Shortcuts

There is a number of different shortcuts available in LightAct which should speed up your workflow.

General

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + N	New file
Ctrl + O	Opens file
Ctrl + S	Saves file
Ctrl + Shift + S	Saves file as...
Ctrl + I	Imports asset
Ctrl + Q	Quits program
Ctrl + C	Copy
Ctrl + V	Paste
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Ctrl + Y	Redo
Ctrl + A	Selects All
Ctrl + F4	Closes undocked hovered window or popup

Viewport

Shortcut	Description
Mouse drag & number keys	Holding one of 1-4 numbers while dragging a viewport object with a texture (for example, a video screen) onto the viewport will automatically select the appropriate resolution.
NumPad 0	Resets the camera
F	Focuses on the selected object
Del	Deletes the selected object
T	Translate gizmo mode
R	Rotate gizmo mode
E	Scale gizmo mode
L	Shows object labels
W	Toggles World/Local coordinate space
Shift + drag	Duplicates object
Shift + L	Locks or unlocks object
Shift + F	Looks at source object of projector

Assets

Timelines

Shortcut	Description
Shift + click Play button	Plays current and stops all other Timelines
Shift + click Pause button	Pauses current and stops all other Timelines
Shift + click Stop button	Stops all Timelines
Double click on timeline	Creates a sequence
Shift + mousewheel scroll	Scrolls Sequences section horizontally

Timeline

Shortcut	Description
Double click on a sequence	Creates a blank layer
L + left click	Creates a blank layer
M + left click	Creates a marker
Ctrl + .	Jumps to next marker
Ctrl + ,	Jumps to previous marker
Shift + mousewheel scroll	Scrolls horizontally
Ctrl + mousewheel scroll	Moves playhead for 1 frame
Ctrl + Shift + mousewheel scroll	Moves playhead for 1 second

Layers

Shortcut	Description
Del	Deletes selected layer
Shift + Del	Deletes selected layer and shifts track content to fill the gap
Shift + Ctrl + Del	Deletes selected layer and shifts timeline content to fill the gap

Inserting layer templates with shortcuts

Every layer template, which you can edit in Template Editor window, can have a shortcut key assigned. LightAct comes with a number of predefined layer templates all of which have a shortcut key assigned. These are as described below, but please note that you might have changed some of them:

Shortcut	Description
V + right click	Creates a video layer
I + right click	Creates an image layer
N + right click	Creates a Notch layer
D + right click	Creates an NDI or Spout layer
C + right click	Creates a color grid layer
S + right click	Creates a solid color layer

Creating variables in Layouts

You can create layer or global variables by clicking on the plus icon in a particular group and selecting the type of variable you want to create. However, you can also hold one of the shortcuts below while clicking the plus icon and the variable of the corresponding type will be automatically created.

Shortcut	Description
F	Creates a float variable
I	Creates an integer variable
B	Creates a boolean variable
S	Creates a string (text) variable
c	Creates a color variable
t	Creates a texture variable
2	Creates a vec2 variable
3	Creates an vec3 variable
r	Creates a resolution variable
1	Creates a canvas variable
o	Creates an object variable
d	Creates a device variable

Nodes

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + X	Cuts node
Q	Straightens connections between selected nodes
↑, →, ↓, ←	Moves selected node 1 step toward the chosen direction Moves the selected point 1 step toward the chosen direction in the Setup Window of a node such as Texture Mask node and other similar ones.
Ctrl +↑, Ctrl + →, Ctrl +↓, Ctrl + ←	Moves the selected point 10 steps toward the chosen direction in the Setup Window of a node such as Texture Mask node and other similar ones.
Ctrl + Shift +↑, Ctrl + Shift + →, Ctrl + Shift + ↓, Ctrl + Shift + ←	Moves the selected point 100 steps toward the chosen direction in the Setup Window of a node such as Texture Mask node and other similar ones.
Shift +↑, Shift + →, Shift + ↓, Shift + ←	Selects the neighboring point in the Setup Window of a node such as Texture Mask node and other similar ones.

Curve Editor

Shortcut	Description
Double click	Adds point
Del	Removes selected point

Fixture editor

In Custom mode, you can select or deselect Fixture pixels.

Shortcut	Description
Double click	Adds a pixel
↑↓	Moves the pixel by 1 unit
Ctrl + ↑↓	Moves the pixel by 10 unit
Shift + ↑↓	Moves the pixel by 100 unit
Del	Deletes the pixel
ESC	Stops the connecting process

Video Output

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + T	Toggles Always on top flag of an Output window (it needs to have focus for this to work).
Alt + Ctrl + Shift + Q	Closes Output window (it needs to have focus for this to work)

Shortcut	Description
Drag to empty space on track	Creates layer on the track
Shift + Drag to empty space on track	Creates layer on the track and shifts all affected layers on the track to the right
Ctrl + Shift + Drag to empty space on track	Creates layer on the track and shifts all affected layers on the sequence to the right
Drag to existing layer on track	Finds all variables of the same type and updates them to reference the dragged object or asset
Shift + Drag to existing layer on track	Replaces the layer we dragged to with a new layer and adjusts the duration of the layer and shifts the layers on the right side of the track
Ctrl + Shift + Drag to existing layer on track	Replaces the layer we dragged to with a new layer and adjusts the position of all layers on the right side of the sequence