New Keyboard Shortcuts in Live 12
The list below includes newly introduced or changed shortcuts in Ableton Live 12. For an overview of keyboard shortcuts in Live 12, visit the Live Manual section: Live Keyboard Shortcuts.
As of Live 12, you can use single-key shortcuts while the Computer MIDI Keyboard is activated, by also holding down the Shift key. Also as of Live 12, some shortcuts can be momentarily latched. This means you can hold down the shortcut key for about 500ms to toggle the shortcut action, then release it to return to the previous state. To see shortcut keys that can be momentarily latched, visit the Live Manual section Momentary Latching Shortcuts.
Transport
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Function |
WIN shortcut |
macOS shortcut |
| Toggle metronome | O | O |
| Freeze / Unfreeze Tracks | Ctrl+Alt+Shift-F | Cmd+Alt+Shift+F |
Global Navigation
| Jump to highlighted Track title bar | Esc | Esc |
| Navigate focus to next focusable control | Tab | Tab |
| Navigate focus to previous focusable control | Shift + Tab | Shift + Tab |
| Navigate focus to "next neighbour" of current control | Ctrl + Tab | Ctrl + Tab |
| Navigate focus to "previous neighbour" of current control | Ctrl + Shift + Tab | Alt + Shift + Tab |
| Navigate focus to Session View and make standby selection active | Alt + 1 | Alt + 1 |
| Navigate focus to Arrangement View and make standby selection active | Alt + 2 | Alt + 2 |
| Navigate focus to Clip View and make standby selection active | Alt + 3 | Alt + 3 |
| Navigate focus to Device View and make standby selection active | Alt + 4 | Alt + 4 |
| Navigate focus to Browser View and make standby selection active | Alt + 5 | Alt + 5 |
| Navigate focus to Groove Pool View and make standby selection active | Alt + 6 | Alt + 6 |
| Navigate focus to Lesson/Help/Report a Crash View | Alt + 7 | Alt + 7 |
| Navigate focus to selected Clip Property panel (last focused control) | Alt + Shift + P | Alt + Shift + P |
View Management
| Toggle Clip Detail View visibility, navigate focus and make standby selection active when opening | Ctrl + Alt + 3 | Cmd + Alt + 3 |
| Toggle Device Detail View visibility, navigate focus and make standby selection active when opening | Ctrl + Alt + 4 | Cmd + Alt + 4 |
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Toggle Browser View visibility, navigate focus and make standby selection active when opening
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Ctrl + Alt + 5 | Cmd + Alt + 5 |
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Toggle Groove Pool View visibility, navigate focus and make standby selection active when opening
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Ctrl + Alt + 6 | Cmd + Alt + 6 |
Arrangement View
| Navigate focus to Mixer | Alt + Shift + M | Alt + Shift + M |
| Move Insert Marker to Playhead Position | Ctrl + Shift + Space | Cmd + Shift + Space |
Browser
| Show similar files using Similarity Search | Ctrl + Shift + F | Cmd + Shift + F |
| Browser history back | Ctrl + [ | Cmd + [ |
| Browser history forward | Ctrl + ] | Cmd + ] |
Clip View MIDI Note Editor
| Join notes | Ctrl + J | Cmd + J |
| Fit notes to time range | Ctrl + Alt + J | Cmd + Alt + J |
| Split / chop notes | Ctrl + E | Cmd + E |
| Adjust note selection velocity | Ctrl + up and down arrow keys | Cmd + up and down arrow keys |
| Adjust note selection velocity deviation | Ctrl + Shift + up and down arrow keys | Cmd + Shift + up and down arrow keys |
| Adjust note selection chance | Ctrl + Alt + up and down arrow keys | Cmd + Alt + up and down arrow keys |
| Expand Clip Detail View | Ctrl + Alt + E | Cmd + Alt + E |
| Group notes | Ctrl + G | Cmd + G |
| Ungroup notes | Ctrl + G | Cmd + G |
| Apply current MIDI Tool | Ctrl + Enter | Cmd + Enter |
| Invert note selection | Ctrl + Shift + A | Cmd + Shift + A |
Similarity Search in Drum Rack, Drum Rack Pad, and Simpler
| Swap next similar sample | Ctrl + arrow right | Cmd + arrow right |
| Swap previous similar sample | Ctrl + arrow left | Cmd + arrow left |
| Save as similarity reference | Ctrl + arrow up | Cmd + arrow up |
| Return to similarity reference | Ctrl + arrow down | Cmd + arrow down |