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# Timeline Navigation Controls

The following is a list of hotkeys and mouse gestures commonly used to navigate within the Timeline menu.

Press: | To:
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Right Alt | Go to the previous frame.
Right Ctrl | Go to the next frame.
Left arrow | Go to the previous element.
Right arrow | Go to the next element.
Up arrow | Move the focus point to the layer above.
Down arrow | Move the focus point to the layer below.
Middle mouse button and drag | Move the multi-layer timeline.
Right mouse button and drag | Zoom into or out of the multi-layer timeline.
Left mouse button and drag the positioner | Move the positioner.

Additional multi-layer timeline navigation controls are shown below.

(a) Scroll timeline canvas up(b) Vertical scroll bar(c) Scroll timeline canvas down(d) Vertical zoom control(e) Home/selected Focus view(f) Scrub area

Scroll timeline canvas up
  Displays the top layers located outside of the canvas view.
Vertical scroll bar
  Quickly moves the multi-layer timeline view up or down.
Scroll timeline canvas down
  Displays the bottom layers located outside of the canvas view.
Vertical zoom control
  Enlarges or reduces the size of the layers.
Home/selected Focus view
  Click this button to reset the vertical/horizontal zoom and position of the canvas view to display the entire timeline. Alt + press this button to zoom into the selected shot(s).
Scrub area
  Click or drag in this area to quickly move to any point in the timeline.