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-title: Using Key Bindings
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<p>
Ardour has many available commands for playback control that can be bound
- to keys. Many of them have default bindings, some do not, so the list below
- shows both the default bindings and internal command names.
+ to keys. Many of them have <a href="@@keyboard-and-mouse-shortcuts">default
+ bindings</a>, Some of the most used are found below.
</p>
-<dl class="wide-table">
- <dt><kbd>Space</kbd></dt>
- <dd>switch between playback and stop.</dd>
- <dt><kbd>Home</kbd></dt>
- <dd>Move playhead to session start marker</dd>
- <dt><kbd>End</kbd></dt>
- <dd>Move playhead to session end marker</dd>
- <dt><kbd>→</kbd></dt>
- <dd></dd>
- <dt><kbd>←</kbd></dt>
- <dd></dd>
- <dt><kbd>0</kbd></dt>
- <dd>Move playhead to start of the timeline</dd>
-</dl>
-
-<p>Commands without default bindings include:</p>
-
-<p class="fixme">Add content</p>
-
+<p>
+ Those keybindings are shown in the corresponding menus. Memorizing at least
+ the most frequently used can be a great time saver.
+</p>
+<table class="dl">
+ <tr><th><kbd>Space</kbd></th>
+ <td>switch between playback and stop.</td></tr>
+ <tr><th><kbd>Home</kbd></th>
+ <td>Move playhead to session start marker</td></tr>
+ <tr><th><kbd>End</kbd></th>
+ <td>Move playhead to session end marker</td></tr>
+ <tr><th><kbd>→</kbd></th>
+ <td>Playhead to Next Grid</td></tr>
+ <tr><th><kbd>←</kbd></th>
+ <td>Playhead to Previous Grid</td></tr>
+ <tr><th><kbd>0</kbd></th>
+ <td>Move playhead to start of the timeline</td></tr>
+ <tr><th><kbd class="mod3">space</kbd></th>
+ <td>Start recording</td></tr>
+ <tr><th><kbd class="mod1">space</kbd></th>
+ <td>Stop and forget capture</td></tr>
+</table>