Search TipsKeyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts, or hotkeys, provide quick access to the features of Nuke Stage. The following tables show these keystrokes.
Conventions
The following conventions apply to instructions for mouse-clicks and key presses.
• LMB means click or press the left mouse button.
• MMB means click or press the middle mouse button
• RMB means click or press the right mouse button.
• When you see the word “drag” after a mouse button abbreviation (i.e., “MMB drag”), this tells you to press and hold the mouse button while dragging the mouse pointer.
• Keystroke combinations with the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift keys tell you to press and hold the key and then type the specified letter.
For example, “Press Ctrl+S” means hold down the Ctrl key, press S, and then release both keys.
Note: Keystrokes in the tables appear in upper case, but you do not type them as upper case. If the Shift+modifier does not appear before the letter, just press the letter key alone.
Global
|
Keystroke(s) |
Action |
| Alt+F4 | Quit Nuke Stage Editor |
| Alt+Return | Show settings |
| Alt+S | Make the Nuke Stage Editor full screen (toggle) |
| Ctrl+A | Select all |
| Ctrl+C | Copy |
| Ctrl+D | Duplicate selected |
| Ctrl+F4 | Close project / quit app |
| Ctrl+N | New project |
| Ctrl+O | Open project |
| Ctrl+S | Save project |
| Ctrl+Shift+D | Create a duplicate before selected |
| Ctrl+F | Search panel |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Save project as… |
| Ctrl+Shift+Z | Redo last action |
| Ctrl+V | Paste |
| Ctrl+W | Close selected panel |
| Ctrl+X | Cut |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo last action |
| Delete | Delete selected |
| Esc | Deselect all / cancel |
| F1 | Opens information about Nuke Stage |
| F2 | Rename selected |
| F7 | Show layout tabs |
| F8 | Show playback timeline |
| Return/ Enter | Accept |
Panels
|
Keystroke(s) |
Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+F | Show filter search bar for panel |
| Ctrl+G | Show panel option selector for the panel under the mouse |
| Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Cycle through multiple panels backwards |
| Ctrl+T | Create new panel |
| Ctrl+Tab | Cycle through multiple panels forward |
| Ctrl+W | Close panel |
| Ctrl+1 | Selects the first panel in the top bar to be the active layout. Can be used for multiple layouts, e.g. Ctrl+2 will make the second layout the active layout. |
| Ctrl+- | Split frame horizontally |
| Ctrl+\ | Split frame vertically |
| Esc | Hide panel option selector |
| F11 | Toggle tab bar visibility |
| Space | Maximize panel (toggle) |
Project Graph
|
Keystroke(s) |
Action |
| Ctrl+A |
Select all |
| Shortcuts for a selected option in the Project Graph list | |
| Ctrl+C | Copy |
| Ctrl+I | Import from… (choose source) |
| Ctrl+Left arrow | When mouse is hovered over treeview, collapse all |
| Ctrl+Right arrow | When mouse is hovered over treeview, expand all |
| Ctrl+Shift+E | Export to…(choose destination) |
| F2 | Rename selected |
| Left arrow OR + | Expand selected section |
| Right arrow OR - | Collapse selected section |
| * | Expand all sections |
Playback
|
Keystroke(s) |
Action |
|---|---|
|
1 |
Go to current frame |
|
Ctrl+End |
Set range end |
| Ctrl+G | Go to frame |
| Ctrl+Home | Set range start |
| Ctrl+Space | Set current frame |
| End | Go to range end |
| Home | Go to range start |
| M | Set label mode |
Viewport
|
Keystroke(s) |
Action |
|---|---|
| C | Display/hide camera info |
| D | Stage view |
| G | Display/hide grid view |
| H | Display/hide axes widget |
| S | Solid mode |
| W | Wireframe mode |
| V | Visualisation mode |
Image Viewer
|
Keystroke(s) |
Action |
|---|---|
| = (equal) | Zoom in |
| - (minus) | Zoom out |
| A | View the Alpha channel |
| Alt+# (1, 2, etc.) | Zoom out by 100%, 50%, 33.3% and so on |
| B | View the Blue channel |
|
C |
Recenter view |
| Ctrl+# (1, 2, etc.) | Zoom-in by 100%, 200% and so on |
|
F |
Autofit view |
| F5 | Refresh |
| G | View the Green channel |
|
H |
Autofit height |
| M | View the Matte overlay channel |
|
R |
View the Red channel |
|
Shift+Tab |
Go to previous texture |
|
Tab |
Go to next texture |
|
W |
Autofit width |
| Y | View the Luminance channel |
Scene Graph
|
Keystroke(s) |
Action |
|---|---|
| Alt+MMB and drag | Zoom in/Out at the pointer location |
| Ctrl/Shift + LMB | Toggle the visibility of USD prims |
| Ctrl+A | Select all |
| Ctrl+C | Copy prim |
| Ctrl+D | Create duplicate prim after the selected prim |
| Ctrl+I | Import prim from… (choose source) |
| Ctrl+Left arrow | When mouse is hovered over treeview, collapse all |
| Ctrl+Right arrow | When mouse is hovered over treeview, expand all |
| Ctrl+Shift+D | Create duplicate prim before the selected prim |
| Ctrl+Shift+E | Export prim to…(choose destination) |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo USD prim movement |
| Del | Delete selected prim |
| F2 |
Rename selected prim Warning: This shortcut currently only supports prims added through Nuke Stage |
| Left | Collapses selected treeview |
| Right | Expands selected treeview |
| + | Expand selected properties |
| * | Expand all properties |
|
- |
Collapse prim properties |
Node Graph
|
Keystroke(s) |
Action |
|---|---|
| Backspace | Delete node(s) |
| B | Insert Blur node |
| C | Insert ColourCorrect node |
| Ctrl+A | Select all |
| Ctrl+I | Load graph from JSON |
| Ctrl+Shift+E | Save graph to JSON |
| Ctrl+V | Paste selected nodes |
| D | Disable node(s) |
| Enter | Place node on node graph |
| F | Node Graph autofit view |
| G | Insert Grade node |
| K | Insert Copy node |
| M | Insert Merge node |
| N | Rename node |
| O | Insert Output node |
| R | Insert Read node |
| Shift+Space | Toggle snap to grid |
| T | Insert Transform node |
| Tab | Displays the node search bar to add new node |
Selected Nodes
|
Keystroke(s) |
Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+C | Copy node. Applies to multiple selection. |
| Ctrl+D | Create duplicate node. Applies to multiple selection. |
| Ctrl+X | Cut node. Applies to multiple selection. |
| Ctrl+Shift+X | Extract selected nodes from tree |
| D | Disable node. Applies to multiple selection. |
| Del | Remove node. Applies to multiple selection. |
| N or F2 | Rename node |
Log Panel
|
Keystroke(s) |
Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+A | Select all |
| Ctrl+C | Copy Log |
Python Panel
|
Keystroke(s) |
Action |
|---|---|
| Alt+Down arrow | Move selected lines down |
| Alt+Up arrow | Move selected lines up |
| Ctrl+A | Select all |
| Ctrl+Enter | Execute script |
| Ctrl+G | Goto Line |
| Shift+Return | Execute script |
| Shift+Tab | Unindent |
| Tab | Indent |
Network Panel
|
Keystroke(s) |
Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+E | Toggle between enabled/disabled |
| LMB+F2 | Edit address |
Sequencer General Controls
|
Keystroke(s) |
Action |
|---|---|
| Alt+left arrow | Jump to the previous selected cue or keyframe |
| Alt+ MMB Drag | Zoom in and out of the sequencer. Also works in the timeline. |
| Alt+ MMB Scroll | Scroll along the sequencer. Also works in the timeline. |
| Alt+right arrow | Jump to the next selected cue or keyframe |
| C | Split single selected clip if it's under the playhead. |
| Ctrl+A | Select all |
| Ctrl+C | Copy the selected track |
| Ctrl+D | Create a duplicate track after the selected track |
| Ctrl+E | Show empty tracks |
| Ctrl+I | Import from… (select source) |
| Ctrl+Left arrow | When mouse is hovered over treeview, collapse all |
| Ctrl+ MMB Scroll | Zoom in and out of the sequencer. Also works in the timeline. |
| Ctrl+Q | Toggle between having the selected group tracks expanded or collapsed |
| Ctrl+Right arrow | When mouse is hovered over treeview, expand all |
| Ctrl+Shift+A |
Select everything that is visible in the sequencer at the current zoom level. Note: Does not apply to the Timeline at the bottom of the window. |
| Ctrl+Shift+D | Create a duplicate track before the selected track. |
| Ctrl+Shift+E | Export to… (select destination). |
| Down arrow | When you select a keyframe with curve mode set to Overlaid curve or Separate curve, this keybinding will step down the curve value by the step size of the property. |
| F | Fit the view to whatever is selected, or on the frame range if there is no selection |
| F2 | Rename track |
| G | Group selected tracks, or create a new Group track if no tracks are selected |
| K | Add a new cue over the selected frametime on the top part of the sequencer |
| L | Lock/unlock the selected track. Applies to multiple selected tracks. |
| Left arrow |
Step playhead left one frametime. Tip: With multi-tool or move tool selected, step selected keyframes/ cues/ clips left to next frametime. |
| MMB + Drag | Drag on the background to pan along the frametime (can also be used with horizontal mouse wheel) |
| M | Mute/unmute the selected track. Applies to multiple selected tracks. |
| Right arrow | With multi-tool or move tool selected, step selected keyframes/ cues/ clips right to the next frametime |
| S | Solo/un-solo the selected track. Applies to multiple selected tracks. |
| Shift+Alt+Left Arrow | When a cue/keyframe is selected, this keybinding selects first cue/keyframe on that track. |
| Shift+Alt+Right Arrow | When a cue/keyframe is selected, this keybinding selects last cue/keyframe on that track. |
| Shift+C | If split/ split all tool is selected, splits all clips |
| Shift+Down arrow | When you select a keyframe with curve mode set to Overlaid curve or Separate curve, this keybinding will step down the curve value by 10x the step size of the property. |
| Shift+Left arrow |
With multi-tool or move tool selected, steps selected keyframes/ cues/ clips left by 10 frames. Note: Only used when mouse is held over the track containing the keyframes/ cues/ clips, or the track's parent track. |
| Shift+N | Add a property track |
| Shift+Right arrow |
With multi-tool or move tool selected, steps selected keyframes/ cues/ clips right by 10 frames. Note: Only used when mouse is held over the track containing the keyframes/ cues/ clips, or the track's parent track. |
| Shift+Space | Toggle snapping |
| Shift+V | Go to the previous curve mode (cycle through). |
| V | Cycle through curve modes for the selected track |
| \ | Toggle showing track tree view |
Timeline
|
Keystroke(s) |
Action |
|---|---|
| C | Go to current frame |
| C+Shift | Go to hovered frame |
| Ctrl+End | Set range end |
| Ctrl+G | Go to frame |
| Ctrl+Home | Set range start |
| Ctrl+Space | Set the hovered-over frame to the current frame |
| End | Go to range end |
| Home | Go to range start |
| L | Toggle looping |
| Left | Go to previous frame |
| M | Set timeline label mode |
| P | Toggle whether popover shows on selection |
| R | Reset timeline visual range |
| Right | Go to next frame |
| Shift+F | Toggle auto-follow |
| Space | Play/pause |
