Subtitle Edit

the subtitle editor :)


Mouse Controls

A reference for mouse interactions in the main areas of Subtitle Edit.

See also: Audio Visualizer Video Player

Video Player

Action Effect
Click on video Play/Pause toggle
Scroll wheel over video Seek ±0.5 s per notch (direction follows the waveform’s “Invert mouse-wheel” setting)

Full screen is toggled with Alt+Enter — see Keyboard Shortcuts.

Audio Visualizer / Waveform

Action Effect
Left-click Set current position
Left-click + drag on subtitle edge Adjust start/end time of subtitle
Left-click + drag in empty area Create a new selection
Shift + Click Set the selected subtitle’s start time to the clicked position
Ctrl (or Cmd) + Click Set the selected subtitle’s end time to the clicked position
Ctrl (Cmd on macOS) + Shift + Click Set the selected subtitle’s start time and offset all following subtitles by the same amount
Alt + Click Move the selected subtitle’s start to the clicked position, keeping its duration
Right-click Select the subtitle under the cursor (“Select subtitle on right click”, on by default), move the video position there, and open the context menu. On macOS, Ctrl + left-click opens the same menu
Scroll wheel Scroll waveform horizontally — or seek the video by one step per notch when “Mouse-wheel sets video position” is on; “Invert mouse-wheel” flips the direction (Options → Settings → Waveform/spectrogram)
Alt + Scroll wheel Horizontal zoom in/out
Shift + Scroll wheel Vertical zoom in/out
Ctrl (or Cmd) + Scroll wheel Scroll waveform and seek video to cursor
Double-click Nothing by default — set “Waveform double-click action” in Options → Settings → Waveform/spectrogram to select the subtitle, center on it, pause, or play

With the waveform focused, the Delete key deletes the selected subtitle(s). On Apple keyboards that is the forward delete, Fn+Delete — the key labeled Delete is a backspace.

Subtitle Grid

Action Effect
Click on row Select subtitle line
Double-click on row Go to the subtitle in the video and pause (default; “Subtitle grid double-click action” in Options → Settings → General offers other actions, e.g. play, or also focus the text box)
Ctrl + Click Toggle selection of individual rows
Shift + Click Select range of rows
Right-click Open context menu

General

Action Effect
Drag and drop file Open the dropped subtitle or video file