Body: <p>I want to be able to play a video and hit <kbd>I</kbd> to set a trim-in, hit <kbd>O</kbd> to set a trim-out, and hit <kbd>A</kbd> to append that clip to a video track, but let the video continue to play so I can continue selecting clips. (I can use the rewind shortcuts if I miss where I want to trim in or out.)</p>
  
  <p>But when I hit <kbd>A</kbd>, the view changes to that clip, so I have to switch back to the source video through the playlist then continue playing again.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to not lose focus on appending?</p>
  
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Comments.CreationDate: 2019-05-02T10:29:30.113Z
Comments.Text: Hello. Your question is quite unclear. Which NLE program are you using? By "trim in", do you mean "insert an -in point"? By "append", do you mean "place the clip at the end of a string-out of clips on some other video track"? Where are you playing your source video: in the source monitor or a timeline?
Comments.UserDisplayName: CyanideBaby
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Comments.CreationDate: 2019-05-02T13:52:16.580Z
Comments.Text: Is "Shotcut" not... a program? And all the words I'm using are literal functions in Shotcut.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Andrew Cheong
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Comments.CreationDate: 2019-05-02T18:13:52.097Z
Comments.Text: My bad. I kept reading "shortcut". Carry on!
Comments.UserDisplayName: CyanideBaby
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Comments.CreationDate: 2019-05-02T18:21:26.797Z
Comments.Text: Oh, haha. Yea it does look like that.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Andrew Cheong
Tags: <keyboard-shortcut><shotcut>
Title: Is it possible to Append in Shotcut without losing focus from the source video's timeline?
UserDisplayName: Andrew Cheong
ThreadText: # Is it possible to Append in Shotcut without losing focus from the source video's timeline?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-02)
  
  I want to be able to play a video and hit `I` to set a trim-in, hit `O` to set a trim-out, and hit `A` to append that clip to a video track, but let the video continue to play so I can continue selecting clips. (I can use the rewind shortcuts if I miss where I want to trim in or out.)
  
  But when I hit `A`, the view changes to that clip, so I have to switch back to the source video through the playlist then continue playing again.
  
  Is there a way to not lose focus on appending?
  
  **Tags:** keyboard-shortcut, shotcut
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Hello. Your question is quite unclear. Which NLE program are you using? By "trim in", do you mean "insert an -in point"? By "append", do you mean "place the clip at the end of a string-out of clips on some other video track"? Where are you playing your source video: in the source monitor or a timeline?  
  > **username_0**: Is "Shotcut" not... a program? And all the words I'm using are literal functions in Shotcut.  
  > **username_1**: My bad. I kept reading "shortcut". Carry on!  
  > **username_0**: Oh, haha. Yea it does look like that.  
  
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