Shortcuts

There are a number of shortcuts to make your annotation experience quicker and easier. These shortcuts can be accessed in the editor by clicking the Shortcuts button. You can also take a look at all of the available shortcuts listed below.

Shortcut	Description
`V`	Select object
`Middle click`	Drag
`X`	Bounding box
`Z`	Polygon
`Enter` / `Double click`	Close polygon / polyline
`Ctrl` + `Click` / `Drag`	Multi-select polygon points
`L`	Polyline
`P`	Point
`C`	Comment
`E`	Ellipse
`Alt` + `T`	Free text tag
`Ctrl` + `Z`	Undo
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Z`	Redo
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `R`	Revert
`Ctrl` + `L`	Show/Hide object labels
`Shift` + `C`	Show/Hide class labels
`Shift` + `A`	Show/Hide attribute labels
`Shift` + `P`	Show/Hide point labels
`Shift` + `G`	Show/Hide group labels
`=`	Increase the brightness by 10%
`-`	Decrease the brightness by 10%
`]`	Increase the opacity by 5%
`[`	Decrease the opacity by 5%
`Shift` + `+`	Increase the contrast by 5%
`Shift` + `-`	Decrease the contrast by 5%
`Alt` + `C`	Complete
`Ctrl` + `Q`	Quality check
`Ctrl` + `B`	Return
`Alt` + `S`	Skip
`R`	Show/Hide objects
`I`	Add object section
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Right arrow`	Stretch the selected object(s) till the green line
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Left arrow`	Stretch the selected object(s) till the green line
`Ctrl` + `G`	Group selected instance(s)
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `G`	Ungroup selected instance(s)
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Up arrow`	Approve item
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Down arrow`	Disapprove item
`T`	Autotrack
`Left arrow`	Jump backward
`Right arrow`	Jump forward
`Space`	Play/Pause
`F`	Focus to current time
`Shift` + `Right arrow`	Jump to the next keyframe of the instance
`Shift` + `Left arrow`	Jump to the previous keyframe of the instance
`Delete` / `Backspace`	Delete instance from the current frame onward
`/`	Split new object
`\`	Split section
`Tab`	Switch forward between the objects
`Shift` + `Tab`	Switch backward between the objects
`Scroll up`	Zoom in
`Scroll down`	Zoom out
`A`	Scroll video canvas to the left
`D`	Scroll video canvas to the right
`W`	Scroll video canvas to the top
`S`	Scroll video canvas to the bottom
`Shift` + `Scroll up`	Scroll video up
`Shift` + `Scroll down`	Scroll video down
`Ctrl` + `Scroll up`	Scroll video left
`Ctrl` + `Scroll down`	Scroll video right
`Ctrl` + `S`	Save
`Ctrl` + `K`	Open shortcut panel