Timeline Navigation Controls
 
 
 

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

Press: To:
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.

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(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 upDisplays the top layers located outside of the canvas view.

Vertical scroll barQuickly moves the multi-layer timeline view up or down.

Scroll timeline canvas downDisplays the bottom layers located outside of the canvas view.

Vertical zoom controlEnlarges or reduces the size of the layers.

Home/selected Focus viewClick 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 areaClick or drag in this area to quickly move to any point in the timeline.