Keyboard & Mouse Shortcuts(Fl Studio)

	File Operations
Ctrl+O	Open file
Ctrl+S	Save file
Ctrl+N	Save new version
Ctrl+Shift+S	Save As...
Ctrl+R	Export wave file
Ctrl+Shift+R	Export mp3 file
Ctrl+Shift+M	Export MIDI file
Alt+0,1..9	Open recent files 0..9
Ctrl+Shift+H	(Re)arrange windows

	Pattern Selector (Numpad)
1..9	Select patterns 1..9
+	Next pattern
-	Previous pattern
Right arrow	Next pattern
Left Arrow	Previous pattern
F4	Next empty pattern

	Channel Rack & Step Sequencer
1...9, 0	Mute/Unmute first 10 channels
Ctrl+1..9,0	Solo/UnSolo first 10 channels
Up Arrow	Select previous channel
Down Arrow	Next channel
Alt+G	Group selected channels
Alt+Z	Zip selected channel/s
Alt+U	Unzip selected channel/s
Shift+Up Arrow	Move selected channel/s Up
Shift+Down Arrow	Move selected channel/s Down
Page Up	Next channel Group
Page Down	Previous channel Group
Ctrl+C	Copy channel Steps/Score
Ctrl+V	Paste channel Steps/Score
Ctrl+X	Cut channel Steps/Score
Alt+Del	Delete selected channel/s
Ctrl+Shift+C	Clone channel/s
Shift+Left arrow	Shift Steps Left
Shift+Right Arrow	Shift Steps Right
Alt+R	Randomize
Alt+P	Send to Piano roll
K	Show Keyboard Editor
G	Show Graph Editor

	Record / Playback / Transport
Backspace	Toggle Line/None Snap
Space	Start/Stop Playback
Ctrl+Space	Start/Pause Playback
L	Switch Pattern/Song mode
R	Switch On/Off recording (This also works during playback)
0 (NumPad)	Fast forward
/ (NumPad)	Previous bar (Song mode)
* (NumPad)	Next bar (Song mode)
Ctrl+E	Toggle Step Edit mode
Ctrl+H	Stop sound (panic)
Ctrl+T	Toggle typing keypad to piano keypad
Ctrl+B	Toggle blend notes
Ctrl+M	Toggle metronome
Ctrl+P	Toggle recording metronome precount
Ctrl+I	Toggle wait for input to start recording

	Window Navigation
Tab	Cycle nested windows
F8	Open Plugin Picker
Enter	Toggle Max/Min Playlist
Esc	Closes a window
F1	This Help
F5	Toggle Playlist
F6	Toggle Step Sequencer
F7	Toggle Piano roll
Alt+F8	Show/hide Sample Browser
F9	Show/hide Mixer
F10	Show/hide MIDI settings
F11	Show/hide song info window
F12	Close all windows
Ctrl+Shift+H	Arrange windows

	Mixer
Alt+Left-Arrow / Right-Arrow	Move selected mixer track Left/Right
Alt+L	Select the channels Linked to the selected mixer track
Ctrl+L	Link selected channels to selected mixer track
Ctrl+Shift+S	Save Mixer track state
Shift+Ctrl+L	Link selected channels STARTING From selected mixer track
F2	Rename selected mixer track
S	Solo Current track
Alt+S	Alt Solo - Activate Current track and all tracks Routed TO/FROM It
Alt+R	Render Armed tracks to .wav

	Playlist action
B	Paint tool
C	Slice tool
D	Delete tool
E	Select tool
P	Pencil tool
S	Slip edit tool
T	Mute tool
Y	Playback tool
Z	Zoom tool
Alt	Bypass snap (very useful when combined with other modifiers)
Alt+G	Ungroup selection
Alt+P	Open the Piano roll or channel depending on what's selected in the Playlist
Alt+T	Add Time marker
Alt+/* and Ctrl+Alt+/*	Jump to Next/Previous song marker (if present)
Alt+ Right-click	Audition the clip selected.
Alt+ Right-Shift	Engage snap free 'Slice Mode', release Alt after clicking on the Clip to use snapping.
Ctrl+A	Select All
Ctrl+B	Duplicate selection (or all Clips in zoom range if nothing is selected) to the right.
Ctrl+C	Copy selection
Ctrl+D	Deselect selection
Ctrl+P	Toggle Performance Mode
Ctrl+T	Add Time Marker
Ctrl+V	Paste selection
Ctrl+X	Cut selection
Ctrl+Alt+G	Grid Color
Ctrl+Alt+Home	Toggle Resizing from Left
Ctrl+Ins	Add space at the start of the timeline selection of equal length to the selection
Ctrl+Del	Delete space according to the timeline selection
Ctrl+Enter	Select time around selection
Ctrl+Left-Arrow/Right-Arrow	Select time before/after selection equal to the selection length
Ctrl+Left-click	Select
Ctrl+Shift+Left-click	Add to selection
Ctrl+Shift+Right-click	Zoom to selected Clip
Ctrl+Right-click	Zoom on selection / Drag to make zoom selection (zoom on release)
Del	Delete selected clip/pattern source data
Double Left-click on clip/pattern	Open clip/pattern properties (e.g. Channel settings, Piano roll)
Home	Move the playback marker to the start of the Playlist.
Insert Key	Slice Clip at mouse cursor position
Left-Shift+Left-click (on Playlist)	Add and resize clip/pattern (move mouse L/R after click and hold to resize). Must be in pencil mode.
Left-Shift+Right-click	Pan view
Middle mouse button	Pan view (hold & drag left/right)
PgUp / PgDown	Zoom in / Zoom out
Pencil tool + Shift	Swap to Brush
Right-click	Delete selected clip/pattern
Right-Shift+Left-click	Slice clip/pattern (click above/below clip/pattern & drag vertical)
Right-Alt+Right-Shift+Left-click	Vertical Slice clip. Release alt to engage snap.
Right-Shift+Right-click	Slice clip/pattern & delete smallest part (click above/below clip/pattern & drag vertical)
Right-Alt+Right-click	Quantize selected
Right-Alt+Left-click	Mute selected
Shift	Temporarily swaps between Paint & Draw modes
Shift+C	Select all Clips according to the currently selected Clip source
Shift+G	Group selected Clips
Shift+I	Invert selection
Shift+Q	Quick quantize Clip start times
Shift+Left-Arrow/Right-Arrow	Move selection Left/Right
Shift+Up-Arrow/Down-Arrow	Move selection Up/Down
Shift+Left-click (on clip/pattern)	Clone (drag while holding clip/pattern)
Shift+mouse-wheel (on Clips)	Nudge Clip position
Shift+M	Switch stretch mode
Shift+mouse-wheel (on Track label area)	Re-order Clip Tracks
Shift + 0 (zero)	Center Playlist to play-head position (numbers above typing keys)
Shift + 1 to 3	Horizontal Zoom levels 1 (zoom out) to 3 (zoom in), (numbers above typing keys)
Shift + 4	Horizontal Zoom, show all (numbers above typing keys)
Shift + 5	Zoom to selection (numbers above typing keys)
Shift + 6	Fit Performance Zone to Playlist (numbers above typing keys)

	Piano roll action
NOTE:	Some keyboard modifiers apply only to Draw mode ().
B	Paint tool
C	Slice tool
D	Delete tool
E	Select tool
F	Show next property in the Piano roll event lane (lower section)
M	Toggle Keyboard view mode
O	Toggle Portamento
P	Pencil tool
T	Mute tool
Y	Playback tool
Z	Zoom tool
Alt	Bypass snap (very useful when combined with other modifiers)
Alt+A	Arpeggiator
Alt+B	View note helpers
Alt+C	Change color of selected note/s (to selected color group)
Alt+E	Riff machine
Alt+F	Flam
Alt+G	Ungroup selected notes
Alt+K	Open Limit tool
Alt+L	Open Articulate tool
Alt+N	Switch waveform helper view (when available).
Alt+O	Open LFO tool when in lower Event Editor area
Alt+Q	Quantize
Alt+R	Open Randomize tool
Alt+S	Open Strum tool
Alt+U	Open Chop tool
Alt+V	Toggle Ghost channels ON/OFF
Alt+W	Open Claw Machine tool
Alt+X	Open Scale Levels tool
Alt+Y	Open Score Flipper tool
Alt+Mouse wheel	Change the selected note property of the note the mouse pointer is near or on.
Alt+Arrow keys	Nudge the position of the selected note/s OR all notes if no selection is made.
Ctrl+A	Select All
Ctrl+B	Duplicate selection, or all notes in zoom range if nothing is selected, to the right. Works also with time-line selections.
Ctrl+C	Copy selection
Ctrl+D	Deselect selection
Ctrl+G	Glue selected and touching notes
Ctrl+I	Insert current controller value
Ctrl+L	Quick legato
Ctrl+M	Import MIDI file
Ctrl+Q	Quick Quantize
Ctrl+U	Quick Chop
Ctrl+V	Paste selection
Ctrl+X	Cut selection
Ctrl+Alt+G	Grid Color
Ctrl+Alt+Home	Toggle allow resizing from left
Ctrl+Delete	Delete space equal to selection
Ctrl+Enter	Select time around selection
Ctrl+Insert	Insert space equal to the current time-line selection
Ctrl+Up-Arrow/Down-Arrow	Transpose selection UP/Down 1 Octave
Ctrl+Left-Arrow/Right-Arrow	Select time before (left) or after (right) current selection
Ctrl+Left-click	Select
Ctrl+Shift+Left-click	Add to selection
Ctrl+Right-click	Zoom on selection/Drag to make zoom selection (zoom on release)
Del	Delete selected
Double Left-click on note	Open note properties
Double Right-click or X1 button on Ghost note	Swap to Ghost channel to edit the note.
Left-Shift+Left-click (on Piano roll)	Add and resize notes (move mouse L/R after click and hold to resize)
Left-Shift+Right-click	Pan view
Left-Alt+Right-click	Audio preview
Middle mouse button	Pan view (hold and drag left/right)
PgUp / PgDown	Zoom in / Zoom out
Pencil tool + Shift	Swap to Brush
Right-click	Delete Selected Note/s
Right-Alt+Right-click	Quantize selected
Right-Shift+Left-click	Slice notes (click above/below note and drag vertical)
Right-Shift+Right-click	Slice notes & delete smallest part (click above/below note and drag vertical)
Shift+G	Group selected notes
Shift+Ctrl+V	Paste from MIDI clipboard
Shift	Temporarily swaps between Paint & Draw modes
Shift+C	Select by color
Shift+D	Discard selected note lengths
Shift+G	Group selected
Shift+I	Invert selection
Shift+N	Turn off selected chord
Shift+Q	Quick quantize
Shift+R	Select at random (multiple presses will select more notes)
Shift+Ctrl+V	Paste from MIDI Keyboard
Shift+Left-Arrow/Right-Arrow	Move selection Left/Right
Shift+Up-Arrow/Down-Arrow	Move selection Up/Down
Shift+Left-click	Clone (drag while holding clip/pattern), release Shift after dragging to unlock vertical movement
Shift+mouse-wheel (on Clips)	Nudge Clip position
Shift+mouse-wheel (on Track label area)	Re-order Clip Tracks
Shift + 0 (zero)	Center Playlist to play-head position (numbers above typing keys)
Shift + 1 to 3	Horizontal Zoom levels 1 (zoom out) to 3 (zoom in), (numbers above typing keys)
Shift + 4	Horizontal Zoom, show all (numbers above typing keys)
Shift + 5	Zoom to selection (numbers above typing keys)

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