Plint Subtitler: available shortcuts

Numerous actions and tools can be accessed as shortcuts in Plint Subtitler. This list is continuously updated:

About "Disable in text editor"

Several shortcuts have the option "Disable in text editor". Checking this will prevent the shortcut from being executed if you press the key combo when you are working in a text field.

Clip: Add new clip

Adds a clip where the time-head is placed on the timeline.

With Auto focus editor you can choose which text edit field you prefer to edit when you have added a new clip. You might want want to add subtitle text right away, or perhaps add a comment.

Clip: Merge clip with next

Merge the selected clip with the next clip on timeline.

Merge text: Activate this setting if you want the text content to be merged as well. If this option is not selected, the selected clip's text content will be the text that remains, and the other clip's text will be deleted.
Merge alongside content: Merges additional content from the clip, such as annotations, reference text and comments. If not selected, only the selected clip's content will remain and the other clip’s content will be deleted.

Clip: Merge clip with previous

Merge the selected clip with the previous clip on timeline.

(For the advanced merge options, see explanations above.)

Clip: Remove clip

Removes the selected clip.

Confirm: Shows a confirmation sign when you try to remove a clip, to avoid clips being deleted by mistake.

Clip: Split clip

Splits the selected clip.

Split clip: With this setting you decide how you want to split the clip. There are two options:

Time-head: Uses the placement of the time-head on the clip, to decide where to split.
Middle: Splits the selected clip in the middle.

Separation direction: Determine on which side of the time-head the separation should be.
Split text: Use the text cursor to decide where to split the text in the clip.
Split alongside content: Duplicates additional clip content such as annotations, reference text and comments to include it in both clips.
Focus: Determine which clip should be selected when the split is done.

Monitor: Toggle full screen

Maximizes the monitor to toggle a fullscreen view of the video with overlaid subtitles. (You leave fullscreen mode by pressing Esc)

Navigation: Go to

With this shortcut you can jump through clips in a selected scope.

Destination: The destinations to choose between are:

First: The first clip in the scope.
Last: The last clip in the scope.
Current: The current selected clip.
Previous: The previous clip in the scope.
Next: The next clip in the scope.

Scope: With this option you decide between which types of clips you should jump through. You can for example skip between only selected or flagged clips.

Jump through the timeline with frame precision. A positive value jumps forward on the timeline, and a negative one jumps backwards.

Audio scrub: Plays audio sample from content while jumping on timeline.

Navigation: Jump seconds

Jump forward or backward on the timeline with seconds as unit. A positive value jumps forward on the timeline, and a negative one jumps backwards.

Jumps between adjacent clips in the selected scope.

Direction: Determine the direction (Current, Next or Previous).
Scope: Select which type of clips to jump through.
Jump to: Determines if you want the timeline to jump to the in- or out-time of the clip.
Move time-head: Determines if the time-head should move along when jumping through the clips.
By time if play: With this option selected, you can set an offset value where the time-head should start playing after jump. Pre-roll: Determines how many second before the clip the time-head should jump, before the content starts playing again.