You can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly accomplish many tasks in Compressor. To use a keyboard shortcut, press all the keys in the shortcut at the same time.

Keyboard shortcuts for common commands are listed in the table below.

Compressor general keyboard shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Add a file	Command-I
Add a set of image sequence files	Option-Command-I
Add a set of surround sound files	Control-Command-I
Navigate up the list of jobs (in the batch area)	Up Arrow
Navigate down the list of jobs (in the batch area)	Down Arrow
Play/Pause the video	Space Bar
Play the video in reverse	J
Stop playback	K
Play the video	L
Set the In point	I
Set the Out point	O
Add a marker	M
Add a caption	Option-C
Go to the previous marker or In/Out point	Control-Semicolon (;)
Go to the next marker or In/Out point	Control-Apostrophe (’)
Start transcoding the batch	Command-B

Compressor window keyboard shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Show the Current view	Command-1
Show the Active view	Command-2
Show the Completed view	Command-3
Show or hide the inspector pane	Command-4
Show or hide the Settings and Locations pane	Command-5
Show Settings	Shift-Command-1
Show Locations	Shift-Command-2
Show the Network Encoding Monitor	Command-E
Show the Compressor preferences window	Command-Comma (,)
Minimize the Compressor window	Command-M
Close the Compressor window	Command-W
Quit Compressor	Command-Q

Note: You can set the window layout back to its default state by choosing Window > Revert to Original Window Layout.

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Compressor User Guide

Built-in keyboard shortcuts in Compressor

Compressor general keyboard shortcuts

Compressor window keyboard shortcuts