FL STUDIO BASICS

Keyboard & Mouse Shortcuts

This page lists some of the keyboard shortcuts to useful commands in FL Studio. Please examine the menus/context menus for more shortcuts.

Windows vs Mac Equivalent keys

The following tables assume you are using a Windows keyboard. To use these shortcuts on a Mac, substitute keys as follows:

Global Shortcuts

Shortcuts by Window

Keys/Action	Piano roll action
NOTE:	Some keyboard modifiers apply only to Draw mode ().
B	Paint tool
C	Slice tool
D	Delete tool
E	Select tool
F	Show next property in the Piano roll event lane (lower section)
G	Select the Channel above
H	Select the Channel above with note data
J	Select the Channel below with note data
K	Select the Channel below
M	Keyboard view mode (toggle)
O	Portamento (toggle)
P	Draw tool (pencil)
S	Slide note (toggle)
T	Mute tool
Y	Playback tool
Z	Zoom tool
Alt	Bypass snap (very useful when combined with other modifiers)
Alt+A	Arpeggiator
Alt+B	View note helpers
Alt+C	Change color of selected note/s (to selected color group)
Alt+E	Riff machine
Alt+F	Flam
Alt+G	Ungroup selected notes
Alt+K	Open Limit tool
Alt+L	Open Articulate tool
Alt+M	Mute selection
Alt+N	Switch waveform helper view (when available).
Alt+O	Open LFO tool when in lower Event Editor area
Alt+Q	Quantize
Alt+R	Open Randomize tool
Alt+S	Open Strum tool
Alt+U	Open Chop tool
Alt+V	Ghost Channels ON/OFF (toggle)
Alt+W	Open Claw Machine tool
Alt+X	Open Scale Levels tool
Alt+Y	Open Score Flipper tool
Alt+Shift+M	Unmute selection
Alt+Mouse-wheel	Change the selected note property of the note the mouse pointer is near or on.
Alt+Arrow keys	Nudge the position of the selected note/s OR all notes if no selection is made.
Backspace	Global Snap (none, current setting - toggle)
Ctrl+A	Select All
Ctrl+B	Duplicate selection, or all notes in zoom range if nothing is selected, to the right. Works also with time-line selections.
Ctrl+C	Copy selection
Ctrl+D	Deselect selection
Ctrl+G	Glue selected and touching notes
Ctrl+I	Insert current controller value
Ctrl+L	Quick legato
Ctrl+M	Import MIDI file
Ctrl+Q	Quick Quantize
Ctrl+U	Quick Chop
Ctrl+V	Paste selection
Ctrl+X	Cut selection
Ctrl+Alt+G	Grid Color
Ctrl+Alt+Home	Allow resizing from left (toggle)
Ctrl+Delete	Delete space equal to selection
Ctrl+Enter	Select time around selection
Ctrl+Insert	Insert space equal to the current time-line selection
Ctrl+Up-Arrow/Down-Arrow	Transpose selection UP/Down 1 Octave
Ctrl+Left-Arrow/Right-Arrow	Select time before (left) or after (right) current selection
Ctrl+Left-click	Select
Ctrl+Shift+Left-click	Add to selection
Ctrl+Right-Click	Zoom on selection/Drag to make zoom selection (zoom on release)
Del	Delete selected
Double Left-click on note	Open note properties
Double Right-Click or X1 Click on Ghost note	Swap to Ghost Channel to edit the note.
Left-Shift+Left-click (on Piano roll)	Add and resize notes (move mouse L/R after click and hold to resize)
Left-Shift+Right-Click	Pan view
Left-Alt+Right-Click	Audio preview
Middle Mouse Click	Pan view (hold and drag left/right)
PgUp / PgDown	Zoom in / Zoom out
Draw tool + Shift	Extend note length
Right-Click	Delete Selected Note/s
Right-Alt+Right-Click	Quantize selected
Right-Shift+Left-click	Slice notes (click above/below note and drag vertical)
Right-Shift+Right-Click	Slice notes & delete smallest part (click above/below note and drag vertical)
Shift+Alt+T	Set a Time Signature at the Play head or time selection
Shift+Ctrl+V	Paste from MIDI clipboard
Shift+C	Select by color
Shift+D	Discard selected note lengths
Shift+G	Group selected
Shift+H	Select the next Channel, in the selected Pattern, with note data.
Shift+I	Invert selection
Shift+K	Select the next Channel
Alt+M	Mute selection
Shift+N	Turn off selected chord
Shift+Q	Quick quantize
Shift+M	Select groups of notes at random
Shift+R	Select at random (multiple presses will select more notes)
Shift+Left-Arrow/Right-Arrow	Move selection Left/Right
Shift+Up-Arrow/Down-Arrow	Move selection Up/Down
Shift+Left-click	Clone (drag while holding clip/pattern), release Shift after dragging to unlock vertical movement
Shift + Mouse-wheel (on Clips)	Nudge Clip position
Shift + Mouse-wheel (on Track label area)	Re-order Clip Tracks
Shift + 0 (zero)	Center Playlist to play-head position (numbers above typing keys)
Shift + 1 to 3	Horizontal Zoom levels 1 (zoom out) to 3 (zoom in), (numbers above typing keys)
Shift + 4	Horizontal Zoom, show all (numbers above typing keys)
Shift + 5	Zoom to selection (numbers above typing keys)