Keyboard shortcuts · songcode docs

Shortcuts are written here the way a Mac shows them. On Windows and Linux, read ⌘ as ctrl. The one exception is the code editor, which uses ctrl on every system.

#Everywhere

keys	what it does
`space`	Play or pause. Not while typing in a field or in the code editor, and not while a button has focus.
`⌘↵`	Generate. While a track is being written, stop. Works anywhere outside the code editor.
`⌘S`	Save the draft now. Drafts are saved as you work anyway; publishing is always a click on publish.
`⌘O`	Open a `.songcode` or `.ode` file.
`esc`	Close the open sheet, menu or drawer.

#The code editor

These apply while the cursor is in the code.

keys	what it does
`ctrl` `↵` or `alt` `↵`	Apply your edits to the playing track, the same as update.
`ctrl` `.` or `alt` `.`	Stop.
`⌘Z` and `⇧⌘Z`	Undo and redo typing.

See the code view.

#The scrub line

The line along the bottom of the transport. Reach it with tab.

keys	what it does
`←` `→`	Move one bar.
`shift` with an arrow	Move one beat.
`home`	Go to the start.
`end`	Go to the last bar.
`alt` while dragging	Place the playhead freely, off the grid.

See play a track.

#The stems view

keys	what it does
`⌘Z`	Undo the last change to the track.
`⇧⌘Z` or `ctrl` `Y`	Redo.
`←` `→`	Move the playhead one bar. With `shift`, one beat.
`home`	Playhead to the start.
`⌘` and scroll, or pinch	Zoom the timeline around the pointer.
`shift` and scroll	Move along a zoomed timeline.
`alt` while dragging the ruler	Place the playhead freely.

Undo and redo work anywhere in the window except inside a text field, which keeps its own undo. See the stems view.

#The note editor

These apply while the piano roll or the drum grid has focus. Click in it first.

keys	what it does
`⌘A`	Select every note.
`esc`	Select none.
`delete`	Remove the selected notes.
`↑` `↓`	Move the selection one semitone. With `shift`, one octave.
`←` `→`	Move the selection one snap step. With `shift`, one beat.
`⌘D`	Repeat the selection right after itself.
`Q`	Quantize the selection to the snap grid.
`shift`-click	Add a note to the selection.
`alt` and drag	Copy the notes you drag.

See edit a stem.

#Fields and sheets

where	keys	what it does
The title	`↵` or `esc`	Finish renaming.
The key sheet	`↵`	Save the key.
The inspector’s regenerate box	`⌘↵`	Regenerate the stem.
The inspector’s code box	`⌘↵`	Apply the code.
The bpm field in the song bar	`↵`	Set the tempo.
The feedback sheet	`⌘↵`	Send.
A panel border	`←` `→`, with `shift` for bigger steps	Resize the panels.

#The first-visit tour

These apply while the tour is up.

keys	what it does
`→` or `↵`	The next step.
`←`	The step before.
`esc`	Close the tour.

#These docs

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