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 |
These keys switch between tools in the left sidebar, they do not toggle a panel open and closed. Pressing 1 always opens the setup panel; pressing it again while setup is already open does nothing. The editor’s left sidebar is always visible and there is no way to hide or collapse it. Escape closes the command menu only, 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.
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.
