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1080Logic Pro User Guide
Assign key commands in Logic Pro
You can assign particular computer keyboard keys to Logic Pro functions and control
surface messages to particular commands—effectively teaching Logic Pro to understand
these messages.
If your computer has a Touch Bar, you can assign key commands to appear in the Touch
Bar as one of the key commands screen shortcuts. See Overview of Touch Bar shortcuts in
Logic Pro for more information.
Assign a function to a key
1. In Logic Pro, select a command in the Command column.
2. Click the Learn by Key Label button.
3. Press the relevant keyboard key, along with the modifier key or keys—Shift, Control,
Option, Command.
4. If the key command assignment is already used by Logic Pro, an alert appears. You have
the following options:
• Cancel: Click Cancel if you don’t want to change the existing assignment.
• Replace: Click Replace if you want to replace the existing assignment with the
selected function.
• OK: Click OK if you want to assign the key command combination to the selected
function, while retaining the existing key command or function.
5. If the key command assignment is already used by macOS, typing the key command
triggers the system function, indicating the key command is not available. For example,
if you press Option-Command-D, the Dock in the Finder is shown or hidden, indicating
the key command is not available. In this case, choose another keyboard assignment.
6. Click the Learn by Key Label button again.
The Learn by Key Position button works in a similar way, differing in that you can assign, for
example, different commands to the alphanumeric keyboard and the numeric keyboard.