/Previous shortcuts that work on the list of clips found in the Source Viewer's drop down.

That would work BUT you’d have to know which was which and remember whether you needed to say prev or next after you’d finished each edit.

Plus the clip list might be ordered by recent or alphabetically. So maybe both commands are the answer.


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Please BMD,
I have not found yet option for 'Add new button' of caption in 'Keyboard customization'.
Please add this basic.
Thanks.

[Shrinivas Ramani]

Okie,
Under Keyboard Customization > Edit Timeline, you can set a custom shortcut to Add Subtitle.

Okie,
Under Keyboard Customization > Edit Timeline, you can set a custom shortcut to Add Subtitle.

Thanks so much Shrinivas, i'll try it. I'm writing subtitle right now.

Okie,
Under Keyboard Customization > Edit Timeline, you can set a custom shortcut to Add Subtitle.

Hi, srinivas, not about 'Add subtitle', but 'add new caption' in Subtitle

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A shortcut for the effects tab search box would be more than welcomed...
having to find that little box with the mouse all the time is a pain...

Shortcut to search for things.
In the media-pool, effects window, etc. there is no way to press f.e. ctrl+f and then start searching as far as I know.

Shortcut to search for things.
In the media-pool, effects window, etc. there is no way to press f.e. ctrl+f and then start searching as far as I know.

+1

Shortcut to search for things.
In the media-pool, effects window, etc. there is no way to press f.e. ctrl+f and then start searching as far as I know.

+1 too

Could you create shortcut for Node Cache On, please ?

Also, could we have different shotcuts for Tracking and Stabilize ?

Would be great to be able to map the take selector to a keyboard shortcut, that way I could cycle through the different takes without having to open the take selector.

So say I click on a Take Selection I've created or hover the mouse over it, I could use Option UP/Down to cycle through. (or which ever keyboard shortcut I decide to map)(I also know there is a shortcut to open it, which I use , request is for ability to cycle through the takes)

Would also be great to be able to access it on the color page vs having to go back to the edit page. This is where the keyboard shortcut would come in really handy.