Built-in keyboard shortcuts

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. 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
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.