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Keyboard shortcuts

Complete reference of keyboard shortcuts for Mont

Mont supports keyboard shortcuts to speed up your workflow. On Mac, use Cmd where this guide shows Ctrl.

General

Shortcut Action
Ctrl+Z Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z Redo
Ctrl+A Select all (objects in scene mode, items in timeline mode)
Ctrl+C Copy selected objects or segment
Ctrl+V Paste
Delete / Backspace Delete selected item
Escape Clear selection

Mode switching

Shortcut Action
T Switch to timeline mode
S Switch to scene mode (focus on current segment)

Recording

Shortcut Action
R Start/stop screen recording
C Start/stop camera recording
A Start/stop audio-only recording
Shift+R Start/stop recording with current settings
F Start/stop freeze-frame voiceover
V Start/stop overlay voiceover
Space Stop recording (when recording is active)

Playback

Shortcut Action
Space Play/pause
Home Jump to start of timeline
End Jump to end of timeline

Arrow key behavior depends on your current mode:

In timeline mode (no selection):

Shortcut Action
/ Move playhead by 100ms
/ Move playhead by 1 second

In scene mode or during recording:

Shortcut Action
/ Previous segment
/ Next segment

Segments

Shortcut Action
Shift+D Duplicate current segment

Tips

  • Shortcuts are disabled when typing in text fields
  • Recording shortcuts (R, C, A) toggle recording on and off
  • Space is context-aware: it plays/pauses during editing, but stops recording when recording is active