There's a moment every composer knows: you're in the flow, the phrase is coming together, and the last thing you want to do is reach for the mouse. Keyboard shortcuts are back in full — with meaningful additions.

Everything you relied on is restored

Note input (A–G), navigation, editing, slurs, hairpins, lyrics, chord symbols — all back. Hit Alt+/ at any point to see the full shortcut reference.

New shortcuts

  • Triplet → T
  • Trill → Shift+T
  • Enharmonic toggle → J
  • Add measure → ⌘+Shift+Enter
  • Ottava 8va / 8ba → ⌘+Shift+8 / ⌘+Shift+9

Workflow Modes

Switch what number keys 1–9 do: Composing mode (⌘+2), Articulations (⌘+3), Ornaments (⌘+4), Dynamics (⌘+5). All four modes are free.

Shortcuts work on every keyboard worldwide

Works on QWERTY, AZERTY, QWERTZ, Dvorak, Colemak. Auto-detected on Chrome; set manually in Alt+/ on Safari/Firefox.

Open Alt+/, explore what's there, and let us know at hello@flat.io.