Introduction
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.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Rosegarden Main Window
File
| 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 |
Edit
| 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 |
View
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| Toggle Show transport | t |
| Toggle show Special Parameters | p |
Composition
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| Edit markers… | ctrl+k |
| Set quick marker at playback position | ctrl+shift+m |
| Jump to quick marker | ctrl+m |
Studio
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| No shortcuts |
Segment
| 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) |
Tracks
| 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 |
Help
| 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) |
Notation Editor
| 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 |
Matrix Editor
| Function | Shortcut | Note |
| Copy Note | ctrl+click | Drag to copy a note |
Program-Wide Shortcuts
| 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 |
