issue with a shortcut in After Effects 2024, 2025

[demonmex]

Hello,

I'm having an issue with a shortcut in After Effects 2024, 2025, and the beta version of 2025. I've been using the application for years and have always relied on shortcuts to speed up my workflow. For some reason, after updating to the latest versions, I can't add or edit shortcuts to move layers in and out in the timeline. I found some forums mentioning that After Effects may no longer support this feature—is that true? If not, why can't I edit such a basic and important keyboard shortcut? Any solutions or ideas? Thank you.

In older versions it was very easy to edit and add that short cut, imposible in this one, here the code:

["CPanoProjLayer"]
"Clear" = "(Delete)(FwdDel)"
"ClearMask" = "(Alt+Delete)(Alt+FwdDel)"
"OpenComp" = "(Backslash)"
"TimeSetIn" = "(I)"
"TimeSetOut" = "(O)"
"TimeStretchIn" = "([)"
"TimeStretchOut" = "(])"
"TimeTrimIn" = "(Alt+[)"
"TimeTrimOut" = "(Alt+])"

[Sébastien Périer]

Hi @demonmex,

I'm Sébastien from the After Effects Team.

These keyboard shortcuts still exists in AE 2024 and 2025. This is a screenshot from the Keyboard Shortcut editor showing the Open Comp shortcuts on my Mac.

Have you tried to check if you see them in the Keyboard Shortcut Editor (bottom of the Edit menu), or by restarting After Effects in Safe Mode?

Opening AE in Safe Mode will temporarily open AE with the default preferences and shortcuts. 

You can restart AE in safe mode from the Preferences Panel, in the Startup and Repare tab. 

Let me know if that works for you.

Sébastien
Software Quality Engineer - After Effects

[demonmex]

Thanks for your answer Seb.

I restarted in safe mode, everything ok, in the Keyboard Shortcut Editor changing values i just can change this values, here the code in the .txt file:

"TimeSetIn" = "(I)"   playhead moves to the initial part of the layer
"TimeSetOut" = "(O)"   playhead moves to the finall part of the layer

The next values do the same, they trim layer where the playhead is located and they stretch the layer in and out where the playhead is located changing its duration:

"TimeStretchIn" = "(Alt+[)"
"TimeStretchOut" = "(Alt+])"
"TimeTrimIn" = "([)"
"TimeTrimOut" = "(])"

This shortcut, Alt+[ , is supposed to move the entire layer without modifying its duration, but it is not working correctly, thats the problem, any other ideas or advices?

I did it several times with other after effects versions, always working, the last ones that i have installed, beta and 2025, they do the same, even if i edit those values in the Keyboard Shortcut Editor and in the .txt file.

[Sébastien Périer]

Hi @demonmex ,

thanks for the added details.

I have looked in the Keyboard shortcut editor and I see all the shortcuts you mentionned that you can change directly in it. (I have searched for point)

I've went back to AE 23.0 to compare the default Keyboard shortcuts and I see they are identical to the ones in 24 and 25:

AE 23.0:

"TimeJumpToIn" = "(I)"
"TimeJumpToOut" = "(O)"
"TimeSetIn" = "([)"
"TimeSetOut" = "(])"
"TimeTrimIn" = "(Alt+[)"
"TimeTrimOut" = "(Alt+])"

AE 25.1:

"TimeJumpToIn" = "(I)"
"TimeJumpToOut" = "(O)"
"TimeSetIn" = "([)"
"TimeSetOut" = "(])"
"TimeTrimIn" = "(Alt+[)"
"TimeTrimOut" = "(Alt+])"

The behavior you are describing, to move a layer inPoint or outPoint to the Playhead position without changing its duration, I can 100% reproduce using the [ or ] shortcut. Alt+[ or Alt+] will try to trim the layer indeed.

If you want to have the non-stretch behavior on the Alt+[ / Alt+], you can change the Set Layer In Point at Current Time and Set Layer Out Point at Current Time in the Keyboard Shortcut Editor to Alt+[ and Alt+] and assign the [ and ] to the Trim Layer In/Out Point at Current Time shortcuts. 

Or if you're more familiar with editing the shortcut text file directly, just swap the [/] and Alt+[/Alt+] shortcuts. 

Let me know if that works for you.

Seb

AE KBS

[Sébastien Périer]

Setting this issue as Resolved, please let me know if you still encountering problems with this.

Seb

[Bravos2996948335ed]

Hey! Hi! @Sébastien Périer  im from ecuador and im using AE Beta 25.2 and i still havind the problem with the zoom short cut in the preview area the short cut  opt+scrol mouse doesnt work
Do you have some advise for that issue?
i already star in safe mode and still doesnt work.