Tella has keyboard shortcuts throughout the app to help you work faster. You can also press Shift + ? in the editor or video view page to open the shortcuts panel.
General
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| ⌘ + K | Open command menu |
| Escape | Close command menu |
| ⌘ + Z | Undo |
| ⌘ + Y or ⌘ + Shift + Z | Redo |
| Delete or Backspace | Delete selected item |
| L | Copy link to video |
| Shift + ? | Open keyboard shortcuts panel |
Editor navigation
These shortcuts let you quickly jump between tools in the editor sidebar.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| 1 | Open setup sidebar |
| C | Open trimming sidebar |
| Y | Open layouts sidebar |
| Z | Open zoom sidebar |
| S | Open subtitles sidebar |
| A | Open adjust sidebar |
| B | Open background sidebar |
| O | Open layer styles sidebar |
| P | Go to video view page |
Editor playback
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Space | Play / pause |
| Arrow Up | Speed up playback |
| Arrow Down | Slow down playback |
| Arrow Left | Seek backward |
| Shift + Arrow Left | Seek backward (larger step) |
| Arrow Right | Seek forward |
| Shift + Arrow Right | Seek forward (larger step) |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| ⌘ + Option + F | Mirror the camera |
| ⌘ + Option + C | Crop the screen |
| ⌘ + Option + R | Replace clip with new recording |
Layout editing
When you have a layer selected in the editor, you can move it with the arrow keys.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Arrow keys | Move selected layer |
| Shift + Arrow keys | Move selected layer (larger step) |
Video player
These shortcuts work on the video view page.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Space | Play / pause |
| S | Cycle playback speed |
| F | Toggle fullscreen |
| T | Toggle theater mode |
| M | Toggle mute |
| C | Toggle captions |
| Arrow Left | Seek 5 seconds backward |
| Shift + Arrow Left | Seek 10 seconds backward |
| Arrow Right | Seek 5 seconds forward |
| Shift + Arrow Right | Seek 10 seconds forward |
Video view page
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| E | Edit video (editor/creator only) |
| A | View analytics (creator only) |
| D | Toggle dark / light mode |
Recording
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Space | Stop recording |
| Escape | Cancel recording |
| ⌘ + Shift + R | Record a new video |
| ⌘ + Shift + U | Upload a video |
On Windows, replace ⌘ with Ctrl and Option with Alt.
