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How to Zoom and Pan the Riverside Timeline with Your Mouse

Cristi Cotovan

Cristi Cotovan

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How to Zoom and Pan the Riverside Timeline with Your Mouse

Navigating the Riverside timeline with a mouse is faster than you'd think — if you know two shortcuts.

Zoom In and Out

Hold Cmd (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) and scroll your mouse wheel to zoom in and out on the timeline. This lets you quickly jump between a high-level overview and frame-level precision without touching any buttons.

Pan Sideways

Hold Shift and scroll your mouse wheel to move left and right through your edit. No more dragging the scrollbar or clicking tiny arrows — just smooth, fluid horizontal navigation.

Riverside timeline showing Ctrl/Cmd + scroll for zoom and Shift + scroll for pan keyboard shortcuts overlaid on the editing interface
Both shortcuts shown: Ctrl/Cmd + scroll to zoom, Shift + scroll to pan through the Riverside timeline

These two shortcuts make browsing and jumping around your edit significantly faster — especially on longer recordings where the timeline stretches out.

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