Use this as a quick lookup for editor actions. Commands include keyboard shortcuts, sidebar actions, toolbar buttons, and measure-band controls.
| Command | Run it with | Applies when | What it does |
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| Switch to Engrave mode | Sidebar: Engrave Mode | Any editor view | Shows the rendered score so you can select notes, rests, measures, and toolbar commands. |
| Switch to Write mode | Sidebar: Write Mode | Any editor view | Returns to the solfa source editor. |
| Play or pause playback | Space; Sidebar: Play/Pause | Engrave mode | Starts playback, pauses an active playback, or resumes a paused playback. |
| Play from selection | P | Selected note or rest in Engrave mode | Starts playback at the selected part, measure, and beat position. |
| Stop playback | Sidebar: Stop | Playback available | Stops playback and clears the current playback position. |
| Export | Sidebar: Export | Score layout loaded | Opens the export flow for the current project. |
| Choose page layout | Sidebar: Vertical Pages / Horizontal Pages | Any editor view | Changes how pages are arranged in the editor. |
| Command | Run it with | Applies when | What it does |
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| Clear selection | Esc; click page background | Engrave mode, not in N mode | Clears selected notes, rests, slurs, tuplets, and measure bands. |
| Select a measure | Click the measure number band | Engrave mode | Selects one measure so measure commands such as Meter, Key, copy, paste, insert, and delete can apply. |
| Toggle measure selection | Cmd/Ctrl+click a measure band | Engrave mode | Adds or removes a measure from the current measure selection. |
| Extend measure range | Shift+click a measure band | After selecting a measure band | Selects every measure between the previous measure anchor and the clicked measure. |
| Move to adjacent note or rest | Shift+Left / Shift+Right | Selected note or rest | Moves selection to the previous or next note/rest on the same staff. |
| Select a slur | Click a slur | Engrave mode | Selects the slur so it can be removed with Delete or Backspace. |
| Select a tuplet | Click the tuplet bracket or number | Engrave mode | Selects the whole tuplet so it can be replaced with rests. |
| Command | Run it with | Applies when | What it does |
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| Toggle N mode | N; Toolbar: N | Engrave mode | Turns rest entry mode on or off. After rest-to-note entry, selection advances to the next note/rest on the staff. |
| Exit N mode | Esc | N mode active | Turns off rest entry mode without clearing the current score selection. |
| Enter or replace a syllable | Solfa letter keys; Toolbar: Note; Ctrl+Shift+N | Selected note or rest | Replaces a note token or turns a rest into the typed solfa syllable. Two-letter syllables are entered as two keys. |
| Turn selected notes into rests | Delete / Backspace | One or more selected notes | Replaces selected note events with rests. |
| Replace a rest span with rests | Delete / Backspace | Selected rest range | Fills the selected rest span with plain rest placeholders. |
| Enter a hold dash | - | Selected note or rest | Replaces the selected note/rest with a hold dash, using the selected duration entry mode when applicable. |
| Split rest into half rests | . | Single selected whole rest | Splits the selected whole rest into half-rest slots. |
| Split rest into quarter rests | , | Single selected whole or half rest | Splits the selected rest into quarter-rest slots. Quarter split is available for full-beat or half-beat rests. |
| Choose entry duration | Toolbar: Auto / 1/2 / 1/4 | Rest entry workflow | Controls whether entry keeps the current slot, splits it into two parts, or splits it into four parts. |
| Set entry octave down | Ctrl+,; Toolbar: Oct- | N mode active | Marks new note entry one octave lower until toggled off or changed. |
| Set entry octave up | Ctrl+'; Toolbar: Oct+ | N mode active | Marks new note entry one octave higher until toggled off or changed. |
| Command | Run it with | Applies when | What it does |
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| Transpose diatonically | Alt+Up / Alt+Down | Selected note | Moves the selected note up or down by one solfa step. |
| Transpose chromatically | Shift+Up / Shift+Down | Selected note or note range | Moves selected notes up or down by one chromatic step. |
| Transpose by octave | Ctrl+Alt+Up / Ctrl+Alt+Down | Selected note | Moves the selected note up or down by one octave. |
| Shift notes in time | Ctrl+Shift+Left / Ctrl+Shift+Right | Selected note or note range | Moves selected notes earlier or later in the measure. |
| Command | Run it with | Applies when | What it does |
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| Copy phrase | Cmd/Ctrl+C | Selected note or rest | Copies the selected note/rest phrase to the engraving clipboard. |
| Paste phrase | Cmd/Ctrl+V | Selected note or rest | Pastes the engraving clipboard at the current note/rest selection. |
| Repeat selection once | Shift+R | Selected note/rest phrase | Duplicates the selected musical phrase immediately after itself. |
| Copy measures | Cmd/Ctrl+C | Measure bands selected, no note selection | Copies the selected measure range to the engraving clipboard. |
| Paste measures | Cmd/Ctrl+V | Measure bands selected, no note selection | Pastes measure clipboard content into the selected measure range. |
Lyrics, Divisi, Slurs, Tuplets, and Dynamics
| Command | Run it with | Applies when | What it does |
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| Edit lyrics | Shift+L; Toolbar: Lyrics | Selected note or lyric | Opens the lyric editor for text attached after the selected note. |
| Edit divisi | Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+D; Toolbar: Divisi | Selected note or divisi slot | Opens the divisi editor for split-note entries on the selected note. |
| Remove selected divisi slot | Delete / Backspace | Selected divisi slot | Removes the selected divisi entry. |
| Add slur | Shift+S; Toolbar: Slur | At least two selected notes | Adds a slur across the selected notes when the selection is valid. |
| Remove slur | Delete / Backspace | Selected slur | Deletes the selected slur. |
| Insert tuplet scaffold | Toolbar: Tuplet | Selected note or rest | Replaces the selected duration with equal rest slots for the chosen tuplet count. |
| Clear tuplet | Delete / Backspace | Selected tuplet bracket | Replaces the tuplet span with rests. |
| Apply dynamics | Toolbar: Dynamics | Selected note | Applies one of the available dynamic marks, such as p, mf, f, or sfz. |
| Command | Run it with | Applies when | What it does |
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| Set up score parts | Toolbar: Setup | Engrave mode | Changes parts and staff order. This replaces the score with empty measures. |
| Insert measure(s) | Measure band: + | Hover a measure band | Inserts one empty measure after the hovered measure, or the same count as the current measure selection. |
| Delete measure(s) | Measure band: trash | Hover a measure band or select measures | Deletes the hovered measure or the currently selected measure range. |
| Change meter | Toolbar: Meter | One or more measure bands selected | Inserts or replaces the #n/d time-signature token for the selected measures and can manage pickup settings. |
| Change key signature | Toolbar: Key | One or more measure bands selected | Inserts or replaces the @key token at the first selected measure on every staff. |
Layout, Display, and Tempo
| Command | Run it with | Applies when | What it does |
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| Adjust note spacing | Toolbar: horizontal spacing slider | Engrave mode | Changes horizontal note spacing across the score. |
| Adjust system spacing | Toolbar: vertical spacing slider | Engrave mode | Changes vertical spacing between systems. |
| Fit last system | Toolbar: Fit | When a widow system is detected | Applies suggested spacing values to fit the final system onto the previous page. |
| Reset spacing | Toolbar: reset spacing | When spacing has been changed | Restores note and system spacing to their default values. |
| Toggle rest-only staves | Toolbar: Rest staves | Engrave mode | Shows or hides staves that contain only rests. |
| Toggle multi-rests | Toolbar: Multi-rests | Engrave mode | Collapses consecutive rest measures into multi-rest bars or shows them individually. |
| Set initial tempo | Toolbar: BPM value | Engrave mode | Updates the project playback tempo before any inline tempo changes. |
| Add tempo change | Toolbar: Tempo | Note or rest selected | Adds a T4=84-style tempo mark at the selected musical position. |
| Add score text | Toolbar: Text | Engrave mode | Adds positioned text for extra verses or notes below a system or after the final system. |
| Expand toolbar | Toolbar: down arrow | Engrave mode | Shows the full toolbar while keeping it fixed as you scroll through pages. |
| Open compact layout menu | Toolbar: Layout | Small and medium screens | Opens spacing, display, and tempo commands when the full toolbar does not fit. |