16. Keyboard shortcuts

Everything here can be changed in Settings → Keys & Shortcuts: click a row, press the keys you want. If the key is taken, Nebula asks before stealing it. "Reset" restores one action, "Reset all" restores everything. The list below is the shipped default.

Key	Action	What it does
Space	Play / stop	Starts or stops playback.
F9	Record	Arms recording on the transport.
Ctrl+M	Metronome on/off	Turns the click track on or off.
Ctrl+L	Loop on/off	Turns looped playback on or off.
Home	Back to start	Moves the playhead to the beginning.
Ctrl+N	New project	Starts a new, empty project.
Ctrl+O	Open project	Opens an existing project file.
Ctrl+S	Save project	Saves over the existing file.
Ctrl+Shift+S	Save project as	Saves to a new file.
Ctrl+Z	Undo	Reverses the last change.
Ctrl+Y / Ctrl+Shift+Z	Redo	Re-applies the last undone change.
Ctrl+X / Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V	Cut / Copy / Paste	The usual clipboard actions.
Ctrl+D	Duplicate	Duplicates the selection.
Delete	Delete	Deletes the selection.
Ctrl+A	Select all	Selects everything in the current view.
Ctrl+E	Split at cursor	Splits the selected clip at the playhead.
Ctrl+J	Consolidate	Merges the selection into one clip.
Tab	Next view	Cycles Timeline, Clip Launcher, Mixer, Node.
Ctrl+Alt+S	Switch Clip Launcher / Timeline	Toggles between the two song views.
Ctrl+= / Ctrl+- / Ctrl+0	Zoom in / out / fit	Zooms the current view.
Ctrl+Alt+B	Toggle browser	Shows or hides the left panel.
Ctrl+Alt+M	Toggle mixer	Shows or hides the mixer.
Ctrl+Alt+D	Toggle detail view	Shows or hides the bottom panel.
Ctrl+Alt+N	Toggle node view	Shows or hides the Node view.
Ctrl+,	Settings	Opens the Settings sheet.
Ctrl+Q	Quit	Closes Nebula (asking first if there is unsaved work).
Ctrl+K / Ctrl+Shift+P	Command palette	A searchable list of every action.
F1	Help	Opens help for the current view.
Ctrl+T / Ctrl+Shift+T	New MIDI / audio track	Adds a track from any view.
Ctrl+R / Ctrl+Shift+R	Rename / Arm track	Renames or arms the selected track.
Enter (Clip Launcher)	Launch scene	Launches the selected scene.
Ctrl+. (Clip Launcher)	Stop all clips	Stops every playing clip.
Ctrl+Shift+Enter (Clip Launcher)	Arm clip	Arms the selected clip slot.
B / Esc / Q (piano roll)	Draw / Select / Quantise	Note editing modes.

The command palette

Ctrl+K opens a search box over the window: type a few letters and every matching action appears with its key. It is the fastest way to find a command you use rarely.