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Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts are shown for macOS (). On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl wherever you see . You don’t need to memorise any of this: the hint bar along the bottom of the editor always shows the keys that matter right where your cursor is.

Shortcut Action
⌘N New Project
⌘O Open Project
⌘S Save
⌘, Project Settings
⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z Undo / Redo
⌘D Duplicate the selected snippet, group, option or block (contents and all)
⌘P Play
⌘F Search (go to anything)
⌘⌥F / Ctrl-H Replace text across the project
⌘1 / ⌘2 Show Scenes / Show Inspector
⇧⌘M Writing View (toggle; Esc also exits)
⇧⌘B Publish Bundle
⌘⇧R Review Feedback (toggle)
F8 / ⇧F8 Next / Previous Feedback
⌘⇧L Find Lines by Status

These keys have no menu entry; they’re how you write on the page:

Key Action
Enter New line in the snippet
⇧Enter / ⌘Enter New snippet
Tab Turn a plain line into dialogue · accept a name · close a (direction)
⌘T / Alt-T Switch the line between dialogue and narration
Space (empty name / start) Turn the line into plain narration
() Open / close an inline (direction)
⌘B / ⌘I Bold / italic the selected words (formatting must be on)
/ (empty line) Open the quick menu to add structure
/ Step through a line a piece at a time, wrapping across lines
Delete the selected chunk or multi-selection
Gesture Action
button / right-click a snippet or group Open the structural action menu
Shift-click a snippet/group Select a contiguous run
⌘/Ctrl-click a snippet/group Toggle it into a discontiguous selection
Click the empty background Clear the selection
Drag the grip Reorder a snippet, group, or block (Esc cancels)
Drag an option out of its choice Ungroup it
Double-click a pane seam Reset that pane’s width
Click the project name in the top bar Open the project overview
Right-click the scene title Scene note + whole-scene status

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