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Press Shift + ? in the editor or on a video view page to open Tella’s shortcuts panel. This page lists every shortcut in the editor, video player, web recorder, Chrome extension, and the Mac and Windows apps.

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General

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Editor navigation

These shortcuts let you quickly jump between tools in the editor sidebar.
These keys switch between tools in the left sidebar; they do not toggle a panel open and closed. Pressing a tool’s key again while that tool is already open does nothing. The editor’s left sidebar is always visible and there is no way to hide or collapse it; Shift + S only shows or hides the Script panel. Escape closes the command menu when it is open and clears selections in timeline tools, but it does not close the sidebar. You do not need to close the sidebar to keep editing, just pick another tool or click your video on the timeline or canvas.

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Editor playback

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Editor tools

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Layout editing

When you have a layer, blur, or highlight selected in the editor, you can move it with the arrow keys. In the Overlay timeline, plain vertical arrow keys reorder a selected visual overlay instead.

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Cut, Layout, Effect, and Overlay timelines

These gestures work on the canvas timelines shown by the Cut, Layout, Effect, and Overlay tools.

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Layout, Effect, and Overlay cards

When the Layout, Effect, or Overlay tool is open, you can select and rearrange cards on the timeline with your mouse or trackpad.
Range and multi-card selection gestures are undoable, so ⌘ + Z can step back through those selections as well as your edits. Clicking one card to navigate does not add an undo step.

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Video player

These shortcuts work on the video view page.

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Video view page

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Recording

These shortcuts apply to the web recorder.
On Windows, replace ⌘ with Ctrl and Option with Alt.

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Chrome extension

The shortcut works from any tab while you’re recording. To change it, open chrome://extensions/shortcuts in Chrome and edit the key next to Tella. If another extension already uses Alt + Shift + P, Chrome leaves Tella’s shortcut unassigned until you set one there.

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Mac app recording shortcuts

The Mac app lets you set your own global shortcuts in … → Settings → Keyboard shortcuts:
  • Start/stop recording
  • Pause/resume recording
  • Restarting recording
  • Cancel recording
  • Preview video
No shortcuts are assigned by default, and each combination must use two modifier keys (⌘, ⌥, ⌃ or ⇧) so your Tella shortcuts don’t clash with other apps.

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Windows app recording shortcuts

The Windows app lets you set your own shortcuts for:
  • Start / stop recording
  • Pause / resume recording
  • Cancel recording
  • Restart recording
  • Open speaker notes
Open the Windows app settings and choose Keyboard shortcuts to set each one. No shortcuts are assigned by default, and every combo needs at least two modifier keys (Ctrl, Alt, Shift, or Win). Tella tells you when a combo is already used by another Tella action or by another app, so you can pick a different one.
Last modified on September 28, 2026