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⤢ QLAB KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 45 1 ⌘ New Audio… 2 3 ⌘ New Video… 4 5 ⌘ New Text… 6 ⌘ New Light… 7 ⌘ New Fade… 8 ⌘ New Netw… 9 ⌘ New MIDI… 0 ⌘ New Grou… Q Edit Cue N… W Edit Post… E Edit Pre-W… R ⌘ Renumber… T Edit Cue T… Y U I ⌘ Inspector O ⇧ Set End Ti… P Pause/Res… A S ⌘ Save Work… D Edit Action… F G H J K L ⌘ Lists / Cart… Z ⌘ Undo X C Cycle Cont… V Preview Se… B N Edit Cue N… M Add Slice… MORE SHORTCUTS GO ␣ Panic All ⎋ Pause All [ Resume All ] Select Next Cue ⌘ ↓ Select Previous… ⌘ ↑ Move Playhead t… ⌘ ⇧ ↓ Move Playhead t… ⌘ ⇧ ↑ Enter Edit Mode ⌘ ⇧ [ Enter Show Mode ⌘ ⇧ ] Redo ⌘ ⇧ Z Audition GO ⌥ ␣ Panic Selected S Light Dashboard ⌘ ⇧ D Load to Time ⌘ T Set Start Time to… ⇧ I Load Last Select… L Edit Cue Notes O Move Playhead t… = Move Playhead t… − Set Audio Levels… ⌘ ⇧ T shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH QLAB · MAC QLAB KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 45 1 ⌘ New Audio… 2 3 ⌘ New Video… 4 5 ⌘ New Text… 6 ⌘ New Light… 7 ⌘ New Fade… 8 ⌘ New Netw… 9 ⌘ New MIDI… 0 ⌘ New Grou… A Z ⌘ Undo E Edit Pre-W… R ⌘ Renumber… T Edit Cue T… Y U I ⌘ Inspector O ⇧ Set End Ti… P Pause/Res… Q Edit Cue N… S ⌘ Save Work… D Edit Action… F G H J K L ⌘ Lists / Cart… M Add Slice… W Edit Post… X C Cycle Cont… V Preview Se… B N Edit Cue N… MORE SHORTCUTS GO ␣ Panic All ⎋ Pause All [ Resume All ] Select Next Cue ⌘ ↓ Select Previous… ⌘ ↑ Move Playhead t… ⌘ ⇧ ↓ Move Playhead t… ⌘ ⇧ ↑ Enter Edit Mode ⌘ ⇧ [ Enter Show Mode ⌘ ⇧ ] Redo ⌘ ⇧ Z Audition GO ⌥ ␣ Panic Selected S Light Dashboard ⌘ ⇧ D Load to Time ⌘ T Set Start Time to… ⇧ I Load Last Select… L Edit Cue Notes O Move Playhead t… = Move Playhead t… − Set Audio Levels… ⌘ ⇧ T shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH QLAB · MAC ⤢ CUE PROPERTIES Edit Cue Name Q Edit Cue Target T Edit Cue Number N Edit Action Duration D Cycle Continue Mode C Edit Pre-Wait Duration E Edit Post-Wait Duration W Edit Cue Notes O NAVIGATION Select Next Cue ⌘ ↓ Select Previous Cue ⌘ ↑ Move Playhead to Next Cue ⌘ ⇧ ↓ Move Playhead to Previous Cue ⌘ ⇧ ↑ Move Playhead to Next Sequence = Move Playhead to Previous Seque… − WAVEFORM Set Start Time to Current Time ⇧ I Set End Time to Current Time ⇧ O Add Slice at Current Time M PLAYBACK GO ␣ Panic All (double-tap to hard stop) ⎋ Pause All [ Resume All ] Preview Selected V Audition GO ⌥ ␣ Panic Selected S Pause/Resume Selected P Load Last Selected L WORKSPACE Save Workspace ⌘ S EDITING Undo ⌘ Z Redo ⌘ ⇧ Z CUES New Audio Cue ⌘ 1 New Video Cue ⌘ 3 New Fade Cue ⌘ 7 New Group Cue ⌘ 0 New Light Cue ⌘ 6 New Network Cue ⌘ 8 New MIDI Cue ⌘ 9 New Text Cue ⌘ 5 VIEW Inspector ⌘ I Enter Edit Mode ⌘ ⇧ [ Enter Show Mode ⌘ ⇧ ] Lists / Carts & Active Cues ⌘ L Light Dashboard ⌘ ⇧ D TOOLS Renumber Selected Cues ⌘ R Load to Time ⌘ T Set Audio Levels From Target ⌘ ⇧ T QLab KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 45 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH QLAB · MAC ⤢ CUE PROPERTIES 08 Edit Cue Name Q Edit Cue Target T Edit Cue Number N Edit Action Duration D Cycle Continue Mode C Edit Pre-Wait Duration E Edit Post-Wait Duration W Edit Cue Notes O NAVIGATION 06 Select Next Cue ⌘ ↓ Select Previous Cue ⌘ ↑ Move Playhead to Next Cue ⌘ ⇧ ↓ Move Playhead to Previous… ⌘ ⇧ ↑ Move Playhead to Next Seq… = Move Playhead to Previous… − WAVEFORM 03 Set Start Time to Current… ⇧ I Set End Time to Current T… ⇧ O Add Slice at Current Time M PLAYBACK 09 GO ␣ Panic All ⎋ Pause All [ Resume All ] Preview Selected V Audition GO ⌥ ␣ Panic Selected S Pause/Resume Selected P Load Last Selected L WORKSPACE 01 Save Workspace ⌘ S EDITING 02 Undo ⌘ Z Redo ⌘ ⇧ Z CUES 08 New Audio Cue ⌘ 1 New Video Cue ⌘ 3 New Fade Cue ⌘ 7 New Group Cue ⌘ 0 New Light Cue ⌘ 6 New Network Cue ⌘ 8 New MIDI Cue ⌘ 9 New Text Cue ⌘ 5 VIEW 05 Inspector ⌘ I Enter Edit Mode ⌘ ⇧ [ Enter Show Mode ⌘ ⇧ ] Lists / Carts & Active Cu… ⌘ L Light Dashboard ⌘ ⇧ D TOOLS 03 Renumber Selected Cues ⌘ R Load to Time ⌘ T Set Audio Levels From Tar… ⌘ ⇧ T QLab KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 45 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH QLAB · MAC ⤢ QLAB · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 9 SETS · No.01 QLAB TOTAL 45 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS PLAYBACK 09 CUES 08 CUE PROPERTIE 08 NAVIGATION 06 VIEW 05 WORKSPACE 01 EDITING 02 TOOLS 03 WAVEFORM 03 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com GO ␣ Panic All (double-tap to hard stop) ⎋ Pause All [ Resume All ] Preview Selected V Audition GO ⌥ ␣ Panic Selected (double-tap to hard stop) S Pause/Resume Selected P Load Last Selected L New Audio Cue ⌘ 1 New Video Cue ⌘ 3 New Fade Cue ⌘ 7 New Group Cue ⌘ 0 New Light Cue ⌘ 6 New Network Cue ⌘ 8 New MIDI Cue ⌘ 9 New Text Cue ⌘ 5 Edit Cue Name Q Edit Cue Target T Edit Cue Number N Edit Action Duration D Cycle Continue Mode C Edit Pre-Wait Duration E Edit Post-Wait Duration W Edit Cue Notes O Select Next Cue ⌘ ↓ Select Previous Cue ⌘ ↑ Move Playhead to Next Cue ⌘ ⇧ ↓ Move Playhead to Previous Cue ⌘ ⇧ ↑ Move Playhead to Next Sequence = Move Playhead to Previous Sequence − Inspector ⌘ I Enter Edit Mode ⌘ ⇧ [ Enter Show Mode ⌘ ⇧ ] Lists / Carts & Active Cues ⌘ L Light Dashboard ⌘ ⇧ D Save Workspace ⌘ S Undo ⌘ Z Redo ⌘ ⇧ Z Renumber Selected Cues ⌘ R Load to Time ⌘ T Set Audio Levels From Target (Fade cue) ⌘ ⇧ T Set Start Time to Current Time ⇧ I Set End Time to Current Time ⇧ O Add Slice at Current Time M QLAB KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 ⌘ New Audio… 2 3 ⌘ New Video… 4 5 6 7 ⌘ New Fade… 8 9 0 Q Edit Cue N… W E R T Edit Cue T… Y U I ⌘ Inspector O P A S D F G H J K L Z X C V B N M MORE SHORTCUTS GO ␣ Panic All ⎋ Pause All [ Resume All ] Select Next Cue ⌘ ↓ Select Previous Cue ⌘ ↑ Move Playhead to Ne… ⌘ ⇧ ↓ Move Playhead to Pre… ⌘ ⇧ ↑ shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH QLAB · MAC Keyboard map CUES New Audio Cue ⌘ 1 New Video Cue ⌘ 3 New Fade Cue ⌘ 7 CUE PROPERTIES Edit Cue Name Q Edit Cue Target T VIEW Inspector ⌘ I PLAYBACK GO ␣ Panic All (double-tap to hard stop) ⎋ Pause All [ Resume All ] NAVIGATION Select Next Cue ⌘ ↓ Select Previous Cue ⌘ ↑ Move Playhead to Next Cue ⌘ ⇧ ↓ Move Playhead to Previous Cue ⌘ ⇧ ↑ QLab KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH QLAB · MAC Isometric CUES 03 New Audio Cue ⌘ 1 New Video Cue ⌘ 3 New Fade Cue ⌘ 7 CUE PROPERTIES 02 Edit Cue Name Q Edit Cue Target T VIEW 01 Inspector ⌘ I PLAYBACK 04 GO ␣ Panic All ⎋ Pause All [ Resume All ] NAVIGATION 04 Select Next Cue ⌘ ↓ Select Previous Cue ⌘ ↑ Move Playhead to Next Cue ⌘ ⇧ ↓ Move Playhead to Previou… ⌘ ⇧ ↑ QLab KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH QLAB · MAC Typewriter QLAB · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 5 SETS · No.01 QLAB TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS PLAYBACK 04 CUES 03 CUE PROPERTIE 02 NAVIGATION 04 VIEW 01 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com GO ␣ Panic All (double-tap to hard stop) ⎋ Pause All [ Resume All ] New Audio Cue ⌘ 1 New Video Cue ⌘ 3 New Fade Cue ⌘ 7 Edit Cue Name Q Edit Cue Target T Select Next Cue ⌘ ↓ Select Previous Cue ⌘ ↑ Move Playhead to Next Cue ⌘ ⇧ ↓ Move Playhead to Previous Cue ⌘ ⇧ ↑ Inspector ⌘ I Editorial QLab is Figure 53's Mac show-control application for running sound, video and lighting cues in theatre and live events. Operators fire, pause and panic cues from the keyboard, and single-key shortcuts make editing cue timing and targets fast during tech rehearsals.
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9 Action Shortcut GO ␣ Panic All (double-tap to hard stop) ⎋ Pause All [ Resume All ] Preview Selected V Audition GO ⌥ ␣ Panic Selected (double-tap to hard stop) S Pause/Resume Selected P Load Last Selected L
8 Action Shortcut New Audio Cue ⌘ 1 New Video Cue ⌘ 3 New Fade Cue ⌘ 7 New Group Cue ⌘ 0 New Light Cue ⌘ 6 New Network Cue ⌘ 8 New MIDI Cue ⌘ 9 New Text Cue ⌘ 5
8 Action Shortcut Edit Cue Name Q Edit Cue Target T Edit Cue Number N Edit Action Duration D Cycle Continue Mode C Edit Pre-Wait Duration E Edit Post-Wait Duration W Edit Cue Notes O
6 Action Shortcut Select Next Cue ⌘ ↓ Select Previous Cue ⌘ ↑ Move Playhead to Next Cue ⌘ ⇧ ↓ Move Playhead to Previous Cue ⌘ ⇧ ↑ Move Playhead to Next Sequence = Move Playhead to Previous Sequence −
5 Action Shortcut Inspector ⌘ I Enter Edit Mode ⌘ ⇧ [ Enter Show Mode ⌘ ⇧ ] Lists / Carts & Active Cues ⌘ L Light Dashboard ⌘ ⇧ D
3 Action Shortcut Renumber Selected Cues ⌘ R Load to Time ⌘ T Set Audio Levels From Target (Fade cue) ⌘ ⇧ T
3 Action Shortcut Set Start Time to Current Time ⇧ I Set End Time to Current Time ⇧ O Add Slice at Current Time M
2 Action Shortcut Undo ⌘ Z Redo ⌘ ⇧ Z
1 Action Shortcut Save Workspace ⌘ S
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