Selecting panels or the Property inspector with keyboard shortcuts

You can select a panel or the Property inspector (also referred to as applying focus to the panel or Property inspector) by using the keyboard shortcut Control+Alt+Tab (Windows) or Command+Option+Tab (Macintosh).

You can apply focus to a panel or the Property inspector only when the panel or Property inspector is open. It can be expanded or collapsed.

When you use the keyboard shortcut to select panels, focus is applied to panels using the following criteria:

• Docked panels are given focus first.
• If the Timeline is displayed and docked, the Timeline is given focus the first time you press Control+Alt+Tab (Windows) or Command+Option+Tab (Macintosh).
• If the Timeline is not displayed and docked, or if you press the keyboard shortcut again, focus moves to the rightmost and highest docked panel. Pressing the keyboard shortcut repeatedly then moves the focus through the other docked panels, from right to left and from top to bottom of the workspace.
• If you move the focus through all the docked panels, or if there are no docked panels displayed, focus then moves to the rightmost and highest floating panel. Pressing the keyboard shortcut repeatedly then moves the focus through the other floating panels, from right to left and from top to bottom of the workspace.

To use keyboard shortcuts to select or deselect, expand, or collapse panels or the Property inspector:

To use keyboard shortcuts to expand or collapse panels or the Property inspector:

To hide all panels and the Property inspector: