Keyboard Shortcuts

Here is a list of some of the keyboard sortcuts you currently have at your disposal. These are the defaults. There is a way to customize these, but it is currently not intuitive. Basically you need to edit the accelrc file in your synfig settings directory.

Keystroke	Description
<Control>-x	Cut currently selected layer(s) and put them in clipboard
<Control>-c	Copy currently selected layer(s) and put them in the clipboard
<Control>-p	Paste the contents of the clipboard above the currently selected layer
<Control>-z	Undo
<Control>-r	Redo
<Control>-a	Select all ducks
<Control>-d	Deselect all layers
<Control>-s	Save
<Control>-g	Toggle grid show
<Control>-l	Toggle grid snap
<Control>-`	Toggle low/high-resolution (defaults to low resolution)
<Control>-0...9	Change the current rendering quality (lower is better, but 0==10)
<Alt>-1	Toggle display of "Position" ducks
<Alt>-2	Toggle display of "Vertex" ducks
<Alt>-3	Toggle display of "Tangent" ducks
<Alt>-4	Toggle display of "Radius" ducks
<Alt>-5	Toggle display of "Width" ducks (DEFAULTS TO OFF)
<Control>-'='	Zoom in on canvas (spacial zoom)
<Control>-'-'	Zoom out of canvas (spacial zoom)
<Control>-<shift>-'='	Zoom in on timeline (temporal zoom)
<Control>-'-'	Zoom out of timeline (temporal zoom)
<Control>-'>'	Move forward one frame
<Control>-'<'	Move backward one frame
<Control>-<Shift>-'>'	Move forward one second
<Control>-<Shift>-'<'	Move backward one second
<Control>-']'	Move forward to next keyframe
<Control>-'['	Move backward to previous keyframe
<Shift>-PgUp	Raise currently selected layers
<Shift>-PgDn	Lower currently selected layers
F8	Canvas Properties
F9	Render
F11	Preview
F12	Canvas Options (Grid size, etc.)
<Delete>	Deletes the currently selected canvas. (CAREFUL! There is currently a bug which makes this work in just about any context! ie: if you are editing a parameter and press the delete key, it will delete the layer! this can be easily undone, but just keep it in mind)