Keyboard shortcuts

The frontend's command registry (annotation-tool/src/lib/commands/commands.ts) declares every shortcut. mod is Cmd on macOS and Ctrl elsewhere. Press ? in any view to open the shortcuts dialog with the live list.

Global

mod+1            Go to Video Browser
mod+2            Go to Persona Builder
mod+3            Go to Object Builder
p                Toggle Persona Builder
w                Toggle World Builder
v                Return to last active video
mod+s            Save current work
mod+e            Export data
mod+shift+p      Open command palette
?                Open keyboard shortcuts dialog
escape           Close current dialog

Video playback (annotation workspace)

space            Play / pause
right            Next frame
left             Previous frame
shift+right      Jump 10 frames forward
shift+left       Jump 10 frames backward
mod+right        Jump to next keyframe
mod+left         Jump to previous keyframe
home             Jump to frame 0
end              Jump to last frame
f                Toggle fullscreen
t                Toggle timeline

Annotation editing (annotation workspace)

n                Start drawing a new annotation
escape           Cancel drawing in progress
enter            Confirm drawing in progress
k                Add keyframe at current frame
c                Copy bounding box from previous keyframe
v                Toggle annotation visibility at current frame
delete           Delete keyframe at current frame
                 (when keyframe selected; otherwise deletes the annotation)
tab              Select next annotation
shift+tab        Select previous annotation
plus / equals    Zoom timeline in
minus            Zoom timeline out

Persona Builder workspace

n                Create new type (context-aware)
enter            Edit selected type
delete           Delete selected type
mod+d            Duplicate selected type
/                Focus search field
tab              Switch to next type tab
shift+tab        Switch to previous type tab
mod+shift+s      Generate type suggestions with AI

Internal command IDs and the ontologyWorkspaceActive context key retain the ontology prefix for backward compatibility, even though the user-facing workspace is the Persona Builder.

Object Builder workspace

n                Create new object (context-aware)
enter            Edit selected object
delete           Delete selected object
mod+d            Duplicate selected object
/                Focus search field
tab              Switch to next object tab
shift+tab        Switch to previous object tab

Persona browser

n                Create new persona