Keyboard Shortcut for placing a clip at playhead

[curtcain1]

I can't believe this is not in AE already, but can we have a keyboard shortcut that will allow us to place a clip onto a new layer in the timeline at the playhead so we don't have to keep dragging them in manually. I know that I can hold command (control in Windows)  and drag to the timeline, but that is still much slower than simply using a key command.

Please and Thank You!

[Todd_Morgan]

It already exists. Select the layer and tap "[" to place start of clip at playhead...

[curtcain1]

That is not what I'm asking for. Maybe I didn't explain properly. The bracket key will move an existing clip on a layer to the play head, but I would love to see a shortcut that takes an asset in the project pane and place it on a new layer at the location of the playhead. Command (control in windows) / will place it at the very beginning of the timeline, but I can find no modifier key that will put that clip at the playhead - unless I'm missing something. Most video editing apps have this shortcut, why not AE?

[Roland Kahlenberg]

It's sort of available now but not as a Shortcut - it's in Prefs > General >  Create Layers at Comp Start Time

Also, if you were to drag from the Project Panel to the Timeline and you move into the timeline's layer stems area, you can select which layer index in the timeline you want the new layer to be placed AND if you at the timeline ruler, you can see another timeline indicator that tells you exactly where in time the in point of your layer will be when you release the mouse/drag process.

HTH

[Richard Funke]

"ctrl + alt + v" does exactly this if you move things from comp to comp.