This Wiki page is intended to eventually document all keyboard shortcuts in Rosegarden. For now, this is only a rough outline of what the page should look like in the end. Please add to it / adjust it as you see fit.
The main window shortcuts should now all be listed. Please use the contents of this page to help finish this Wiki page.
| New File | ctrl+n |
| Open File | ctrl+o |
| Open Recent | ctrl+r | Open the most recently opened Rosegarden project (top of the list) |
| Save | ctrl+s |
| Save As… | ctrl+shift+s |
| Close active file | ctrl+w |
| Close Rosegarden | ctrl+q |
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| Undo | ctrl+z |
| Redo | ctrl+shift+z |
| Cut | ctrl+x |
| Copy | ctrl+c |
| Paste | ctrl+v |
| Delete | delete | Deletes current selection |
| Cut range | ctrl+shift+x | Select a range by shift+dragging on the Playback Position Ruler. Range editing can be useful for inserting a bar/measure in an existing composition. |
| Copy range | ctrl+shift+c |
| Paste range | ctrl+shift+v |
| Insert range… | ctrl+shift+ins |
| Select all segments | ctrl+a |
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| Toggle Show transport | t |
| Toggle show Special Parameters | p |
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| Edit markers… | ctrl+k |
| Set quick marker at playback position | ctrl+shift+m |
| Jump to quick marker | ctrl+m |
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| No shortcuts |
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| Toggle repeat | ctrl+shift+r | When checked, any selected segments will repeat until they run into another segment, or the end of the composition. |
| Open in default editor | return | Opens the selected segment in the default editor |
| Open in matrix editor | m |
| Open in percussion editor | d | (as in drum) |
| Open in notation editor | n |
| Open in event list editor | e |
| Quantize | = |
| Repeat last quantization | + |
| Jog left | alt+left | Moves the currently selected segment(s) |
| Jog right | alt+right |
| Join | ctrl+j | Joins two selected segments together (select multiple segments by holding shift while clicking them) |
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| Add track | ctrl+t |
| Add tracks… | ctrl+shift+t |
| Remove track | ctrl+d |
| Move track down | shift+down |
| Move track up | shift+up |
| Select next track | down |
| Select previous track | up |
| Toggle mute/unmute track | m |
| Toggle mute/unmute track | u | In Rosegarden version 10.10. (Ubuntu Studio 10.04) |
| Toggle arm/unarm track for recording | r |
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| Select and Edit mode | F2 | |
| Draw mode | F3 |
| Erase mode | F4 |
| Move mode | F5 |
| Resize mode | F6 |
| Split mode | F7 |
| Toggle Playback | ctrl+enter | This is wrongly indicated in the program itself |
| Stop playback | ins | Press twice to reset the playback pointer to its place prior to playback |
| Rewind | page up | Moves playback pointer one measure backwards (also works during playback - you may have to hold the button down) |
| Fast forward | page down | Moves playback pointer one measure forwards |
| Record | media record | this could use a shortcut for those of us without a media record button |
| Punch in record | space | Toggles between Play and Record modes while in Play mode. Adds new parallel segments in track |
| Scroll to follow playback | pause | Moves the displayed part of the composition to follow the playback pointer |
| Panic | ctrl+alt+p | Stop playback, send All Sound Off instruction to connected MIDI instruments |
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| Rosegarden manual | F1 |
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| Toggle Receive External | shift+p | Under Special Parameters. Use program changes from an external source to manipulate these controls (only valid for the currently-active track) |
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| Row 1 Col 1 | Row 1 Col 2 | Row 1 Col 3 |
| Row 2 Col 1 | some colspan (note the double pipe) |
| Row 3 Col 1 | Row 3 Col 2 | Row 3 Col 3 |
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| Copy Note | ctrl+click | Drag to copy a note |
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| Start/Pause Playback | ctrl+enter | |
| Row 2 Col 1 | some colspan (note the double pipe) |
| Row 3 Col 1 | Row 3 Col 2 | Row 3 Col 3 |
