Application Shortcuts

There are two types of Shortcuts:

• Panel Shortcuts that you create for any custom built panels and
• Application Shortcuts (described here) that are built-in to TouchDesigner's authoring interface.

The most important Application Shortcuts (as in Designer Mode) are:

• Space bar stops and starts the timeline.
• Right-arrow steps forward one frame.
• Left-arrow steps back one frame.

(The keys are different in Panel Shortcuts.)

The Application Shortcuts are defined in a DAT table with 3 columns:

• Column 1: label
• Column 2: key
• Column 3: optional command

Overwriting Shortcuts

Optional shortcut overrides table can be added to a text file located at: app.preferencesFolder/TouchShortcuts.txt If the file does not exist, no shortcut overrides are currently defined.

The text file must be formatted with the same 3 columns and contain the same label of which Application Shortcut to replace in the first column. For Application Shortcuts starting with general, the third column must not be modified.

To just override files in a specific toe file, in Perform Mode only, lock the DAT located in /local/shortcuts and edit the entries as necessary.

To disable a shortcut entirely, leave the shortcut in place, and simply blank out its corresponding command.

Default Shortcuts

The following table is searched for each keyboard stroke until a match is found. (000 means no key is defined.) The default shortcuts are listed in a file, read into TouchDesigner when it starts from: app.configFolder/TouchShortcuts.txt

label	key	command
general.pause	space	space
general.forward	left	left
general.backward	right	right
general.cooking	ctrl.space	offon
general.F1	F1	F1
general.F2	F2	F2
general.F3	F3	F3
general.F4	F4	F4
general.F5	F5	F5
general.F6	F6	F6
general.F7	F7	F7
general.F8	F8	F8
general.F9	F9	F9
general.F10	F10	F10
general.F11	F11	F11
general.F12	F12	F12
general.AF1	alt.F1	AF1
general.AF2	alt.F2	AF2
general.AF3	alt.F3	AF3
general.AF4	alt.F4	AF4
general.AF5	alt.F5	AF5
general.AF6	alt.F6	AF6
general.AF7	alt.F7	AF7
general.AF8	alt.F8	AF8
general.AF9	alt.F9	AF9
general.AF10	alt.F10	AF10
general.AF11	alt.F11	AF11
general.AF12	alt.F12	AF12
textport.back.history	up
textport.forward.history	down
textport.search	ctrl.f
network.toggle.render	r
network.toggle.bypass	b
network.toggle.display	d
network.new	alt.n
network.jump.down	enter
network.dive	i
network.jump.up	u
network.cancel	esc
network.color.palette	c
network.edit.expose	e
network.frame	f
network.frame.selected	F
network.home	h
network.home.selected	H
network.home.current	000
network.layout	L
network.layout.all	l
network.add.group	G
network.open.groups	g
network.name	n
network.local.time	000
network.load.component	X
network.overview	o
network.parameters	p
network.connect.style	s
network.show.datalinks	x
network.mode	t
network.hide	D
network.expose.all	E
network.select.all	ctrl.a
network.copy	ctrl.c
network.paste	ctrl.v
network.cut	ctrl.x
network.delete	del
network.find	ctrl.f
network.browser	ctrl.b
network.search	alt.s
network.switchto.net	alt.1
network.switchto.panel	alt.2
network.switchto.geoview	alt.3
network.switchto.topview	alt.4
network.switchto.chopview	alt.5
network.switchto.keyframer	alt.6
network.switchto.parm	alt.7
network.switchto.geoss	alt.8
network.switchto.textport	alt.9
network.pane.clone	alt.shift.c
network.pane.stow	alt.\
network.pane.splitlr	alt.[
network.pane.splittb	alt.]
network.pane.fullscreen	alt.`
network.pane.close	alt.z
network.pane.linkplus	alt.+
network.pane.linkminus	alt.-
network.list.down	j
network.list.up	k
network.list.right	.
network.list.left	,
network.add.operator	tab
network.edit.prefs	000
network.license.manager	alt.k
network.winplacement	alt.w
network.new.project	ctrl.n
network.explorer	alt.e
network.channel.exports	alt.x
network.console	alt.c
network.export.movie	ctrl.m
network.midimapper	alt.d
network.beat	000
network.open.viewer	v
network.show.version	alt.shift.v
network.align.area.keepsize	000
network.align.area.resize	000
network.cascade.area.keepsize	000
network.layout.all.pack	000
network.reset.tile.sizes	000
network.normalize.tile.sizes	000
network.import.file	ctrl.i
network.snap.grid.selection	000
network.snap.grid.all	000
network.activate.viewers	a
network.activatealways.viewers	alt.a
network.palette.browse	alt.l
network.channel.browse	000
group.add.group	G
group.select.all	a
group.plus	+
group.minus	-
group.equals	=
app.operator.browse	alt.o
app.groups	alt.g
app.help	alt.h
app.load	ctrl.o
app.macros	alt.m
app.bookmarks	alt.b
app.quit	ctrl.q
app.save	ctrl.s
app.saveas	ctrl.shift.s
app.textport	alt.t
app.variables	alt.v
app.performance	alt.y
chopviewer.home	h
chopviewer.hadapt	H
chopviewer.vadapt	V
chopviewer.timebar	t
chopviewer.timescroll	c
chopviewer.labels	l
chopviewer.extend	x
chopviewer.dots	d
chopviewer.handles	n
chopviewer.grid	g
chopviewer.units	u
chopviewer.editmenu	e
chopviewer.scopemenu	s
chopviewer.precise	p
timeslice.reset.minmax	r
timeslice.home	h
timeslice.precise	p
keyframer.home	h
keyframer.home.selected	H
keyframer.home.horizontal	F
keyframer.home.vertical	V
keyframer.longnames	n
keyframer.scalehandle	tab
keyframer.toggle.selected.ties	t
keyframer.delete.selected.key	del
keyframer.copy.selected.key	ctrl.c
keyframer.paste.selected.key	ctrl.v
keyframer.timeline.next.key	ctrl.right
keyframer.timeline.prev.key	ctrl.left
keyframer.add.closest	alt.LMB
keyframer.add.selected	alt.MMB
keyframer.add.all	alt.RMB

An Operator Family that manipulates text strings: multi-line text or tables. Multi-line text is often a python Script or GLSL Shader, but can be any multi-line text. Tables are rows and columns of cells, each containing a text string.

There are four types of shortcuts: Application Shortcuts that are built-in to TouchDesigner's authoring interface, Panel Shortcuts that you create for any custom built panels, Parent Shortcuts for accessing a component from within that component, and Global OP Shortcuts that access a unique component from anywhere in TouchDesigner.

Perform Mode is an optimized mode for live performance that only renders one specified Window COMP which is one window that contains your video outputs and your (optional) control interface. In Perform Mode the network editing window is not open - you edit your networks in Designer Mode. Alternate with F1 and Esc.