Lacoura Video
Keyboard shortcuts
Every shortcut below is rebindable in the app — Help ▸ Keyboard
Shortcuts lists them live and lets you change any of them.
Playback
| Key | Action |
|---|
| Space | Play / pause the focused monitor |
| K | Pause |
| L | Play faster — 1× → 2× → 4× |
| J | Play reverse — not supported yet, and says so |
| ← / → | Step one frame |
| Shift + ← / → | Step five frames |
| Home / End | Go to start / end |
Tools
| Key | Tool |
|---|
| V | Selection |
| A / Shift + A | Track select forward / backward |
| B | Ripple trim |
| N | Rolling edit |
| Y | Slip |
| U | Slide |
| R | Rate stretch |
| C | Razor |
Source and editing
| Key | Action |
|---|
| I / O | Mark in / out |
| , | Insert at playhead |
| . | Overwrite at playhead |
| Q / W | Ripple trim head / tail to playhead |
| Cmd/Ctrl + K | Split at playhead |
| Delete | Lift (leave a gap) |
| Shift + Delete | Ripple delete (close the gap) |
| Cmd/Ctrl + L | Link / unlink clips |
| Shift + E | Enable / disable clip |
| Alt + ← / → | Nudge one frame (Shift for five) |
Markers, view and file
| Key | Action |
|---|
| M | Add marker at playhead |
| = / - | Zoom the timeline in / out |
| Cmd/Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo |
| Cmd/Ctrl + S | Save project |
| Cmd/Ctrl + O | Open project |
| Cmd/Ctrl + I | Import media |
| Cmd/Ctrl + N | New sequence |
| Cmd/Ctrl + E | Export sequence |