Keyboard Shortcuts
Speed up your workflow with CineLog’s comprehensive keyboard shortcuts. Master these hotkeys to navigate, edit, and manage your film projects efficiently.
How to Use Shortcuts
Section titled “How to Use Shortcuts”CineLog includes a powerful hotkey system. Press ⌘ + K anywhere in the app to open the keyboard shortcuts help panel, or use this reference guide to learn the most important combinations.
General Navigation
Section titled “General Navigation”Basic app navigation and interface controls
⌘ + K
Hotkeys Menu Open the keyboard shortcuts help panel
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Toggle Sidebar Show or hide the left navigation sidebar
⌘ + ⇧ + M
Toggle Theme Switch between light and dark mode
Shot List Management
Section titled “Shot List Management”Core functionality for managing shots and scenes
⌘ + N
New Shot Create a new shot (opens dialog in list view, adds directly in focus mode)
⌘ + F
Enter Focus Mode Navigate to Focus Mode for scene-focused editing
⌘ + P
Export PDF Generate a PDF export of the current view
⇧ + D
Display Settings Open the display and layout configuration overlay
⇧ + L
Layout Toggle Switch between scroll and fit-to-screen column layout
⇧ + M
Display Mode Toggle between compact and expanded row display
⇧ + S
Script Panel / Scene Selector Toggle the split-screen Script Panel (in linear view) or open the Focus Scene selector (in focus mode)
⇧ + P
Populate from Script Open the populate shot list from script dialog
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Column Visibility Show or hide the first 9 columns after the day column
Focus Mode
Section titled “Focus Mode”Scene-focused editing and navigation
⎋
Exit Focus Mode Return to the main shot list view
← →
Navigate Scenes Replace the current focused scene with the previous or next scene
⌘ + ← →
Add Scene Add the previous or next scene to the current focus selection
⇧ + S
Select Scene Open the scene selector dialog to choose specific scenes
New Shot Dialog
Section titled “New Shot Dialog”When creating shots through the dialog interface
↑ ↓
Scene Selection Navigate through available scene numbers
⏎
Confirm Create the shot with selected scene
⎋
Cancel Close dialog without creating shot
Pro Tips
Section titled “Pro Tips”Keyboard Shortcuts Help
Section titled “Keyboard Shortcuts Help”The ⌘ + K hotkey opens the shortcuts help panel from anywhere in the app. Use it as a quick reference while learning the system.
Muscle Memory
Section titled “Muscle Memory”Start with the most common shortcuts like ⌘+N for new shots and ⌘+F for focus mode, then gradually learn others.
Efficiency Boost
Section titled “Efficiency Boost”Using keyboard shortcuts can significantly speed up your workflow, especially when managing large shot lists.
Platform Notes
Section titled “Platform Notes”Uses the ⌘ (Command) key for most shortcuts as shown above.