The Index Card panel and Scene View share many functions that work the same way.
Selecting Scenes
Select more than one scene using the mouse by holding down the Shift or Command keys when a scene is clicked on.
To select a range of scenes using the mouse
- Click on a scene that will be either the start or the end of the range of scenes to be selected;
- Hold down the Shift key and click the scene to be the other end of the range of scenes to be selected.
The range of scenes between and including the two scenes clicked on are selected.
To select individual scenes or add a scene to the set of selected scenes
Hold down the Command key and click an unselected scene. The scene clicked on is added to the set of selected scenes.
To remove a scene from the set of selected scenes
Hold down the Command key and click a selected scene. The scene clicked on is removed from the set of selected scenes.
To select all scenes
The Edit > Select All command selects all the scenes in the script. All scenes may be selected with the keyboard using Command + A.
Rearranging Scenes
Because many scenes are viewed at once, it's easy to rearrange them. Scenes can be repositioned by selecting a scene or scenes then dragging and dropping them to a new location.
Any changes made will be reflected in the arrangement of the script.
To reposition a scene or scenes
- Select the scene or scenes to be moved;
- Hold down the mouse button and drag the selected scene(s);
An indicator appears showing where the new scenes will be dropped if the mouse button is released;
- Release the mouse button.
The selection moves to the desired location. The other scenes shuffle to reflect the new order.
Scenes may also be rearranged scenes with the standard Cut, Copy, Delete and Paste commands available in the Edit menu. The Delete command removes all the selected scenes. The Cut command removes the selected scenes and puts them on the operating system's clipboard. The Copy command puts the selected scenes on the clipboard but does not remove them from the script. The Paste command inserts the scenes on the clipboard where the blinking cursor is positioned.
Keyboard Navigation
Use the keyboard to navigate among the scenes in Scene View or Index Card panel just as in the Script panel for words and characters.
If multiple scenes are selected, then the current scene is the last scene added to the selection, and the anchor scene is the first scene selected.
Arrow Keys
The Left Arrow key selects the previous scene and the Right Arrow key selects the next scene in the sequence.
The Up Arrow key selects the scene in the same column as the current scene in the previous row. The Down Arrow key selects the scene one row down.
The Shift + Right Arrow key combination selects the current scene and following scenes one at a time. The Shift + Left Arrow selects the current scene and previous scenes one by one.
The Command/Control + Up Arrow key combination selects the first scene in the view and the Command + Down Arrow key combination selects the last scene.
If the Scroll keys mimic MS Word preference is checked (on)
The Command/Control + Right Arrow key combination selects the last scene in the current row (the row that the current scene is in) and the Command/Control + Left Arrow selects the first scene in the current row.
The Shift + Up Arrow key combination selects the scene up one row, and the Shift + Down arrow selects the scene down one row.
The Home key scrolls the panel to the start of the document and the End key scrolls the panel to the end of the document.
Home and End keys
The Command/Control + Home or End key combination selects the first or last scene.
The Shift + Home or End key combinations selects the range of scenes from the current to the first or last scene.
If the Scroll keys mimic MS Word preference is checked (on)
The Home key selects the first scene on the current row, and the End key selects the last scene on the current row.
Page Up and Page Down Keys
With the Scroll keys mimic MS Word preference checked, the Page Up and Page Down keys scroll the active panel up or down one view without changing the selection.
The Shift + Page Up key combination scrolls the panel up one view, where a view is as much vertical space that is visible in the panel and extends the selection to the scene one view up from the current scene. The Shift + Page Down key combination scrolls the panel down one view and extends the selection to the scene one view down from the current scene.
If the Scroll keys mimic MS Word preference is checked (on)
The Page Up key scrolls the panel up one view and selects the scene one view up from the current scene. A view in this context is as much vertical space that is visible in the panel. The Page Down scrolls the panel down one view and selects the scene one view down from the current scene.
Insert New Scene
This command is only enabled when the active panel is an Index Card panel or Scene View.
To insert a new scene
Select Document > Insert New Scene from the main menu or right-click or Control + click on a Scene View row or Index card and from the context menu select Insert New Scene.
The new scene is inserted after the currently selected scene. If no scene is selected, the new scene is inserted at the end of the script.
Double-click to Got To Scene
Double-click on a scene in an Index Card panel or Scene View and the window is split, if the other panel displays a Page view, Scene view or an Index Card view, the panel scrolls to that scene and that panel becomes active.
- If the inactive panel is Script panel, the cursor goes to the beginning of the scene and the script panel scrolls to keep the cursor in view;
- If the inactive panel is Scene View or an Index Card panel, the scene corresponding to the one clicked on is selected and the panel scrolls to keep the selected scene in view.
Coloring Scenes
Assign any scene in a script a color, which makes the corresponding scene in Scene View or the Index Card panel appear in that color. By default, a new scene has no color.
To color a scene
- Click on the scene in Scene View or an Index Card panel you wish to color;
- Select Tools > Navigator and choose the Scenes Navigator (if it not is already showing);
- Select a color from the color chooser in the Scene Properties section;
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- Right-click or Control + click on the panel and select a color from the context menu;
- The selected scene now displays in that color.
To change the color of multiple scenes at the same time:
- Select more than one scene in the active Scene View or Index Card panel (see Selecting Scenes, above);
- Select Tools > Scenes Navigator (if it is not already showing);
- Select a color from the color chooser in the Scene Properties section
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- Right-click or Control + click on the panel and select a color from the context menu.