Mouse and modifiers

The pointer grammar of each part of ShotWork, one table per surface. Hotkeys are on Hotkeys; habits that combine both are on Tips and tricks.

Everywhere

Do this	On	What happens
Drag sideways	any number field	Changes the value a step at a time; a field with a fixed range sweeps the whole of it in about twice the field's width. One drag is one undo step.
Middle-drag sideways	any number field or dropdown	The same from the middle button, one step for every 8 pixels.
Hold Shift and drag	any number field	A tenth of the speed, for fine changes.
Hold Ctrl and drag	any number field	Ten times the speed.
Click a chevron	any number field	One step; hold it to keep stepping.
Click	any number field	Type a value. Enter commits it, Esc puts it back.
Scroll	a number field or dropdown that has focus	One step per notch. Notches that follow each other quickly are one undo step. Without focus the scroll moves the panel instead, so nothing changes by accident.

Shot list

Do this	On	What happens
Click	a shot row	Selects the shot and jumps the playhead to its in point.
Click	the row that is already selected	Jumps back to its in point.
Ctrl-click or Shift-click	shot rows	Adds to the selection.
Drag upward	the empty space under the last row	Selects from the last row up to the row under the pointer.
Click	the empty space under the rows	Clears the selection.
Click	the arrow at the left of a video's header row	Collapses or expands that video's shots.
Click	anywhere else on a header row	Loads that video, without touching the selection.
Right-click	a shot row or a header row	Opens its menu. See Menus and windows.

Source timeline

Do this	On	What happens
Click	the ruler	Moves the playhead there.
Click	a shot's band	Selects the shot. Ctrl-click or Shift-click adds to the selection.
Double-click	a shot's band	Jumps the playhead to the shot's in point. The selection stays as it was.
Drag	an in or out marker	Moves that edge of the shot.
Drag	a shot's band	Moves the whole shot.
Shift-drag	anywhere, over other shots too	Draws a new shot across the drag.
Click	empty space	Clears the selection.
Drag	an interest point	Moves it.
Double-click	an interest point	Removes it.
Right-click	an interest point	Remove Point.
Right-click	a shot's band	Split Shot at Frame 2250, with the playhead's frame; the split is at the playhead, not where you clicked. With the playhead outside the shot the item is unavailable and reads Split Shot (move the playhead inside this shot).
Right-click	the ruler or empty space	Show Times as Frames or Show Times as Timecode, whichever is not current.
Scroll	the timeline or the playback range slider	Steps the playhead one frame per notch.
Hold Ctrl and scroll	the timeline	Pans the view by a tenth of what is visible.
Hold Alt and scroll	the timeline	Zooms around the pointer, 1.2 times per notch. Over the range slider it zooms around the playhead.
Middle-drag	the timeline	Pans the view.
Hold Alt and middle-drag	the timeline	Zooms around where you pressed: right to zoom in, left to zoom out, doubling every 150 pixels.
Double-click	the playback range slider	Shows the whole source. Double-click again to get your range back.

Zooming and panning change the playback range but are not undo steps. See Move around a source.

Reel timeline

Do this	On	What happens
Click or drag	the ruler, or the shelf above it that holds the playhead's time	Clears the selection and moves the playhead; dragging scrubs.
Drag	the playhead or its time readout	Scrubs.
Click	a clip, gap or card	Selects it. Ctrl-click or Shift-click adds to the selection.
Drag	a clip's top strip	Reorders it. With a gap beside the clip, the same drag slides it into the gap first.
Alt-drag	a clip's face	Slides the clip into the empty space beside it.
Drag	a clip's face	Draws a box and selects every clip and gap it crosses.
Hold Ctrl+Alt and drag	a shortened clip's face	Slips it: which part of the shot plays changes, and the clip stays put.
Drag	just inside a clip's edge	Trims that clip. Shortening leaves a gap; lengthening takes time from the next clip.
Hold Ctrl and drag	a clip's edge	Ripples: every later clip moves by the change, and no gap opens.
Drag	the exact seam between two clips	Rolls the cut: one clip gains what the other loses.
Hold Ctrl while reordering	over another clip	Replaces that clip, taking its place and screen time.
Hold Shift while dragging	anything that snaps	Reverses snapping for that one drag.
Drag	a fade's corner point	Changes the fade's length. Dragging it past the clip's edge removes the fade.
Drag	a song bar's body	Moves the bar along the reel.
Alt-drag	a song bar's body	Slips the song under the bar; the beats move and the bar stays put.
Drag	a song bar's end	Changes where on the reel the song starts or stops.
Drag	the line inside a song bar	Changes its level, from +12 dB at the top of the bar to -24 dB at the bottom; the Level field in the panel goes further down.
Drag	a fade handle on a song bar	Changes that fade. A handle appears once the fade is longer than zero.
Double-click	a song bar	Mutes the song, or brings it back.
Click	the beat lane	Selects the song above it.
Double-click	the template band	Opens the overlay template editor.
Right-click	anything on the reel timeline	That item's menu, and Show Times as Frames or Show Times as Timecode, whichever is not current. See Menus and windows.
Scroll	anywhere on the reel timeline	Steps the playhead one frame per notch.
Hold Ctrl and scroll	the reel timeline	Pans the view by a tenth of what is visible.
Hold Alt and scroll	the reel timeline	Zooms around the pointer.
Middle-drag	the reel timeline	Pans the view.
Hold Alt and middle-drag	the reel timeline	Zooms around where you pressed, doubling every 150 pixels.

The pointer changes shape to say what a drag will do before you press. A trim pointer sits at a clip's edge and a roll pointer on a seam. An open hand sits over a top strip or a song bar's body. Left and right arrows sit over the playhead, a song's ends and a fade handle, and up and down arrows over a song's level line. See Arrange clips and Music.

Rating stars

Do this	On	What happens
Click	a star	Sets that rating on every selected shot.
Click	the current rating	Clears it.
Drag	across the stars	Sets the rating where you let go. Dragging off the left edge clears it.
Hover	a star	Previews what a click would set.

With the stars focused, 0 to 5 set a rating directly and the arrow keys add or take away a star.

Overlay template editor canvas

Do this	On	What happens
Drag, with the left or middle button	an item	Moves it. It snaps onto a zone within 12 pixels, and never onto a zone another item holds.
Scroll	the canvas	Resizes the selected item: text by 2 pixels a notch, images by 0.05 of their scale. Over a color box it widens the box; hold Ctrl to make it taller instead.
Hold Alt and middle-drag sideways	an item	Resizes the item under the pointer: right grows, left shrinks.
Arrow keys	the selected item	Nudge it one pixel, or ten with Shift.
Right-click	an item	Remove Item.

See Build an overlay template.