# Keyboard Shortcuts

All keyboard shortcuts can be customized using the [Action Editor](/nobe-omniscope/action-editor.md). The shortcuts listed below are the **defaults**.

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## Default Keyboard Shortcuts

| macOS   | Windows    | Action                                                                 |
| ------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Tab     | Tab        | Toggle scope tabs and main menu                                        |
| ESC     | ESC        | Close active window (scope settings, preferences, crop, solo, etc.)    |
| ⌥F      | Alt+F      | Toggle fullscreen mode                                                 |
| ⌥O      | Alt+O      | Toggle Stay On Top                                                     |
| ⌥S      | Alt+S      | Toggle Solo mode for the scope under the mouse cursor                  |
| ⌥H      | Alt+H      | Pause (freeze) all scopes                                              |
| ⌥B      | Alt+B      | Toggle current snapshot                                                |
| ⇧L      | ⇧L         | Blend last snapshot                                                    |
| ⌘B      | Ctrl+B     | Add a QC Timeline bookmark                                             |
| ⇧B      | ⇧B         | Toggle blanking detection                                              |
| ⌘T      | Ctrl+T     | Toggle targets (View > Targets)                                        |
| ⌘,      | Ctrl+,     | Toggle Preferences window                                              |
| ⌥C      | Alt+C      | Toggle Crop window                                                     |
| ⌥R      | Alt+R      | Reset crop                                                             |
| ⌥D      | Alt+D      | Toggle input 3D LUT on all input sources                               |
| ⌘⌥K     | Ctrl+Alt+K | Toggle Action Editor window                                            |
| ⌥⇧A     | Alt+⇧A     | Toggle About window                                                    |
| ⌥1…9    | Alt+1…9    | Load a saved layout by index (see the layout order in the Layout menu) |
| ↑ ↓ ← → | ↑ ↓ ← →    | Navigate to next / previous photo (when viewing image files)           |

### Solo Mode Navigation

When a scope is in **Solo mode**, use the arrow keys to cycle through scopes:

| Key | Action         |
| --- | -------------- |
| ← ↑ | Previous scope |
| → ↓ | Next scope     |

## Mouse Interactions

| Input                                                  | Action                                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ⌘-click (macOS) / Ctrl-click (Windows) on slider       | Turn slider into a text edit box for precise input                |
| Mouse wheel on scope                                   | Zoom in/out (see below)                                           |
| Middle-click or double-click on scope                  | Reset zoom level                                                  |
| Hold ⌥ (macOS) / Alt (Windows) on scope                | Show image preview (Waveform, Vectorscope, Channel Plot, Sat/Lum) |
| ⌥-click (macOS) / Alt-click (Windows) on Source Signal | Drop a color pin                                                  |
| Middle-click on color pin                              | Remove the color pin                                              |
| Drag on Source Signal                                  | Draw a mask (hold ⇧ to make it permanent)                         |
| Drag on Histogram                                      | Range selection (luma, saturation, or hue)                        |
| Drag on 3D Color Cube                                  | Rotate the cube in 3D                                             |

### Editable Sliders

Hold **⌘** (macOS) or **Ctrl** (Windows) and click any slider to turn it into a text input field for precise value entry.

<figure><img src="/files/d42tu9sDiZ9VRuy14skA" alt=""><figcaption><p>⌘/Ctrl-click a slider to type an exact value</p></figcaption></figure>

### Mouse Wheel Zoom

| Scope                           | Behavior                         |
| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| Vectorscope, 3D Color Cube      | Zooms in and out                 |
| Waveform, Sat/Lum, Channel Plot | Zooms into the blacks            |
| Histogram                       | Scales the plot along the Y axis |

## Symbol Reference

| Symbol | Key             |
| ------ | --------------- |
| ⌘      | Command (macOS) |
| ⌥      | Option (macOS)  |
| ⇧      | Shift           |

## Customization

All shortcuts above are defaults and can be reassigned in the [Action Editor](/nobe-omniscope/action-editor.md). The Action Editor also exposes additional actions — such as **Go to Frame**, **Go to Time**, per-scope controls, and QC toggles — that can be assigned to keyboard shortcuts or StreamDeck buttons.


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