Motive Hotkeys

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Hotkeys can be viewed and customized from the Application Settings panel. The below chart lists only the commonly used hotkeys. There are also other hotkeys and unassigned hotkeys, which are not included in the chart below. For a complete list of hotkey assignments, please check the Application Settings in Motive.

Motive Default Hotkey Settings

Fuction	Default Hotkey
File
Open File (TTP, CAL, TAK, TRA, SKL)	CTRL + O
Save Current Take	CTRL + S
Save Current Take As	CTRL + Shift + S
Export Tracking Data from current (or selected) TAKs	CTRL + Shift + Alt + S
Basic
Toggle Between Live/Edit Mode	Shift + ~
Record Start / Playback start	Space Bar
Select All	CTRL + A
Undo	Ctrl + Z
Redo	Ctrl + Y
Cut	Ctrl + X
Paste	Ctrl + V
Layout
Calibrate Layout	Ctrl+1
Create Layout	Ctrl+2
Capture Layout	Ctrl+3
Edit Layout	Ctrl+4
Custom Layout [1...]	Ctrl+[5...9], Shift[1...9]
Perspective View Pane (3D)
Switch selected viewport to 3D perspective view.	1
Switch selected viewport to 2D camera view.	2
Show view angle from a selected camera or a rigid body	3
Open single viewport	Shift + 1
Open two viewports; splited horizontally.	Shift + 2
Open two viewports; splited vertically.	Shift + 3
Open four viewports.	Shift + 4
Perspective View Pane (3D)
Follow Selected	G
Zoom to Fit Selection	F
Zoom to Fit All	Shift + F
Reset Tracking	Crtl+R
View/hide Tracked Rays	"
View/hide Untracked Rays	Shift + "
Jog Timeline	Alt + Left Click
Create Rigid Body From Selected	Ctrl+T
Refresh Skeleton Asset	Ctrl + R with a skeleton asset selected
Enable/Disable Asset Editing	T
Toggle Labeling Mode	D
Select Mode	Q
Translation Mode	W
Rotation Mode	E
Scale Mode	R
Camera Preview (2D)
Video Modes	U: Grayscale Mode I: MJPEG Mode O: Object Mode
Data Management Pane
Remove or Delete Session Folders	Delete
Remove Selected Take	Delete
paste shots as empty take from clipboard	Ctrl+V
Timeline / Graph View
Toggle Live/Edit Mode	~
Again+	+
Live Mode: Record	Space
Edit Mode: Start/stop playback	Space
Rewind (Jump to the first frame)	Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow
PageTimeBackward (Ten Frames)	Down Arrow
StepTimeBackward (One Frame)	Left Arrow
StepTimeForward (One Frame)	Right Arrow
PageTimeForward (Ten Frames)	Up Arrow
FastForward (Jump to the last frame)	Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow
To next gapped frames	Z
To previous gapped frames	Shift + Z
Graph View - Delete Selected Keys in 3D data	Delete when frame range is selected
Show All	Shift + F
Frame To Selected	F
Zoom to Fit All	Shift + F
Editing / Labeling Workflow
Apply smoothing to selected trajectory	X
Apply cubic fit to the gapped trajectory	C
Toggle Labeling Mode	D
To next gapped frame	Z
To previous gapped frame	Shift + Z
Enable/Disable Asset Editing	T
Select Mode	Q
Translation Mode	W
Rotation Mode	E
Scale Mode	R
Delete selected keys	DELETE