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Keyboard shortcuts

Every keyboard shortcut of Live Producer Studio, by menu, and the keys of the prompter page.

The shortcuts of Live Producer Studio, by menu in the menu bar. A menu item without a shortcut is left out. The menus also show each shortcut beside its item.

Live Producer

Section titled “Live Producer”
Command Shortcut
Settings… ⌘,

File

Section titled “File”
Command Shortcut
New Show… ⌘N
Open… ⌘O
Save ⌘S
Save As… ⇧⌘S

Edit

Section titled “Edit”
Command Shortcut
Undo ⌘Z
Redo ⇧⌘Z
Delete (the selected shot, source or element) ⌘⌫

View

Section titled “View”
Command Shortcut
Show Status Bar / Hide Status Bar ⌘/
Layer Height › Smaller Layers ⌃⌘-
Layer Height › Larger Layers ⌃⌘=
Show Grid / Hide Grid ⌘’
Show Guides / Hide Guides ⌘;
Snap to Grid ⇧⌘;

Switcher

Section titled “Switcher”
Command Shortcut
Take Return
Auto Live ⇧⌘L
Fade to Black / Fade Up from Black ⌥⌘K
Cut Now ⌥Return
Go Live with Selected Shot ⌘Return
Send Selected Shot to Preview ⇧Return
Set In Point at Pointer / Clear In Point I
Set Out Point at Pointer / Clear Out Point O
Select Next Shot ⌥⌘→
Select Previous Shot ⌥⌘←
Select Shot in Layer Above ⌥⌘↑
Select Shot in Layer Below ⌥⌘↓
New Shot ⇧⌘N
Captions on Program ⇧⌘C
Start Recording / Stop Recording… ⇧⌘R
Start ISO Recording / Stop ISO Recording… ⌥⇧⌘R
Start Streaming / Stop Streaming… ⇧⌘B

The Switcher menu, each command with its shortcut beside it

I and O work while the pointer rests on a clip in the preview.

Layer

Section titled “Layer”
Command Shortcut
New Layer ⌥⌘N

Showrunner

Section titled “Showrunner”
Command Shortcut
Next Part ⌘]
Previous Part ⌘[
Next Section ⌥⌘]
Previous Section ⌥⌘[
Deck One Click On ⌃⌘]
Deck One Click Back ⌃⌘[

Window

Section titled “Window”
Command Shortcut
Audio Routing ⌥⌘A
Preview Window ⌥⌘E
Program Window ⌥⌘P
Multiview ⌥⌘V
Showrunner ⌥⌘S
Phone Remote Code ⌥⌘R
Live Producer Platform ⌥⌘L
Spelvin ⌥⌘J
Warnings ⌥⌘’
Audio Routing Left Third, Switcher Two Thirds ⌃⌥⌘←
Switcher Two Thirds, Audio Routing Right Third ⌃⌥⌘→

Help

Section titled “Help”
Command Shortcut
Live Producer Documentation ⌘?

In the preview

Section titled “In the preview”
Do To
Click, then click again in the same place select the element in front, then the one beneath
Shift while dragging a corner switch Keep Proportions for this drag
Shift while dragging the round handle roll in steps of 15°
Hold Option crop the selected element
Option while dragging a value’s number change it in big steps

The prompter page

Section titled “The prompter page”

On the computer or tablet that shows the prompter, with a keyboard or a presenter clicker:

Key Does
Space start or pause auto-scroll
Page Down or → move half a screen on
Page Up or ← move half a screen back
↓ or . move two lines on
↑ or , move two lines back
Home jump to the part on air
F Follow on or off
M mirror, for beam-splitter glass
+ and − text larger or smaller
] and [ auto-scroll faster or slower, 10 words a minute at a time

See also

Section titled “See also”

Describes Live Producer 0.305 · 29 October 2026

Start here

IntroductionSupport

Studio

Introduction

Sources

Introduction

Audio

Introduction

Streaming and recording

Introduction

Captions

Introduction

Multiview and output

Introduction

Showrunner

Introduction

Platform

Introduction

Spelvin

Introduction

Video calls

Introduction

Remote

Introduction

Stream Deck

Introduction

Reference

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Release notes

Release notesLive Producer 0.305: the two ways to use Live ProducerLive Producer 0.304: new stand-in drawingsLive Producer 0.303: a new look for the documentationLive Producer 0.302: tooltips in one sentenceLive Producer 0.301: the inspector and the sheets get the ⓘLive Producer 0.300: a small ⓘ beside what it explainsLive Producer 0.299: quieter SettingsLive Producer 0.298: a Help menuLive Producer 0.297: sharper pictures of the inspectorLive Producer 0.296: the documentation, first versionLive Producer 0.295: the documentation site