Direct jump to actual time line position in keyframe window?

[AndreasM82]

I have a background music and a voice track.

As soon as the voice begins, I want to reduce background music volume.
So I select actual position where voice starts in timeline and change to keyframe tab.
But then I always need to scroll to actual position. Keyframe window always starts at the beginning.

How to directly jump to this actual position ?

I want to jump to this position:

But it starts here - middle of nowhere

Here it should be:

[AndreasM82]

Or is it better in the categorie Suggestion ?

[Hudson555x]

Have you tried using the Keyboard Shortcut to jump to the marker position that you have set?

Help > Actions and Shortcuts

This feature provides a unified action search and shortcut editor. Action search makes it quick to find and execute a command. It also provides a keyboard shortcut reference and lets you add or change shortcuts. The Actions and Shortcuts Window was added in version 22.09.23. [image] The window can be accessed by going to Help > Actions and Shortcuts. The window can also be accessed by the default shortcut keys ? and /. Searches both action name and shortcut. Press Return/Enter within the se…

If you have the Timeline beside the Keyframes, everything snaps to the playhead. This might save a bit of time switching back and forth between panels.

[AndreasM82]

Thank you!

A great idea to move the keyframes windows beside of the timeline. I never tried it and I never thought it was possible. This works great.

But now…. how to move it back as tab of the timeline like it was before?

Wherever I drag it - I it above it, left to it or right to it.. not possible to do it back to the old design with a tab.

Sure, I can restore the whole layout to default. But I need a fast option to switch between those both layouts.

[Hudson555x]

@AndreasM82

But now…. how to move it back as tab of the timeline like it was before?

Just grab from the top of the panel. You can have it floating (as shown here), or next to something, or above/below another window. Floating panels are good if you want to have them on multiple screens. When you have a hold of the panel, and you move it around, you can see the choices of placement as you get near the edge of another panel.

You can name your layout, and revert back to it any time. Which I suggest you do this currently to have a starting point if you are happy with your current layout. That named layout will have the same setup until you save it again. After naming the layout, feel free to totally move all panels and experiment with placement. To reset, just go to Layout and click on the saved name you set.

But wait, there’s more.

These are prenamed defaults, until you change them by moving/resizing/adding/deleting panels. Each one can be reset by choosing Restore Default Layout.

More on Layouts here:

View > Layout

Shotcut includes several built-in layout presets designed to optimize the interface for specific stages of the video production process. These presets automatically open the most relevant panels and arrange them into logical groups, saving you the time of manually opening and docking individual views. Accessing Layouts You can switch between layouts at any time by going to View > Layout. The current layout is also indicated by the specialized buttons often found at the top right of the Shotcut …

and here:

Adjusting Panels in the User Interface

Shotcut features a highly flexible, dockable user interface based on the Qt framework. This allows you to rearrange, resize, stack, or even float panels to create a workspace that fits your specific hardware (such as dual monitors) and editing style. Key UI Components The interface is composed of several functional panels including the Playlist, Filters, Properties, Timeline, and various Scopes. You can toggle these on or off using the View menu. The main toolbar buttons either open the panel o…

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I think you answered everything he already knows. To “move it back as tab” is also a simple drag-n-drop. I guess you need to try again and maybe go slower or look closely.

[AndreasM82]

“move it back as tab”

After many tries, I got it now. It was very hard to find out where I need to stop mouse moving. Only after some seconds it changed to the gray marking…. For all other positions like above, left, right etc. the gray marking was coming faster. So I was confused.

Thanks!

And also thanks for your help Hudson555x, I will check the documentation and try different layouts. It sounds very cool. Shotcut has so many features, it is not possible to find out everything in some weeks

[Hudson555x]

My apologies. I did make a short clip showing how to retab, but I got too focused on showing other simple aspects of layouts, I forgot to post the clip. Awesome that you figured it out.