Chapter 16 — Keyboard Shortcuts

All custom keyboard shortcuts are 🍎 macOS only. Scene Cards has no custom shortcuts on 📐 iPadOS — use the navigation bar buttons and ⋯ overflow menu (§15.2) instead.


Modes

Shortcut Action
⌘⇧1 Switch to Scenes mode
⌘⇧2 Switch to Locations mode
⌘⇧3 Switch to Schedule mode
⌘⇧4 Switch to Cast mode

Wall zoom (macOS)

Shortcut Action
⌘= Zoom in — fewer, larger cards across
⌘- Zoom out — more, smaller cards across
⌘0 Actual size — 8 cards across

Trackpad pinch does the same. See §15.1 (View).

Project menu

Shortcut Action
⌘⇧N New Project
⌘⇧O Open Project…

File

Shortcut Action
⌘S Save
⌘⇧S Save As…
⌘P Print Wall Layout…

Import

Shortcut Action
⌘⇧I Import Script PDF or FDX…
⌘⌥I Batch Import Images (Folder)…
⌘⌥⇧I Batch Import Images (Select Files)…
⌘⌃I Import Project Data…

Edit

Shortcut Action
⌘Z Undo
⌘⇧Z Redo
⌘X Cut
⌘C Copy
⌘V Paste
⌘A Select All

Cards

Shortcut Action Notes
⌘⌥N Insert Card After Requires a card to be selected
⌘⌥O Toggle OMITTED Requires a card to be selected
⌘⌥R Renumber From Here Requires a card to be selected

Help

Shortcut Action
⌘/ Keyboard Shortcuts…
⌘⇧? Quick Start…

Dialogs

These work inside drawing and text-note panels:

Shortcut Action
⌘↩ Save / confirm
⎋ Cancel / close
⌘Z Undo (drawing panel)

✱ Tip — all import shortcuts share the I key with different modifier combinations. A quick way to remember them: ⌘⇧I for script (the most common import), ⌘⌥I for images, ⌘⌃I for session data.