Keyboard shortcuts

The keys that work in each part of Animanager. Ctrl/⌘ means Ctrl on Windows and Command on Mac. Shortcuts don't fire while you type in a text field, except the ones for that field.

Everywhere

Keys	What it does
Esc	Closes the window, menu or popover on top.
Ctrl/⌘ + S	Saves your changes in Settings, the timeline and the video editor.

Timeline

Keys	What it does
Ctrl/⌘ + A	Selects every task in view.
↑ ↓	Selects the previous or next task. With Shift, adds it to the selection.
Digits	Sets the selected task's duration in hours.
F	Shows only the items of the selected tasks in the queue.
Backspace	Deletes the selected tasks.
Esc	Closes the right-click menu, the Task Chat or All stages. Otherwise clears the selection, or cancels a Replan proposal.
Ctrl/⌘ + click, Shift + click	Adds a task to the selection, or selects a range in the queue.
Alt + drag a task	Duplicates it.
Ctrl/⌘ + S	Saves the unsaved changes, in Scheduled.
Double-click a task	Opens the Task Chat of its stage.
Double-click a card under Scheduled in the queue	Scrolls the Timeline to its bar.

In a Replan proposal:

Keys	What it does
Backspace or Delete	Leaves the ticked items of Deadline impact out of this plan.
Enter	Applies the number typed in a plan setting.
← →, Home, End	Move the Balance slider.
Esc	Cancels the proposal.

See Plan the team on the Timeline and Let Replan schedule the work.

Timesheet

Keys	What it does
Enter	Saves the time typed in the pencil's H and M. In Add Hours, calculates.
Esc	Cancels the time edit, or closes Add Hours.

See Log time and review it.

Tree and grid

Keys	What it does
Shift + click an item	Selects every item between it and the one selected before.
Ctrl/⌘ + click an item or a stage	Adds it to the selection, or takes it out.
Shift + click a stage cell in the grid	Selects the rectangle of cells between it and the one selected before.
Drag across grid cells	Selects them. Hold Shift or Ctrl/⌘ when you start to add them to the selection.
. on the numeric keypad	Shows the item of the open chat in the tree.
Esc in the tree search	Clears the search.
Enter, Ctrl/⌘ + Enter in Create item	Adds a row for another title, and creates the items.
Click an estimate in the grid	Edits it. Enter, or a click elsewhere, saves it; Esc leaves it as it was.
Enter, Esc in Rename	Saves the new name, or cancels.
Drag an item row onto another collection	Moves the item there, when the grid is grouped by collection.

Renaming and deleting are in the right-click menu of the tree. See Organize projects, spaces and items.

Pipeline editor

Click the canvas of the Dependencies card first, so the keys reach it.

Keys	What it does
Mouse wheel	Zooms in and out.
Drag the background	Moves around the pipeline.
Shift + click a stage or a connection	Adds it to the selection.
Shift + drag the background	Selects everything in the box.
Ctrl/⌘ + C	Copies the selected stages, or the whole pipeline when nothing is selected.
Ctrl/⌘ + V	Adds the copied pipeline to this one.
Delete or Backspace	Removes the selected connections or assets.

See Connect stages: inputs and masters.

Blender add-on

The add-on has no shortcuts of its own. Press N in the 3D view to show Blender's sidebar, with the Animanager tab. See The Blender add-on, panel by panel.

Render farm

Keys	What it does
Enter or Space	Selects the job card in focus.
← →	Move the preview's frame slider.
Esc	Closes the frame stats.
Enter in the Helper's code field	Enrolls the computer, like Enroll.

See Render on your own machines.

Canvas

Keyboard shortcuts, the i button at the right of the canvas toolbar, lists the main ones.

Keys	What it does
A	Selects everything that isn't locked.
Click the empty canvas	Clears the selection.
Arrow keys	Moves the selection to the nearest node in that direction.
.	Frames the whole canvas, or centers the selection.
Delete or Backspace	Deletes the selection.
Ctrl/⌘ + C, Ctrl/⌘ + V	Copies and pastes nodes. Ctrl/⌘ + V also pastes an image you copied elsewhere.
Ctrl/⌘ + Z	Undoes.
Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + Z, Ctrl/⌘ + Y	Redoes.
C	With one node selected, removes its connections. With more, connects the first to the others.
G, H, V	Arranges the selection as a grid, in a row or in a column.
F	Puts the selected nodes in a new frame.
L	Locks or unlocks the selection.
Space	Plays or pauses the selected videos.
, . on a video	One frame back or forward.
B	Draw mode on or off. ↑ ↓ change the width of the stroke, with Shift in bigger steps.
Scroll	Zooms.
Drag the empty canvas, or middle-click and drag	Moves around the canvas.
Shift + drag the empty canvas	Selects the nodes inside the rectangle.
Shift + click a node	Adds it to the selection, or takes it out.
Alt + drag a node	Duplicates it.
Alt + click	Opens the menu.
Double-click a node	Fits it to the view.
Esc	Leaves draw mode, or closes the menu.
Hold Shift	Keeps the AI nodes bright while the rest fades, to find their inputs.
Shift + drag from an AI node's input to a node	Wires that node into the input. With an image selected, Shift + click the input does the same.
Drag nodes onto a folder, and hold	Opens the folder after half a second, to drop them inside.
Drag nodes onto an item of the studio tree, and hold	Moves them to that item's canvas. Hold Alt to copy them instead.
Type in the right-click menu	Finds what to add. ↑ ↓ and Enter pick it, Esc clears the search.
@ in a Seedance or MiniMax H3 direction	Picks a wired reference by name. ↑ ↓, then Enter or Tab.
Enter in a checklist item	Adds the next item. Backspace in an empty item removes it.

In the image editor of the canvas: B brush, E eraser, M select, V move, C crop, P color picker, Ctrl/⌘ + Z undo, Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + Z redo, Ctrl/⌘ + 0 zoom to 100%, Enter applies the crop and Esc cancels it.

See Generate images and video on the canvas.

Review mode

Press ? in Review mode to see its main shortcuts.

Keys	What it does
Space	Plays or pauses.
← →	The previous or next file of the version, when it has more than one. Otherwise, one frame back or forward.
↑ ↓	The previous (older) or next (newer) revision of the stage. While comparing, it changes A:.
, .	One frame back or forward. Hold them to keep stepping.
J	Back one second.
L	Forward one second, when notes can't be drawn (for example while comparing). Otherwise L opens notes with the Line tool.
Home End	Goes to the start or the end.
M	Mutes or unmutes.
F	Full screen on or off.
H	Flips the picture horizontally.
C	Compares with another version: off, wipe, split.
G	Grid over the picture: off, thirds, center, safe area.
E	Downloads the file.
?	Shows or hides the list of shortcuts.
Esc	Closes, in this order: an open popup, the shortcuts, the notes, full screen, then Review mode.
Scroll, drag, double-click	Zooms at the pointer, moves the zoomed picture, and zooms to 2× or back.
Middle-button drag	Moves the picture at any zoom, even while drawing.

Inside the app, Esc closes Review mode straight away, whatever is open; the order above applies on a review link. The letter keys answer to lower case only: with Caps Lock on, J, L, H, C, G, E, F and M do nothing.

See Review a shot.

Notes on the frame

Keys	What it does
B	Pencil. It also opens notes.
T	Text. It also opens notes.
S	Circle. It also opens notes.
L	Line. It also opens notes.
Ctrl/⌘ + Z	Undoes the last mark.
Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + Z, Ctrl/⌘ + Y	Redoes it.
Hold Alt	Eyedropper: click to take a color from the picture.
Enter in a text box	Places the text. Shift + Enter starts a new line, Esc discards it.
Ctrl/⌘ + V	Pastes a copied image on the frame as a reference.
Middle-button drag	Moves the zoomed picture without leaving the tool.

Undo keeps the last 40 steps. See Draw feedback on the frame.

Chat

Keys	What it does
Enter	Sends a message. In a feedback note or a revision, it starts a new line instead: press the send button.
Shift + Enter	New line.
Ctrl/⌘ + Enter	Sends a message, also from inside a code block.
↑ in an empty message box	Edits your last message.
@	Mentions a person.
#	Refers to a channel.
/ at the start	Picks an Anibot function.
Ctrl/⌘ + B, Ctrl/⌘ + I	Bold and italic.
Enter while editing a message	Saves it. Esc cancels.
↑ ↓ Enter in the @, # or / list	Move through the list and pick. Esc closes it.
Enter in a checklist item	Adds the next item. Backspace in an empty item deletes it.
Enter in a code block	Adds a line.
Esc in Search messages...	Closes the results.
← → in the image viewer	The previous or next picture of the message. Esc closes it.

See Give feedback in the chat and Write messages.

Feed

Keys	What it does
Esc in Search all messages	Clears the search.
Tab, then Enter or Space	Opens one message of a stacked card.
Esc	Closes the Mark as read menu of a card.

See Follow activity in the feed.

Video editor

Keys	What it does
Space	Plays or pauses.
, or ←, . or →	One frame back or forward.
Shift + ← Shift + →, or Shift + , Shift + .	Jumps to the previous or next marker.
Home End	Goes to the start or the end.
K	Knife: click a clip to cut it there.
A or Esc	Back to the selection tool.
D	Duplicates the selected clip.
M	Adds a shot marker at the playhead. Shift + M adds a collection marker.
Delete or Backspace	Deletes the selected marker, keyframes or clips.
Ctrl/⌘ + Z	Undoes.
Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + Z, Ctrl/⌘ + Y	Redoes.
Alt + scroll	Zooms the timeline.
Shift + click a clip	Adds it to the selection.
Ctrl/⌘ + click	Selects every clip on that side of the playhead.
Alt + drag a clip	Duplicates it.
Alt + click a clip	Adds a volume keyframe. Alt + click a keyframe removes it.
Shift + scroll	Moves along the timeline.
Drag a clip's edge, or a dot near its top edge	Trims it, or fades it in or out.
Double-click a marker	Renames it.
Shift + drag a number in the properties	Changes it in fine steps.
Ctrl/⌘ + S	Saves the project.

See Cut an edit in the video editor and Mark shots and create them from an edit.

Publisher

Keys	What it does
Double-click a day	Writes a new post on that day, in Month.
Drag a post	Moves it to another day, at the same time.
Enter or Space	Picks or unpicks the media in focus, in Select media.
Esc	Closes the post editor or the preview of a post.

See Plan social posts in Publisher.

Settings

Keys	What it does
Ctrl/⌘ + S	Saves every section you changed, even while you type in a field.
Enter	In New role, creates the role. In a role's name, keeps the new name.
Esc	Closes the Settings for menu, the Default studio role menu or Manage studios.

See The Settings page.

Related

• Navigate Animanager
• Review a shot
• Generate images and video on the canvas