Timeline Navigation Controls

The following is a list of hotkeys and mouse gestures commonly used to navigate within the Timeline menu.

Press:To:
Right AltGo to the previous frame.
Right CtrlGo to the next frame.
Left arrowGo to the previous element.
Right arrowGo to the next element.
Up arrowMove the focus point to the layer above.
Down arrowMove the focus point to the layer below.
Middle mouse button and dragMove the multi-layer timeline.
Right mouse button and dragZoom into or out of the multi-layer timeline.
Left mouse button and drag the positionerMove the positioner.

Additional multi-layer timeline navigation controls are shown below.

(a) Scroll timeline canvas up  (b) Vertical scroll bar  (c) Scroll timeline canvas down  (d) Vertical zoom control  (e) Home/selected Focus view  (f) Scrub area  

Scroll timeline canvas up

Displays the top layers located outside of the canvas view.

Vertical scroll bar

Quickly moves the multi-layer timeline view up or down.

Scroll timeline canvas down

Displays the bottom layers located outside of the canvas view.

Vertical zoom control

Enlarges or reduces the size of the layers.

Home/selected Focus view

Click this button to reset the vertical/horizontal zoom and position of the canvas view to display the entire timeline. Alt + press this button to zoom into the selected shot(s).

Scrub area

Click or drag in this area to quickly move to any point in the timeline.