Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet generator for your daily tools

Build one printable page from the shortcuts you actually use. Choose your apps, keep the platform you work on, and trim the groups until the sheet fits the work in front of you.

The preview is the thing you will print. Each app keeps its name and each group keeps its task heading, so a key such as Ctrl+P still makes sense when several apps share the same paper.

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Audacity keyboard shortcuts

Audacity · Windows, macOS, Linux

ActionWindowsmacOSLinux
Projects and audio files
Create a new projectCtrl NCmd NCtrl N
Open a project or audio fileCtrl OCmd OCtrl O
Close the current project windowCtrl WCmd WCtrl W
Save the current AUP3 projectCtrl SCmd SCtrl S
Export audioCtrl Shift ECmd Shift ECtrl Shift E
Import audio into the current projectCtrl Shift ICmd Shift ICtrl Shift I
Exit AudacityCtrl QCmd QCtrl Q
Editing audio and clips
Undo the most recent editCtrl ZCmd ZCtrl Z
Redo the most recently undone editCtrl YCmd YCtrl Y
Cut the selection to the Audacity clipboardCtrl XCmd XCtrl X
Delete the selection and close the gapCtrl KCmd KCtrl K
Copy the selection to the Audacity clipboardCtrl CCmd CCtrl C
Paste from the Audacity clipboardCtrl VCmd VCtrl V
Duplicate the selection into a new trackCtrl DCmd DCtrl D
Cut the selection and leave a gapCtrl Alt XCmd Option XCtrl Alt X
Delete the selection and leave a gapCtrl Alt KCmd Option KCtrl Alt K
Replace the selected audio with silenceCtrl LCmd LCtrl L
Trim audio outside the selectionCtrl TCmd TCtrl T
Split the current clip at the cursor or selectionCtrl ICmd ICtrl I
Cut labeled audio and leave a gapAlt Shift XOption Shift XAlt Shift X
Delete labeled audio and leave a gapAlt Shift KOption Shift KAlt Shift K
Copy labeled audioAlt Shift COption Shift CAlt Shift C
Detach labeled audio at silencesAlt Shift JOption Shift JAlt Shift J
Repeat the last effect with its previous settingsCtrl RCmd RCtrl R
Selections, labels, and clips
Select all audio in all tracksCtrl ACmd ACtrl A
Move selection edges to rising zero crossingsZZZ
Extend the selection into all tracksCtrl Shift KCmd Shift KCtrl Shift K
Extend the selection into all sync-locked tracksCtrl Shift YCmd Shift YCtrl Shift Y
Set the left selection boundary at playback[[[
Set the right selection boundary at playback]]]
Select from the track start to the cursorShift JShift JShift J
Select from the cursor to the track endShift KShift KShift K
Move the selection to the previous clipAlt ,Option ,Alt ,
Move the selection to the next clipAlt .Option .Alt .
Add a label at the selectionCtrl BCmd BCtrl B
Add a label at the playback or recording positionCtrl MCmd .Ctrl M
Timeline view and track size
Zoom in on the timelineCtrl 1Cmd 1Ctrl 1
Return to the normal timeline zoomCtrl 2Cmd 2Ctrl 2
Zoom out on the timelineCtrl 3Cmd 3Ctrl 3
Zoom the timeline to the selectionCtrl ECmd ECtrl E
Toggle between two preset zoom levelsShift ZShift ZShift Z
Fit the entire project width in the windowCtrl FCmd FCtrl F
Fit all track heights in the project windowCtrl Shift FCmd Shift FCtrl Shift F
Collapse all tracksCtrl Shift CCmd Shift CCtrl Shift C
Restore all collapsed tracksCtrl Shift XCmd Shift XCtrl Shift X
Scroll the project rightPage UpPage UpPage Up
Scroll the project leftPage DownPage DownPage Down
Playback, recording, and looping
Start or stop playbackSpaceSpaceSpace
Play or stop and set the cursor at the stop pointXXX
Play the looping region onceShift SpaceShift SpaceShift Space
Pause playback or recordingPPP
Record at the end of the selected trackRRR
Record into a new trackShift RShift RShift R
Open Timer RecordShift TShift TShift T
Start Punch and Roll recordingShift DShift DShift D
Move the cursor to the selection startLeftLeftLeft
Move the cursor to the selection endRightRightRight
Move the cursor to the selected track startJJJ
Move the cursor to the selected track endKKK
Move the cursor to the project startHomeHomeHome
Move the cursor to the project endEndEndEnd
Turn playback looping on or offLLL
Clear the looping regionShift Alt LShift Option LShift Alt L
Set the loop to the current selectionShift LShift LShift L
Track mute controls and preferences
Mute all audio tracksCtrl UCmd UCtrl U
Unmute all audio tracksCtrl Shift UCmd Shift UCtrl Shift U
Mute the selected tracksCtrl Alt UCmd Option UCtrl Alt U
Unmute the selected tracksCtrl Alt Shift UCmd Option Shift UCtrl Alt Shift U
Open PreferencesCtrl PCmd ,Ctrl P

Build a sheet for the work you actually do

A useful cheat sheet is smaller than the reference it came from. Pick the apps that share your desk, keep the platform you are using, and remove groups that belong to a job you do not do. A focused page has a chance of staying beside the keyboard instead of becoming another document you never open.

If you move between a terminal, an editor, and a browser, make one sheet for that loop. If you are learning one app, select only its groups and give yourself a page you can glance at without hunting through unrelated commands.

Choose the platform before you print

Windows, macOS, and Linux often share the action but change the modifier. Keep all platforms when the sheet is for a shared desk or a team. Choose one platform when you want a quieter page and know which keyboard will be in front of you.

Some applications also use terminal settings, editor modes, or custom keymaps. The sheet keeps the documented default rows from this reference. It does not rewrite them for a personal binding file.

Read the paper as a task list

Each app keeps its own name and each group keeps its task heading. That matters when several apps share keys such as Ctrl+P or Cmd+K. The action beside the keys tells you which app context gives the combination its meaning.

The live preview is the document that prints. If you remove an app, platform, or group, the count and the paper change with it. Groups that have no shortcut for the selected platform disappear from the sheet rather than leaving an empty heading behind.

What this sheet does not promise

This generator does not discover shortcuts from your installed apps, inspect custom bindings, or turn undocumented actions into guesses. It prints the rows in the stack127 keyboard reference for the choices you made. For a full app page, including notes about modes and sequences, use the keyboard shortcuts directory.

Keep the first version deliberately short

Start with the keys that remove a repeated interruption today. When those become ordinary, make a second sheet or add another group. The point is to put the next useful action near your hand, not to turn every documented shortcut into homework.

Your selections stay in this browser while you build the sheet. Printing uses the browser's own print dialog, so the final paper follows the page you can see here.