Keyboard Shortcuts¶

Every binding below is rebindable in Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts, except the read-only block at the end.

The context menus read their hints from this same table, so a rebound key updates the menu on the next open — no menu label can go stale.

Create structure¶

These create a new container node in the tree.

Action	Shortcut
New Super Node	`Ctrl`+`N`
New Peg (container)	`Ctrl`+`P`
New Group (container)	`Ctrl`+`G`
New Composite (container)	`Ctrl`+`H`
New Drawing (container)	`Ctrl`+`R`
New Backdrop	`Alt`+`B`
New Frames…	`Ctrl`+`F`

Attach structure¶

These add a component to what is already selected, instead of creating a new row. Same letters as above, plus Shift.

Action	Shortcut
Attach Peg to selection	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`P`
Attach Group to selection	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`G`
Attach Composite to selection	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`H`
Attach Drawing to selection	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`R`
Attach Backdrop to selection	`Shift`+`Alt`+`B`
Attach all structure to selection	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`N`

Create vs Attach is the whole pattern

Ctrl makes a new thing. Ctrl+Shift adds that thing to the selection. It holds for structure and for effects, which is why there are twice as many bindings as there are verbs.

Effects¶

Ten effects on ten keys — 1 through 0 — with the same create/attach pair.

Effect	Add	Attach to selection
Transparency	`Ctrl`+`1`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`1`
Cutter	`Ctrl`+`2`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`2`
Blending	`Ctrl`+`3`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`3`
Glow	`Ctrl`+`4`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`4`
Blur	`Ctrl`+`5`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`5`
Brightness/Contrast	`Ctrl`+`6`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`6`
Hue/Saturation	`Ctrl`+`7`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`7`
Levels	`Ctrl`+`8`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`8`
Tone	`Ctrl`+`9`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`9`
Highlight	`Ctrl`+`0`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`0`
All effects	`Ctrl`+`'`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`'`

The apostrophe is not an accident: the ten individual effects fill 1…0, so the key next to them is the one that means all of them.

Generators¶

Generators are a different family on purpose — they are holders, not effects — so they get Alt + a letter, the way Backdrop does.

Action	Shortcut
Add Colour Card	`Alt`+`C`
Add Gradient	`Alt`+`G`

Structure operations¶

Action	Shortcut
Merge Selected	`Ctrl`+`J`
Merge Down	`Ctrl`+`E`
Split — As Hierarchical	`Ctrl`+`B`
Split — As Siblings	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`B`

Magnets¶

Action	Shortcut
Generate Magnet Tree	`Ctrl`+`M`
Generate Magnet Tree + Assemble	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`M`

Read-only¶

These are not OSA's to rebind.

Action	Shortcut	Source
New Peg (container)	`Ctrl`+`P`	Harmony
New Group (container)	`Ctrl`+`G`	Harmony
New Composite (container)	`Ctrl`+`H`	Harmony
New Drawing (container)	`Ctrl`+`R`	OSA
Undo / Redo	`Ctrl`+`Z` / `Ctrl`+`Y`	Standard
Copy / Cut / Paste	`Ctrl`+`C` / `Ctrl`+`X` / `Ctrl`+`V`	Standard
Duplicate	`Ctrl`+`D`	Standard
Remove from staging	`Del`	Standard
Rename	`F2`	Standard

The Harmony-sourced ones follow your Toon Boom config. Change them in Harmony's Edit → Keyboard Shortcuts and OSA picks them up, so a peg is created with whatever key your hands already know.

The universal conventions are deliberately not in the rebinding table: a table that lists Ctrl+C invites somebody to rebind Copy.

Rebinding¶

Double-click a shortcut, then press the new combination.

Key	Does
the new combination	binds it
`Esc`	cancels
`Del`	restores that action's default

The Default column always shows the factory binding beside your own, and Restore default shortcuts resets everything.

A combination already in use is refused rather than taken — an overlap is a shortcut that fires the wrong action, silently.