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Keyboard shortcuts
Built-in keyboard shortcuts
You can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly accomplish many tasks in Compressor. To use a
keyboard shortcut, press all the keys in the shortcut at the same time. Shortcuts for common
commands are listed in the table below.
Compressor general keyboard shortcuts
Action Shortcut
Add a le Command-I
Add a set of image sequence les Option-Command-I
Add a set of surround sound les Control-Command-I
Navigate up the list of jobs (in the batch area) Up Arrow
Navigate down the list of jobs (in the batch area) Down Arrow
Play/Pause the video Space Bar
Play the video in reverse J
Stop playback K
Play the video L
Set the In point I
Set the Out point O
Add a marker M
Go to the previous marker or In/Out point Control-Semicolon (;)
Go to the next marker or In/Out point Control-Apostrophe (‘)
Start transcoding the batch Command-B
Compressor window keyboard shortcuts
Action Shortcut
Show the Current view Command-1
Show the Active view Command-2
Show the Completed view Command-3
Show or hide the inspector pane Command-4
Show or hide the Settings and Locations pane Command-5
Show Settings Shift-Command-1
Show Locations Shift-Command-2
Show the Network Encoding Monitor Command-E
Show the Compressor preferences window Command-Comma (,)
Minimize the Compressor window Command-M
Close the Compressor window Command-W
Quit Compressor Command-Q
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