FL Studio keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 135 FL Studio 24 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

  • Space — Play / Pause
  • Ctrl+Space — Stop
  • Shift+Space — Play from Start
  • Ctrl+R — Toggle Recording
  • L — Toggle Pattern / Song Mode
  • Ctrl+M — Toggle Metronome
  • Ctrl+P — Toggle Countdown Before Recording
  • Ctrl+L — Toggle Loop Recording
  • Ctrl+T — Tap Tempo
  • Ctrl+W — Wait for Input to Start Recording
  • Ctrl+Shift+T — Toggle Typing Keyboard to Piano
  • Ctrl+ArrowRight — Fast Forward
  • Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Rewind
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight — Jump to Next Bar
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft — Jump to Previous Bar
  • Ctrl+Home — Set Song Start Marker
  • Ctrl+End — Set Song End Marker
  • Ctrl+Z — Undo
  • Ctrl+Shift+Z — Redo
  • Ctrl+Alt+Z — Undo Step-by-Step
  • Ctrl+X — Cut
  • Ctrl+C — Copy
  • Ctrl+V — Paste
  • Ctrl+Shift+V — Paste from Clipboard
  • Ctrl+B — Duplicate Selection / Clone
  • Delete — Delete Selection
  • Ctrl+A — Select All
  • Ctrl+D — Deselect All
  • Ctrl+Q — Quick Quantize
  • Ctrl+Shift+Q — Quantize Dialog
  • Ctrl+Shift+I — Select Deselected (Invert Selection)
  • Ctrl+Equal — Zoom In
  • Ctrl+Minus — Zoom Out
  • Ctrl+0 — Zoom to Selection
  • Ctrl+Shift+0 — Zoom Far Out
  • P — Draw Tool
  • B — Paint Tool (Brush)
  • D — Delete Tool (Erase)
  • T — Mute Tool
  • S — Slip Tool
  • C — Slice Tool
  • E — Select Tool
  • Z — Zoom Tool
  • Y — Playback Tool
  • Alt+N — Toggle Snap
  • Ctrl+T — Add Time Marker
  • ScrollLock — Toggle Auto-Scroll
  • Ctrl+G — Group Selected Clips
  • Ctrl+Alt+G — Merge Pattern Clips
  • Ctrl+U — Quick Chop
  • Alt+E — Toggle Stretch Mode
  • P — Draw Tool
  • B — Paint Tool (Brush)
  • D — Delete Tool (Erase)
  • T — Mute Tool
  • E — Select Tool
  • C — Slice Tool
  • Z — Zoom Tool
  • Y — Playback Tool
  • O — Toggle Portamento
  • Alt+S — Toggle Slide Notes
  • Alt+A — Arpeggiate Selection
  • Ctrl+Alt+S — Strum Selection
  • Alt+F — Flam Selection
  • Alt+W — Claw Machine (Randomize)
  • Alt+H — Toggle Scale Highlighting
  • Alt+V — Toggle Ghost Notes
  • Alt+1 — Color Group 1
  • Alt+2 — Color Group 2
  • Alt+3 — Color Group 3
  • Alt+4 — Color Group 4
  • Ctrl+ArrowUp — Shift Notes Up One Octave
  • Ctrl+ArrowDown — Shift Notes Down One Octave
  • Shift+ArrowUp — Shift Notes Up One Semitone
  • Shift+ArrowDown — Shift Notes Down One Semitone
  • Shift+ArrowLeft — Move Notes Left
  • Shift+ArrowRight — Move Notes Right
  • Ctrl+L — Quick Legato
  • Ctrl+U — Quick Chop Notes
  • F9 — Open Mixer
  • Ctrl+L — Link Selected Channels to Track
  • ArrowLeft — Select Previous Mixer Track
  • ArrowRight — Select Next Mixer Track
  • Ctrl+R — Arm Disk Recording
  • Ctrl+S — Solo / Unsolo Track
  • Ctrl+M — Mute / Unmute Track
  • Ctrl+Shift+R — Route Selected Channels to This Track
  • F2 — Rename Mixer Track
  • Alt+ArrowLeft — Move Mixer Track Left
  • Alt+ArrowRight — Move Mixer Track Right
  • F5 — Open Playlist
  • F7 — Open Piano Roll
  • F6 — Open Channel Rack
  • F8 — Open / Close Browser
  • Shift+F8 — Open Plugin Picker
  • Ctrl+F8 — Open Plugin Database
  • F11 — Toggle Full Screen
  • Ctrl+F12 — Close All Plugin Windows
  • Escape — Close Focused Plugin Window
  • Shift+F12 — Detach All Plugin Windows
  • Alt+F12 — Toggle Toolbar
  • Ctrl+N — New Project
  • Ctrl+O — Open Project
  • Ctrl+S — Save Project
  • Ctrl+Shift+S — Save As
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S — Save New Version
  • Ctrl+Shift+R — Export WAV
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R — Export MP3
  • Ctrl+Shift+M — Export MIDI
  • Ctrl+I — Import MIDI
  • Alt+F4 — Close / Exit FL Studio
  • Ctrl+A — Add Audio Clip Channel
  • Ctrl+Alt+C — Clone Selected Channels
  • Alt+Delete — Delete Selected Channels
  • Alt+ArrowUp — Move Channel Up
  • Alt+ArrowDown — Move Channel Down
  • ArrowUp — Select Channel Above
  • ArrowDown — Select Channel Below
  • Alt+G — Group Selected Channels
  • Alt+C — Color Selected Channels
  • Equal — Select Next Pattern
  • Minus — Select Previous Pattern
  • NumpadAdd — Select Next Pattern (Numpad)
  • NumpadSubtract — Select Previous Pattern (Numpad)
  • F2 — Rename Selected Pattern
  • Enter — Toggle Step On / Off
  • Ctrl+G — Open Graph Editor
  • Ctrl+F — Search in Browser
  • NumpadMultiply — Collapse All Browser Nodes
  • F7 — Open Piano Roll
  • Ctrl+F2 — Open Song Info / Metadata
  • Ctrl+Enter — Select Linked Channel for Mixer Track
  • Ctrl+Shift+P — Toggle Performance Mode
  • Ctrl+J — Toggle Multilink to Controllers
  • Ctrl+K — Toggle Score Logger
  • Ctrl+WheelUp — Zoom In Horizontally
  • Ctrl+WheelDown — Zoom Out Horizontally
  • WheelUp — Scroll Playlist Vertically
  • Shift+WheelUp — Scroll Playlist Horizontally
  • MouseLeft — Paint / Place Note
  • MouseRight — Delete Note
  • Ctrl+MouseLeft — Select Note
  • Ctrl+Shift+MouseLeft — Add Note to Selection
  • MouseLeft — Paint / Place Pattern Clip
  • MouseRight — Delete Pattern Clip
  • Ctrl+MouseLeft — Select Clip
  • MouseLeft — Adjust Knob / Fader (Drag)
  • WheelUp — Fine Adjust Knob (Scroll on Knob)
  • MouseRight — Reset Knob to Default
  • MouseMiddle — Context Menu / Options
  • Ctrl+WheelUp — Zoom In Piano Roll
  • Ctrl+WheelDown — Zoom Out Piano Roll

Other Audio & Music apps

  • Ableton Live shortcuts
  • Adobe Audition shortcuts
  • Apple Music shortcuts
  • Audacity shortcuts
  • Bitwig Studio shortcuts
  • Cubase shortcuts
  • Logic Pro shortcuts
  • Pro Tools shortcuts
  • REAPER shortcuts
  • Reason shortcuts

Related pages

  • FL Studio shortcuts
  • FL Studio cheat sheet
  • Learn FL Studio shortcuts
  • All Audio & Music apps