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# 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 on Input 1 (when viewing image files)                           |
| ← →   | ← →        | Step backward / forward on the selected input, or the first connected input when none is selected |

### 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)                                               |
| Space + left-click drag on zoomed scope                | Pan the zoomed view (Source Signal, False Color, Skin Tone, Waveform) |
| 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="https://565437294-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MFqn5MuayPgQPMZ9pwf%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-1e262532ff1a7de3ea4f1040da1b934be88830b5%2F2026-03_sliders-edit-box.gif?alt=media" 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 Stream Deck buttons.