You can use the Visual Keyboard Shortcut editor to view the keys with their assigned shortcuts, assign new shortcuts, and delete existing ones. The feature also lets you easily navigate and provides maximum workflow efficiency.

When you select a key on the Keyboard Layout, you can view all the commands that are assigned to that key and all other modifier combinations.

• Prelude detects the keyboard hardware and the appropriate keyboard layout is displayed accordingly.
• When Prelude detects a non-supported keyboard, the default view is to display the U.S. English keyboard. By default, the Adobe Prelude Default preset is displayed.
• When you change a shortcut, the preset pop-up menu changes to Custom. After you make the required changes, use the Save As option to save the customized shortcut set as a preset.

Using and customizing the Visual Keyboard Shortcut

• To view the Visual Keyboard Shortcuts, select Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows) or Prelude > Keyboard Shortcuts (macOS).

The Keyboard Shortcut window appears which shows you the layout of a keyboard. All the application level shortcuts are marked in purple while all panel wide shortcuts appear in green. For keyboard shortcuts that are applicable in both the levels, the color will depend on whether the panel is open or not. If the Panel is selected, it would appear in green otherwise in purple.

Shortcut assignment using drag-and-drop

You can assign shortcuts by dragging a command from the Command list to a key in the Keyboard Layout. You can also apply shortcuts using the modifier combination for the currently selected key displayed in the Key Modifier List. The Command List and the Modifier list appear below the keyboard. 

• To assign a command to a key along with a modifier, hold down the modifiers during drag-and-drop.
• To remove the last assigned shortcut command, select the key and click Undo. 
• To remove all shortcuts assigned, click Clear.

Conflict resolution

When an existing shortcut conflicts with another command:

• A warning appears at the bottom of the editor. 
• Undo and Clear buttons in the lower right corner are enabled.  
• The command in conflict is highlighted in blue, and clicking the key automatically selects the command in the command list. 

You can now easily change the assignment for the conflicting command.

Application shortcuts

Panel shortcuts

New shortcuts in Prelude

Customize keyboard shortcuts

When you open the Keyboard Shortcuts panel for the first time, the only option in the Set menu is Adobe Prelude Factory Defaults.

You can edit keyboard shortcuts and save the new set. After you save the new set, it appears in the Set menu.

1. Select Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows), or Prelude > Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac OS) to open the Keyboard Shortcuts panel.
2. In the Keyboard Shortcuts panel, select the option for which you want to create or update the keyboard shortcut.
3. Press the keys that you prefer for the keyboard shortcut.
4. Click Save As to save the updated Keyboard Shortcut set.
5. Enter a name for the new set, and click Save.