Complete ScreenFlow keyboard shortcuts reference — 62 shortcuts across 4 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for macOS.
ScreenFlow is a macOS screen recorder and editor, so every binding here uses Cmd and Option. Its editing keys borrow from Final Cut Pro — J-K-L, in and out points, ripple delete — while the property panels have their own number-key row. The table follows Telestream's reference.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Shift + Z | Resize timeline to fit visible area |
| Shift + S | Toggle live audio scrubbing |
| = | Zoom in timeline |
| Cmd + K | Add video action |
| Cmd + L | Add callout |
| Cmd + R | Add screen recording action |
| Option + Cmd + T | Insert Annotations clip |
| T | Split clip (keep clip on left selected) |
| Shift + T | Split clip (keep clip on right selected) |
| Shift + Cmd + F | Add freeze frame |
| Option + Cmd + L | Lock/unlock clip |
| Cmd + G | Group clips |
| Cmd + U | Ungroup clips |
| Ctrl + N | Toggle snapping to guide lines (Editing (Timeline)) |
| Space | Play presentation |
| Option + Cmd + A | Paste audio properties |
| J | Scrub backwards, stop, forward |
| Option + Cmd + C | Paste callout properties |
| Option + Cmd + I | Paste video properties |
| ; | Move scrubber to previous clip start/end |
| Option + Cmd + S | Paste screen recording properties |
| Shift + Cmd + V | Insert media at scrubber position |
| ` | Insert Marker at scrubber position |
| Option + Cmd + N | Nest Clips |
| Shift + ~ | Delete Marker at scrubber position |
| Shift + Up | Next Marker |
| Shift + Down | Previous Marker |
| W | scrubber position |
| E | scrubber position |
| I | Insert In Point |
| O | Insert Out Point |
| Option + Z | Clear in and out Points |
| Shift + I | Move scrubber to in point |
| Shift + O | Move scrubber to out point |
| Cmd + Backspace | Ripple delete between current In/Out Points |
| Cmd + A | Select all clips |
| Shift + Cmd + A | Deselect all clips |
| Right | Forward one frame |
| Left | Backward one frame |
| Shift + Right | Forward one second |
| Shift + Left | Backward one second |
| Home | Move scrubber to start of presentation |
| End | Move scrubber to end of presentation |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd | Temporarily toggle snapping |
| Option + Cmd + 0 | Set Preview area to natural size |
| Ctrl + N | Toggle snapping to guide lines (Editing (Preview)) |
| Option + Cmd + V | Paste style |
| Option + Shift + Cmd + V | Paste and match style |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd + Shift + 2 | Record |
| Cmd + N | New recording |
| Cmd + O | Open recording document |
| Cmd + H | Hide ScreenFlow windows |
| Option + Cmd + H | Hide other windows |
| Cmd + E | Export as video |
| Cmd + Shift + / | Open help window |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd + 1 | Show Video Properties |
| Cmd + 2 | Show Audio Properties |
| Cmd + 3 | Show Screen Recording Properties |
| Cmd + 4 | Show Callout Properties |
| Cmd + 5 | Show Annotations Properties |
| Cmd + 6 | Show Text Properties |
| Cmd + 7 | Show Media |
Cmd + Shift + 2 starts a recording from anywhere once ScreenFlow is running, and Cmd + N configures a new one. On the timeline, Space plays, J shuttles backward, stops and forward with repeated presses, and Left and Right step one frame. T splits the clip at the scrubber and keeps the left part selected; Shift + T keeps the right, which decides what a following Delete removes. ; jumps to the previous clip boundary and Shift + Z fits the whole timeline to the window.
In and out points go on I and O; Shift + I and Shift + O jump back to them, and Cmd + Backspace ripple-deletes everything between them — the fastest way to remove a mistake from a recording. Option + Z clears the points. ` (backtick) drops a marker at the scrubber, Shift + Up and Shift + Down move between markers, and Shift + Cmd + F inserts a freeze frame for a still moment to talk over.
Cmd + K adds a video action (zoom, pan, crop over time), Cmd + R a screen-recording action for cursor effects, and Cmd + L a callout that highlights the cursor or a window region. Cmd + 1 through Cmd + 7 open the property panels in order — video, audio, screen recording, callout, annotations, text, media — and Option + Cmd + I, Option + Cmd + A, Option + Cmd + S and Option + Cmd + C paste copied video, audio, recording and callout properties onto another clip. Cmd + E exports.
Set I and O around it and press Cmd + Backspace to ripple-delete the range so the timeline closes up.
Both split at the scrubber. T leaves the left part selected, Shift + T the right, so the next Delete removes the side you chose.
Add a video action with Cmd + K at the point where the zoom should start, then adjust scale and position in the video properties (Cmd + 1).
No. ScreenFlow is macOS-only; the shortcuts use Cmd and Option.
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