Keyboard & shortcuts

Every command-section key, color-coded by function and laid out per device. Pick your console or onPC wing; secondary behaviors (double-press, MA+key) are shown on the key. Each key links to its page in the manual. Hardware keys are identical for every user — the letter/number shortcuts on an external keyboard are user-editable (see the note below).

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Command keys Numeric keys section Object / pool keys Playback / page keys Xkeys (executor) section Navigation keys Control / mode keys

Command keys

Store Enters the Store keyword into the command line. Press and hold opens Store Settings.

Store (press and hold) → Opens Store Settings

Update Enters the Update keyword (opens the Update menu).

MA + Update → Cook (or Offset if Store is in the command line)

Edit Enters the Edit keyword into the command line.

Edit Edit → EditSetting

MA + Edit → EditRecipe

Delete Enters the Delete keyword into the command line.

Delete Delete → Remove

Delete Delete Delete → Release

Copy Enters the Copy keyword into the command line.

Copy Copy → Paste

Copy Copy Copy → Insert

MA + Copy → Cut

Move Enters the Move keyword into the command line.

Move Move → Exchange

Clear Clears the selection / active values / programmer. Clear = ClearSelection, Clear Clear = ClearActive, Clear Clear Clear = ClearAll. Press and hold = ClearAll.

Clear Clear → ClearActive

Clear Clear Clear → ClearAll

Press and hold Clear → ClearAll

Oops Executes the Oops command (undoes the last operation or selection). Press and hold opens the Oops window.

Press and hold Oops → Opens the Oops window

Assign Enters the Assign keyword into the command line.

Assign Assign → Label

MA + Assign → Set

Off Enters the Off keyword into the command line.

Off Off → Opens the Off menu

MA + Off → Deactivate

MA + MA + Off → Closes every active RemoteHID connection

On Enters the On keyword into the command line.

On On → Call

Select Enters the Select keyword into the command line.

Select Select → Collect

SelFix Enters the SelectFixtures keyword into the command line.

SelFix SelFix → Shuffle

Goto Enters the Goto keyword into the command line.

Goto Goto → Load

MA + Goto Goto → Loaded

Set Toggles the activation status of MAtricks (Set Selection Property "Active").

MA + Set → Step Toggle (toggles between firstly selected step and all selected steps)

Time Toggles time layers in the command line; default depends on the user profile's Time Key Target (toggles CueFade/CueDelay or Fade/Delay).

MA + Time → Cycles Relative, Fade, Delay, Absolute

Stomp Enters the Stomp keyword into the command line.

Stomp Stomp → Capture

Prvw Executes the Preview keyword in the command line. <<< Enters <<< (GoFastBackward) into the command line. Press and hold for several successive operations.

MA + <<< → Black

>>> Enters >>> (GoFastForward) into the command line. Press and hold for several successive operations.

MA + >>> → Flash

Numeric keys section

0-9 Pressing a numeric key enters the number into the command line. MA + 8/2/4/6 moves the cursor up/down/left/right (arrow-key equivalents).

MA + 8 → Move cursor one row up

MA + 2 → Move cursor one row down

MA + 4 → Move cursor one column left

MA + 6 → Move cursor one column right

. Enters . [Dot] into the command line (e.g. Store Cue 1.2).

. . → Zero - sets dimmer value of selected fixtures to 0 (keys.md)

MA + . → Default - sets attributes to their default values (keys.md)

+ Enters + [Plus] into the command line (e.g. Group 8 + Group 11).

+ + → At Percent + 10 - increases intensity by 10% (keys.md)

MA + + → Next (keys.md)

- Enters - [Minus] into the command line (e.g. Group 5 - Channel 11).

- - → At Percent - 10 - decreases intensity by 10% (keys.md)

MA + - → Previous (keys.md)

/ Enters / [Slash] into the command line (e.g. Store View 1 / Screen "2").

MA + / → * (Asterisk/Multiply)

At Enters the At keyword into the command line (e.g. Fixture 17 At 30).

At At → Normal

MA + At → Integrate

MA + At + At → Extract

Press and hold At → Opens the At Filter menu

Full Enters the Full keyword; sets the dimmer values to 100% in the selected fixtures. Thru Enters the Thru keyword into the command line. If Enters the IfOutput keyword (or If when a command is present); repeated presses cycle IfOutput, IfActive, IfProg, If; If after an existing If enters EndIf.

If If → IfActive

If If If → IfProg

If If If If → If

If (after If in command line) → EndIf

Please Executes the command in the command line (same as Enter). Please Please activates all attributes of the selected fixtures (toggles on further presses).

Please Please → Activates all attributes of selected fixtures (toggles)

MA + Please → Sets focus to the command line

Object / pool keys

Fixture Enters the Fixture keyword into the command line.

Fixture Fixture → Selection

Fixture Fixture Fixture → Collection (keys.md)

Channel Enters the Channel keyword into the command line; repeated presses cycle Channel, Generic, and other in-use ID types.

Channel Channel → Generic (then other ID types in use)

Group Enters the Group keyword into the command line.

Group Group → World

Group Group Group → Filter

MA + Group → Tag (keys.md)

Preset Enters the Preset keyword into the command line.

Preset Preset → Attribute

Preset Preset Preset → Gel

MA + Preset → FeatureGroup

MA + Preset + Preset → DataPool

Preset + 1 / 2 → Select EncoderBank 1 / 2 (keys.md)

Sequ Enters the Sequence keyword into the command line. Cue Enters the Cue keyword into the command line.

Cue Cue → Part

MA + Cue → Programmer

Playback / page keys

Go+ | Temp Enters the Go+ keyword into the command line. Press and hold for several successive operations.

Go+ Go+ → Unpark (keys.md)

MA + Go+ → Temp

MA + Go+ Go+ → Toggle

Go- | Top Enters the Go- keyword into the command line. Press and hold for several successive operations.

MA + Go- → Top

MA + Go- Go- → Kill (keys.md)

Go+ [large] Immediately executes Go+ Executor (affects the selected sequence). Located in the master section below the two master faders.

MA + Go+ [large] → Go+ Loaded

Go- [large] Immediately executes Go- Executor (affects the selected sequence). Located in the master section under the two master faders. Pause | Fix Enters the Pause keyword into the command line. Press and hold for several successive operations.

Pause Pause → Park

MA + Pause → Fix

MA + MA + Pause → Toggles the desk lock

Pause [large] Executes Pause Executor (toggles pause on/off in the selected sequence). Located in the master section under the two master faders. Page+ Executes Next Page in the command line (calls the next page). Page- Executes Previous Page in the command line (calls the previous page). Press and hold over 1 second sets the page to page 1.

Press and hold Page- → Sets page to page 1

Xkeys (executor) section

Xkeys Enters the Xkeys keyword into the command line. X1 | Clone Behaves like an executor (executor 291). MA + X1 enters the Clone keyword.

MA + X1 → Clone

MA + X1 X1 → Recast (keys.md)

X2 | Link Behaves like an executor (executor 292). Secondary label is Link. X3 | Grid Behaves like an executor (executor 293). MA + X3 enters the Grid keyword.

MA + X3 → Grid

X4 | Layout Behaves like an executor (executor 294). MA + X4 enters the Layout keyword.

MA + X4 → Layout

MA + X4 X4 → Appearance

MA + X4 X4 X4 → Scribble

X5 | Step Behaves like an executor (executor 295). MA + X5 enters the Step keyword.

MA + X5 → Step

X6 | TC Behaves like an executor (executor 296). MA + X6 enters the Timecode keyword.

MA + X6 → Timecode

MA + X6 X6 → TimecodeSlot

MA + X6 X6 X6 → Timer

X7 | View Behaves like an executor (executor 297). MA + X7 enters the View keyword.

MA + X7 → View

MA + X7 X7 → ViewButton

MA + X7 X7 X7 → ScreenContent

X8 | DMX Behaves like an executor (executor 298). MA + X8 enters the DMXUniverse keyword.

MA + X8 → DMXUniverse

MA + X8 X8 → DMXAddress

X9 Behaves like an executor (executor 191). X10 Behaves like an executor (executor 192). X11 Behaves like an executor (executor 193). X12 Behaves like an executor (executor 194). X13 | Phaser Behaves like an executor (executor 195). MA + X13 opens the Phaser Editor (temporary Phaser Editor overlay).

MA + X13 → Opens the Phaser Editor

X14 | Macro Behaves like an executor (executor 196). MA + X14 enters the Macro keyword.

MA + X14 → Macro

MA + X14 X14 → Plugin

MA + X14 X14 X14 → Quickey

X15 | Page Behaves like an executor (executor 197). MA + X15 enters the Page keyword.

MA + X15 → Page

X16 | Exec Behaves like an executor (executor 198). MA + X16 enters the Executor keyword.

MA + X16 → Executor

MA + X16 X16 → SpecialExecutor

MA + X16 X16 X16 → FaderMaster

Navigation keys

Up Navigates up in the fixture/subfixture structure. Located on the left side of the five dual encoders. Down Accesses one level deeper in the fixture structure (navigates down). Located on the left side of the five dual encoders. Prev Executes the Previous keyword in the command line.

MA + Prev → Previous Step

Next Executes the Next keyword in the command line.

MA + Next → Next Step

Control / mode keys

MA Modifier key (equivalent to Shift on a keyboard). Press and hold MA with other keys for secondary shortcuts. There are two identical MA keys. MA + Please sets focus to the command line.

MA + Please → Sets focus to the command line

Esc Deletes commands not yet executed in the command line and closes pop-ups.

Press and hold MA + Esc (5s) → Cancels long-running operations (keys.md)

Ctrl Hold to multi-select cells in sheets; hold during boot mode-selection for a clean start. Located in two places on the bottom row of the alpha-numeric keyboard. Blind Toggles the Blind function. Freeze Toggles the Freeze function. Highlt Toggles the Highlight function.

MA + Highlt → Toggles the Lowlight function

Solo Directly executes solo selection and enables or disables Solo. Align Toggles between 6 different Align modes (default disabled). Press and hold resets the align mode.

MA + Align → Toggles between four transition modes

Press and hold Align → Resets the align mode

Press and hold MA + Align → Resets the transition mode

Learn | Rate1 Enters the Learn keyword into the command line.

MA + Learn → Rate1

List Enters the List keyword into the command line. Press and hold List + a pool key opens that pool (preset/sequ/group/page/macro/view).

MA + List → ListRef / ListReference

Hold List + Preset/Sequ/Group/X15/X14/X7 → Opens the corresponding pool (keys.md)

Menu Opens the Menu pop-up.

Menu Menu → SaveShow (saves the show file using the current name) (keys.md)

Help Enters the Help keyword into the command line. Pressing Help then a UI element opens the corresponding Help article. Power Boots up or shuts down the console. (To switch the console fully on or off, use the rear-panel power switch.) U1 Executes the User1 command in the command line. Located on the left side of the numeric keys. U2 Executes the User2 command in the command line. Located on the left side of the numeric keys.

onPC keyboard — fixed shortcuts

Shift = MA. The Shift keys on the keyboard correspond with the MA keys on the console. Pressing and holding MA with another key works the same as using Shift on a keyboard.

ESC Closes pop-ups, return

F1 Open the At Filter

F2 Open the menu

F3 Open the command secti

F4 Open the master contro

F5 Open the playback menu

F7 Open the custom master

F8 Open the encoder bar m

F9 Desk lock

F10 Toggle keyboard shortc

F11 Print screen

Print Print screen

Pause Desk lock

Editing keys (in UI grids): Insert Insert UIGridSelection · Ctrl + Insert Store UIGridSelection · Delete Delete UIGridSelection · Ctrl + C Copy UIGridSelection · Ctrl + V Paste UIGridSelection · Ctrl + X Cut UIGridSelection · Ctrl + N Toggles, for example, the "New Object Line" in a UI grid. · Ctrl + M Toggles Merge children. · Ctrl + Enter Edit UIGridSelection · Ctrl + Alt + D Resets the color theme. · Ctrl (press and hold) Multi-selection in sheets.

The general key-to-function shortcuts (letters/numbers) are user-editable and stored per user profile — grandMA3 ships defaults but documents them only as on-screen overlays, so they are not reproduced here. Toggle them with F10 (ShCuts) and edit them in Preferences & Timings → Keyboard Shortcuts. [Keyboard shortcuts page →](/grandma3/2-4/do_shortcuts_keyboard/)

Source

Built from the grandMA3 2.4 Keys, command-section, and per-console pages. Unofficial mirror — confirm on help.malighting.com.