Keyboard Shortcuts

This page lists the shortcuts that can be used from your keyboard in xLights.

A list of keyboard shortcuts is also available by selecting File/Key Bindings within xLights.

The shortcuts listed here are based on a Windows computer. Other operating systems may vary somewhat.

Keyboard shortcuts are case sensitive. If you are not getting the desired effect, check your Caps Lock.

On occasion, the keybindings.xml file has been known to become corrupt and the keyboard shortcuts no longer function as intended. If this occurs:

When xLights restarts, it will regenerate the keybindings.xml file to the default settings and the keyboard shortcuts should function again.

The following are the default keyboard presets. These can be changed by the user by editing the keybindings.xml file if desired.

General

b (lower case)
- Insert Bars Effect
c (lower case)
- Insert Curtain Effect
d (lower case)
- Insert Ramp Down/Fade (On Effect which goes from from 100% to 0%)
f (lower case)
- Insert Fire Effect
F (upper case)
- Insert Fan Effect
g (lower case)
- Insert Garlands Effect
i (lower case - "I" not "L")
- Insert Circles Effect
m (lower case)
- Insert Morph Effect
n (lower case)
- Insert Snowflakes Effect
o (lower case)
- Insert On Effect (with constant 100% intensity
O (upper case)
- Insert Off Effect
p (lower case)
- Insert Pinwheel Effect
r (lower case)
- Insert Ripple Effect
R (upper case)
- Insert a Random Effect
S (upper case)
- Insert Spirals Effect
u (lower case)
- Insert Ramp Up (On Effect which goes from 0% to 100%)
w (lower case w)
- Insert Color Wash Effect
x (lower case)
- Insert Text Effect
y (lower case)
- Insert Butterfly Effect

F5
- Effect Update
CTRL + SHIFT + Right Arrow
- Expand Effect to Next Timing Mark or End of the Sequence
CTRL + SHIFT + Left Arrow
- Expand Effect to Previous Timing Mark or Start of the Sequence
CTRL + l (lower case L)
- Lock Effect
CTRL + u
- Unlock Effect

Space
- Toggle Play/Stop from currently selected position - will restart from the original selected location on the timeline
Pause
- Pause playback - pressing again will resume from that location
Home
- Go to the start of a sequence on the timeline
End
- Go to the end of a sequence on the timeline
CTRL + 0 - 9
- Jump to Timeline Tag
CTRL + SHIFT + 0 - 9
- Jump to 0%-90% through the song in the sequencer
CTRL + SHIFT + Left Arrow
- Expand Effect to Previous Timing Mark or Start of Sequence
CTRL + SHIFT + Right Arrow
- Expand Effect to Next Timing Mark or End of Sequence
+
- Zoom in
-
- Zoom out
CTRL + . (period)
- Mark Spot
CTRL + /
- Return to Spot
CTRL + A (upper case)
- Insert Layer below
CTRL + a (lower case)
- Select All effects but no timing tracks (on Sequencer Tab)
CTRL + ALT +a (lower case)
- Select All Effects and Timing Tracks (on Sequencer Tab)
t (lower case)
- Add timing mark at currently selected location on timeline
s (lower case)
- Split timing mark at currently selected location on timeline
CTRL + I (upper case I)
- Insert Layer above (on Sequencer Tab)
CTRL + X
- Toggle Element Expand (to show models in group, strands, nodes, etc)

Last updated 3 years ago