Keyboard shortcuts

You can quickly accomplish many tasks in iMovie using a Bluetooth keyboard.

Note: To pair a Bluetooth keyboard with iPhone, turn on the keyboard (or turn it off and on if it’s already on), then go to Settings > Bluetooth. Turn on Bluetooth, then tap the keyboard when it appears in the Devices list.

To complete an action, press all the keys in the shortcut at the same time.

Action

Shortcut

Show iMovie Help

Shift-Command-Slash (/)

Play or pause

Space bar

Play the project from the beginning

Backslash (\)

Go to the beginning of the project

Control-Left Arrow

Go to the end of the project

Control-Right Arrow

Go to the previous frame

Left Arrow

Go back 10 frames

Shift-Left Arrow

Go to the next frame

Right Arrow

Go forward 10 frames

Shift-Right Arrow

Go to the previous item

Up Arrow

Go to the next item

Down Arrow

Split the selected clip

Command-B

Zoom in

Command-Equal Sign (=)

Zoom out

Command-Hyphen (-)

Select the clip at the playhead position

C

Trim the clip start point

Option-Left Bracket ([)

Trim the clip end point

Option-Right Bracket (])

Detach audio from a clip

Option-Command-B

Mute audio in a clip

Shift-Command-M

Show waveforms

Control-S