Mouse and modifiers

The pointer grammar of each part of Shotwork, one table per surface. Hotkeys are on Hotkeys; habits that combine both are on Tips and tricks.

Everywhere

Do this	On	What happens
Middle-drag sideways	any spin box or dropdown	Changes the value, one step for every 8 pixels. One drag is one undo step.
Hold Shift and middle-drag	any spin box or dropdown	Five steps at a time.
Hold Ctrl and middle-drag	any spin box or dropdown	One step for every 40 pixels, for fine changes.
Scroll	a spin box	One step per notch. Notches that follow each other quickly are one undo step.

Shot list

Do this	On	What happens
Click	a shot row	Selects the shot and jumps the playhead to its in point.
Click	the row that is already selected	Jumps back to its in point.
Ctrl-click or Shift-click	shot rows	Adds to the selection.
Drag upward	the empty space under the last row	Selects from the last row up to the row under the pointer.
Click	the empty space under the rows	Clears the selection.
Click	the arrow at the left of a video's header row	Collapses or expands that video's shots.
Click	anywhere else on a header row	Loads that video, without touching the selection.
Right-click	a shot row or a header row	Opens its menu. See Menus and windows.

Source timeline

Do this	On	What happens
Click	the ruler	Moves the playhead there.
Click	a shot's band	Selects the shot. Ctrl-click or Shift-click adds to the selection.
Double-click	a shot's band	Jumps the playhead to the shot's in point. The selection stays as it was.
Drag	an in or out marker	Moves that edge of the shot.
Drag	a shot's band	Moves the whole shot.
Shift-drag	anywhere, over other shots too	Draws a new shot across the drag.
Click	empty space	Clears the selection.
Drag	an interest point	Moves it.
Double-click	an interest point	Removes it.
Right-click	an interest point	Remove Point.
Right-click	a shot's band	Split Shot at Frame with the playhead's frame. The split is at the playhead, not where you clicked.
Scroll	the timeline or the playback range slider	Steps the playhead one frame per notch.
Hold Ctrl and scroll	the timeline	Pans the view by a tenth of what is visible.
Hold Alt and scroll	the timeline	Zooms around the pointer, 1.2 times per notch. Over the range slider it zooms around the playhead.
Middle-drag	the timeline	Pans the view.
Hold Alt and middle-drag	the timeline	Zooms around where you pressed: right to zoom in, left to zoom out, doubling every 150 pixels.
Double-click	the playback range slider	Shows the whole source. Double-click again to get your range back.

Zooming and panning change the playback range but are not undo steps. See Move around a source.

Reel timeline

Do this	On	What happens
Click or drag	the ruler or the shelf above it	Clears the selection and moves the playhead; dragging scrubs.
Drag	the playhead or its time readout	Scrubs.
Click	a clip, gap or card	Selects it. Ctrl-click or Shift-click adds to the selection.
Drag	a clip's top strip	Reorders it. Beside a gap, it slides into the gap instead.
Drag	a clip's face	Draws a box and selects every clip and gap it crosses.
Alt-drag	a clip's face	Slides the clip into the empty space beside it.
Hold Ctrl+Alt and drag	a shortened clip's face	Slips it: which part of the shot plays changes, and the clip stays put.
Drag	just inside a clip's edge	Trims that clip. Shortening leaves a gap; lengthening takes time from the next clip.
Hold Ctrl and drag	a clip's edge	Ripples: every later clip moves by the change, and no gap opens.
Drag	the exact seam between two clips	Rolls the cut: one clip gains what the other loses.
Hold Ctrl while reordering	over another clip	Replaces that clip, taking its place and screen time.
Hold Shift while dragging	anything that snaps	Reverses snapping for that one drag.
Drag	a fade's corner point	Changes the fade's length. Dragging it past the clip's edge removes the fade.
Drag	a song bar's body	Moves the bar along the reel.
Alt-drag	a song bar's body	Slides the song under the bar; the beats move and the bar stays put.
Drag	a song bar's end	Changes where on the reel the song starts or stops.
Drag	the line inside a song bar	Changes its level, from +12 dB at the top to -24 dB at the bottom.
Drag	a fade handle on a song bar	Changes that fade. A handle appears once the fade is longer than zero.
Double-click	a song bar	Mutes the song, or brings it back.
Click	the beat lane	Selects the song above it.
Double-click	the template band	Opens the overlay template editor.
Scroll	anywhere on the strip	Steps the playhead one frame per notch.
Hold Ctrl and scroll	the strip	Pans the view by a tenth of what is visible.
Hold Alt and scroll	the strip	Zooms around the pointer.
Middle-drag	the strip	Pans the view.
Hold Alt and middle-drag	the strip	Zooms around where you pressed, doubling every 150 pixels.

The pointer changes shape to say what a drag will do before you press: trim and roll pointers at clip edges and seams, an open hand over a top strip or a song bar's body, left and right arrows over the playhead, song edges and fade handles, and up and down arrows over a song's level line. See Arrange clips and Music.

Rating stars

Do this	What happens
Click a star	Sets that rating on every selected shot.
Click the current rating again	Clears it.
Drag across the stars	Sets the rating where you let go. Dragging off the left edge clears it.
Hover	Previews what a click would set.

With the stars focused, 0 to 5 set a rating directly and the arrow keys add or take away a star.

Overlay template editor canvas

Do this	What happens
Drag an item, with the left or middle button	Moves it. It snaps onto a zone within 12 pixels, and never onto a zone another item holds.
Scroll	Resizes the selected item: text by 2 pixels a notch, images by 0.05 of their scale.
Hold Alt and middle-drag sideways	Resizes the item under the pointer: right grows, left shrinks.
Arrow keys	Nudge the selected item one pixel, or ten with Shift.
Right-click an item	Remove Item.

See Build an overlay template.