Customizing keyboard shortcuts

From the Options menu, choose Customize Keyboard to customize the keyboard shortcuts available in the VEGAS Pro interface.

The Keyboard map box displays the currently assigned shortcut keys. Click a tab in the middle of the dialog to choose which shortcuts you want to see.

Editing or creating new shortcuts

  1. Click a tab in the middle of the dialog to indicate the type of command you want to assign to a keyboard shortcut.

  2. Select a command in the list.

    TIP You can type a word in the Show commands containing box to filter the list of commands to displayonly commands that contain the word you typed.

  3. Click the Shortcut keys box and press the key combination you want to assign to the selected command.

  4. Click the Add button to assign the key combination in the Shortcut keys box to the selected command.

Saving a keyboard map

Click the Save as button and type a name to save your current keyboard shortcuts to an .ini file in the C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Vegas\VEGAS Pro\21 folder.

NOTE The AppData folder is not visible unless the Show hidden files and folders radio button is selected on the View tab of the Windows Folder Options control panel.

You can use this file as a backup or to share your keyboard shortcuts with other VEGAS Pro users.

Deleting a keyboard map

Choose a mapping from the Keyboard map drop-down list and click the Delete button to remove the selected keyboard mapping.

NOTE You cannot delete the default VEGAS Pro keyboard mapping.

Importing or renaming a keyboard map

Copy a VEGAS Pro keyboard mapping .ini file to the C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Vegas\VEGAS Pro\21 folder.

NOTE The AppData folder is not visible unless the Show hidden files and folders radio button is selected on the View tab of the Windows Folder Options control panel.

The next time you start VEGAS Pro, the new keyboard mapping will be available from the Keyboard map drop-down list in the Customize Keyboard dialog.

TIP If you want to edit a the name used to identify a keyboard mapping in the Customize Keyboard dialog, open the .ini file in a text editor and change the <Display Name> portion of the Name=<Display Name> entry. Save the .ini file and restart VEGAS Pro to use the new name.

Resetting the default keyboard map

Choose [Default] from the Keyboard map drop-down list and click OK to restore the default configuration.