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Keyboard & mouse
The full Animatica Timeline interaction vocabulary.
Shortcuts fire while the mouse hovers the timeline. Arrows, Home/End,
[/], ,/., Z, Shift+D and undo/redo are suspended while
a prompt is being edited inline. The same two tables are available in-app, as a
collapsed read-only reference under Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts.
#Keyboard
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
← / → | Nudge selected block −1 / +1 frame (steps the playhead if nothing is selected) |
Shift+← / → | Nudge selected block −10 / +10 frames |
Ctrl+← / → | Step playhead −1 / +1 frame |
Ctrl+Shift+← / → | Step playhead −10 / +10 frames |
Home / End | Snap playhead to selected block start / end |
Shift+Home / End | Snap selected block start / end to playhead |
Ctrl+Space | Play / stop toggle |
[ / ] | Jump to previous / next constraint frame |
, / . | Jump playhead to previous / next block edge |
F | Fit timeline to range |
Shift+F | Fit to selected prompt block(s) |
Z | Zoom to selected prompt block(s) |
Shift+Z | Fit zoom to all prompt blocks |
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y | Undo / redo timeline edits |
Ctrl+G | Generate motion from all prompts |
Delete | Remove selected prompt block(s) and constraint pin(s) — one undo step |
Shift+D | Clear selection (blocks + constraint pins) |
Esc | Cancel inline prompt edit |
Enter | Commit inline prompt edit |
#Mouse & block editing
| Gesture | Action |
|---|---|
| Left-drag (empty) | Scrub playhead (at any height) |
| Left-click near playhead | Scrub — the playhead wins over constraint pins near its line |
| Left-click (empty) | Clear selection (blocks + constraint pins) |
Ctrl+Left-drag (empty) | Rubber-band select blocks + constraint pins |
| Left-click block | Select block |
Ctrl+Left-click block | Add / remove block from selection |
| Left-drag block | Move block(s); hold Shift to disable snapping |
Alt+Left-drag block | Jump past a neighbour — snaps into the nearest free gap on the drop side |
| Left-drag block edge | Resize; Alt pushes the neighbour, Ctrl scales pins |
| Left-click constraint icon | Add constraint at block midpoint |
| Left-click constraint pin | Select the pin and its viewport marker; Ctrl toggles it in / out of the selection |
| Left-drag constraint pin | Move the constraint (grab the pin shape itself) |
| Double-click block | Edit prompt text inline |
| Double-click empty | Create a new block and edit it |
| Middle-drag | Pan the view |
Ctrl+Scroll | Zoom timeline in / out at the cursor |
| Right-click | Context menu — constraints, prompt actions (edit / regenerate / export / snap) and view fits |