How to customise, import and reset DaVinci Resolve shortcuts

What does Blackmagic publish about changing Resolve shortcuts?

Blackmagic publishes one line: the edit page has fully customizable keyboard shortcuts. The product page has no step-by-step, so the instruction manual is the place to look. We read Blackmagic's own pages on 3 November 2026 and wrote down only what they say. We make mouzeclick, the mouse app near the end of this guide, so we keep our facts and Blackmagic's apart.

So Resolve's shortcuts can be changed. For the exact clicks, check the manual for your version. Where a step below depends on Resolve's own window, we send you to the manual, because we won't print a menu path we couldn't check. If you're still choosing a version, our DaVinci Resolve free vs Studio comparison sets out what each one includes.

How do I change keyboard shortcuts in DaVinci Resolve?

Open Resolve's keyboard settings and rebind the command you want, following the manual for your version. You'll find instruction manuals in the Blackmagic Design support center, next to the software updates and support notes. How you go about it matters more than the window itself. Rushed remaps leave two commands fighting over one key, or a key you can't find a week later.

1. Get the manual that matches your version. Blackmagic's product page currently shows DaVinci Resolve 21. If you run an older version, use the manual for that version.
2. List what you press most. For one editing session, write down every command you reach for and the key it uses now. A short, honest list is more useful than a long, guessed one.
3. Note which page you use each command on. Blackmagic lists the media, photo, cut, edit, Fusion, color, Fairlight and deliver pages, and editing happens on the cut and edit pages. Test each new key on the page where you use that command.
4. Change one key at a time. If the key you want already does something, decide which command keeps it and write both down.
5. Save the set, following the manual for your version, and keep your written list beside it. The list still works after a reinstall, on a new computer and in a new version.
6. Test in a throwaway project before you rely on the new keys on a deadline.

Use our DaVinci Resolve keyboard shortcuts list as the starting point. When you're deciding what to remap first, see our guide on how to edit faster in DaVinci Resolve.

Can I use Premiere Pro shortcuts in DaVinci Resolve?

Yes. Rebind Resolve's keys to the ones your hands already know. That works because Resolve's shortcuts are customizable. A built-in Premiere-style set would be quicker, but we couldn't confirm one from Blackmagic's pages. Adobe now calls the app Adobe Premiere, so you may see either name.

First, check for a ready-made Premiere-style set

Blackmagic's product page says nothing about a Premiere Pro keyboard set. Open the keyboard settings in your copy of Resolve and check the manual for your version. If a Premiere-style set is offered there, it's the fastest route. You then adjust the few keys you use differently.

If not, map the Premiere keys by hand

1. Open Premiere's shortcuts in our Premiere Pro keyboard shortcuts list next to Resolve's.
2. Take the list of most-used commands from the steps above. For each one, find Resolve's command by its name, not by its key.
3. Give that Resolve command the Premiere key. If a command has no clear twin, leave it alone rather than forcing a close match. A key that almost does the same thing is worse than no key.
4. Write every change down as you go.

If you move between the two apps every day, you can also meet in the middle. Change a few of Premiere's keys too, so both apps agree. Our guide to changing keyboard shortcuts in Premiere Pro covers that side.

Or keep the mouse the same in both apps

A third route leaves both keyboards alone. In mouzeclick, buttons work per app and change the moment you switch windows. So Mouse 4 can send Premiere's cut key in Premiere and Resolve's cut key in Resolve. The button means the same job in both, even when the keys differ. This runs on Windows and Mac. Our page on Premiere Pro mouse shortcuts covers the Premiere half. If you're still deciding which app gets which job, read Premiere Pro vs DaVinci Resolve.

How do I import keyboard shortcuts into DaVinci Resolve or move them to another computer?

Follow the manual for your version. Blackmagic's product page doesn't describe exporting or importing a keyboard set. What we can tell you is what to keep, so moving computers never costs you your setup.

• Your written list of every command you changed and its new key. It works on any version and any machine, whatever import options Resolve offers.
• The saved set itself, if the manual shows how to export it to a file. Store it with the project backups you already keep.
• The same Resolve version on both machines where you can, so command names match when you check your list.

Moving the mouse side

If mouzeclick sends your Resolve keys from the mouse, that setup moves differently on each system.

• Windows: cloud sync carries profiles, gestures, hotkeys and every wheel to any Windows computer you sign in on. You can also share a setup as a link. The look (colours, themes and fonts) stays on each computer.
• Mac: cloud sync is not part of the Mac app, so set up the Resolve profile again on the new machine.
• The key: one key runs on one computer at a time, Windows or Mac. To move it, release the old computer from the account page or inside the app.

Why are my DaVinci Resolve shortcuts not working?

Usually the key press goes somewhere other than the command you expect. Another window has focus, another app takes the combination first, or the key was changed and then forgotten. Work through these checks in order.

1. Check what the key does now. Open Resolve's keyboard settings and look up the command, using the manual for your version. A remap from months ago is easy to forget.
2. Check focus. Click once inside the panel you mean to control, such as the timeline or the viewer, before you press the key. If a text field or another window has focus, the key goes there instead.
3. Test on the right page. If you changed a key while working on the edit page, test it on the edit page.
4. Look for another app holding the combination. Quit background apps that use global hotkeys, one at a time, and test after each. If one keeps taking the combination, a mouzeclick keyboard hotkey can block it in the app you choose.
5. F-keys on a MacBook. If the shortcut uses a function key, try it with Fn held. You can also turn on "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" in macOS.
6. Save your list before any reset. If you want to go back to the default keys, check the manual for your version for how. Write your custom keys down first, then add them back one at a time.

When the key comes from a mouse button

• Windows, elevated apps: apps running as administrator ignore apps that are not elevated. If you run Resolve that way, pick Restart as administrator in mouzeclick's tray menu.
• Connection: mouzeclick needs an internet connection while it runs. If the connection drops, the shortcuts pause and the mouse acts normally until it returns.
• Mac permissions: turn mouzeclick on under Accessibility and Input Monitoring, then quit it and open it again.
• The profile: make sure the button is set in the DaVinci Resolve profile, not just in another app's profile.
• A changed key: if you remapped a command in Resolve, record the new key on the button again.
• Stop it at once: on Windows, Ctrl+Alt+F12 stops mouzeclick immediately, which shows whether it's involved.

For buttons that do nothing in any app, see mouse side buttons not working.

How do I put DaVinci Resolve shortcuts on mouse buttons?

Save your Resolve keys first. Then mouzeclick can send them from the mouse. We make mouzeclick, so read this section as ours. It's a small app in the Windows tray or the Mac menu bar, with no driver and no vendor software. It works with any mouse your computer sees, using left, right, middle, Mouse 4 and Mouse 5, plus scroll and tilt. It sends the keys you choose, so it follows whatever set you saved in Resolve.

1. Install it and enter your key. On first run, press each mouse button once. The settings page is then built around the buttons your mouse really has. On a Mac, allow the app once under System Settings › Privacy & Security › Security › Open Anyway, because Apple has not notarized it yet. Then turn it on under Accessibility and Input Monitoring and reopen it. The Mac install steps walk through all four.
2. Use a DaVinci Resolve profile. Each app gets its own profile. Mouse 4 can do one thing in Resolve and another in your browser.
3. Pick a slot. Each button has eleven: tap, hold and move in four directions, a chord with another button, or hold and scroll. Any button can be the gesture button, left and right included, and a quick tap still clicks.
4. Choose the keys. On Windows, the built-in library has 309 shortcuts, 41 of them for DaVinci Resolve. If you remapped a command in Resolve, record your own key instead so the button matches your set. On a Mac, record the keys yourself.
5. Give scroll and tilt a job. Each can run its own action per app, using any key you've bound in Resolve.
6. Fill the Options wheel. Press F8, Ctrl + right click or a side button. You get 48 favourites per app on three rings of 12, 16 and 20, and a middle-click steps out to the next ring. The app also has ready-made wheels for Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Photoshop and CapCut. If you've remapped Resolve, check the ready-made wheel against your own keys. On a MacBook keyboard, press Fn+F8.
7. Switch apps with the Orbit switch. F9 puts every open app on a wheel, up to 12 on a ring. That's useful when Resolve and Premiere are both open.
8. Use a macro when one key isn't enough. A macro chains keys, clicks, waits, typed text and launches.

Two limits. There is no DaVinci Resolve panel, and the Tool wheel (F10) works only in Premiere Pro and After Effects. To try other methods first, see our guides to remapping mouse buttons on Windows 11 and remapping mouse buttons on a Mac. The home page shows the three wheels, and plans are under pricing.

Which mouzeclick parts work in DaVinci Resolve on Windows and Mac?

Everything that sends keys works on both systems. The Resolve library entries and cloud sync are on Windows only.

mouzeclick doesn't change DPI, polling rate or lighting. Those stay with your mouse maker's software. For the same idea across other editors, see our page on video editing keyboard shortcuts in every editor.

Questions people ask

Sources

Checked on 2026-11-03. Prices and features change: each link goes to the maker's own page.

1. Blackmagic Design: DaVinci Resolve product page (customizable shortcuts, pages, platforms, prices), checked 3 Nov 2026
2. Blackmagic Design: DaVinci Resolve and Fusion support center (software updates, support notes, instruction manuals)
3. Adobe: Premiere product page (Premiere Pro is now called Adobe Premiere)

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