Keyboard Commands
In addition to all the standard menu keystrokes, such as Alt+F O to open a file, Alt+E C to copy, Alt+E P to paste, etc., GoldWave includes a number of additional quick keystrokes or shortcuts. These are summarized in the following table. Use Options | Keyboard to reassign shortcuts.
| Keystroke | Action |
| Ctrl+A | Selects the entire sound. |
| Ctrl+B | Pastes the clipboard into the sound at the beginning. |
| Ctrl+C | Copies the selection into the clipboard. |
| Ctrl+D | Displays the Crossfade window. Crossfades the clipboard with the selection. |
| Ctrl+E | Pastes the clipboard into the sound at the end. |
| Ctrl+F | Pastes the clipboard into the sound at the finish marker's position. |
| Ctrl+G | Displays the Set Cursor Location window to move the cursor to a specific time. |
| H | Starts playback relative to the mouse's horizontal position in the waveform. |
| J, K, L | Rewinds, plays, and fast forwards respectively from the current cursor's position. |
| Shift+J, Shift+K, Shift+L | Makes the playback speed slower, normal, and faster respectively. |
| Ctrl+J | Jumps the start marker to the next cue point. |
| Ctrl+Shift+J | Jumps the start marker to the previous cue point. |
| Alt+J | Jumps the finish marker to the next cue point. |
| Alt+Shift+J | Jumps the finish marker to the previous cue point. |
| Ctrl+K | Overwrites the selection with the clipboard. |
| Ctrl+M or Shift+Ctrl+Ins | Displays the Mix window. Mixes the clipboard with the sound at the start marker's position. |
| Ctrl+N | Creates a new sound. |
| Ctrl+O | Opens a sound. |
| Ctrl+P | Pastes the clipboard into a new Sound window. |
| Q | Drops a new cue point at the start marker position. Cue naming is controlled by the Auto Cue settings under the Cue Points tool. |
| Shift+Q | Drops a new cue point at the finish marker position. Cue naming is controlled by the Auto Cue settings under the Cue Points tool. |
| Ctrl+Q | Drops a new cue point at the current recording, playback, or start marker position. Cue naming is controlled by the Auto Cue settings under the Cue Points tool. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Q | Drops a new cue point at the current recording, playback, or start marker position and displays the edit window. |
| Ctrl+R | Replaces the selection with the clipboard contents. |
| Ctrl+S | Saves the file. |
| Ctrl+T | Trims the sound. Removes all audio outside the selection. |
| Ctrl+U | Displays the AutoTrim window. Removes silences within the ends of the selection. |
| Ctrl+V | Pastes the clipboard into the sound at the start marker's position. |
| Ctrl+W | Sets the selection to the view (as in Select View). |
| Ctrl+X | Cuts the selection and copies it into the clipboard. |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo. Reverses last undo. |
| Ctrl+Z | Undoes last change. |
| Ctrl+Shift+B | Selects both channels of a stereo file. |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Selects the left channel of a stereo file. |
| Ctrl+Shift+R | Select the right channel of a stereo file. |
| Shift+0 | Zooms 10:1 horizontally. |
| Shift+1 | Zooms 1:1 horizontally. |
| Shift+2 | Views 1 second horizontally. |
| Shift+3 | Views 10 seconds horizontally. |
| Shift+4 | Views 1 minute horizontally. |
| Shift+2 | Views 1 hour horizontally. |
| Shift+A | Horizontally zooms all the way out. |
| Shift+E | Displays the Set Marker window. |
| Shift+M | Stores the locations of the start and finish markers. |
| Shift+P | Zooms to previous horizontal zoom. |
| Shift+R | Moves the start and finish markers to the stored locations. |
| Shift+S | Horizontally zooms in on the selection. |
| Shift+U | Horizontally zooms to the user defined level. |
| Shift+V | Vertically zooms all the way out. |
| Shift+Y | Displays window to specify horizontal zoom. |
| Del | Deletes the selection, permanently. |
| [ (left bracket) | Drops the start marker at the current playback position. |
| ] (right bracket) | Drops the finish marker at the current playback position. |
| Shift+[ | Plays three seconds of audio up to the start marker. |
| Shift+] | Plays three seconds of audio up to the finish marker. |
| Ctrl+[ | Plays from the start marker to the finish marker. |
| Ctrl+] | Plays from the finish marker to the end. |
| Shift+\ | Moves the start and finish selection markers to their previous positions. |
| Left | Scrolls the Sound window view left. |
| Right | Scrolls the Sound window view right. |
| Page Up | Scrolls the Sound window view left one page. The amount of time scrolled depends on the current view zoom level. If you used a playback button in View mode to play the file, playback is restarted at the new scrolled position. |
| Page Down | Scrolls the Sound window view right one page. See the Page Up key for more details. |
| Home | Moves the Sound window view to the start marker's position. |
| End | Moves the Sound window view to the finish marker's position. |
| Ctrl+Home | Moves the Sound window view to the beginning of the sound. |
| Ctrl+End | Moves the Sound window view to the end of the sound. |
| Shift+Home | Moves the start marker to the beginning of the sound. |
| Shift+End | Moves the start marker to the finish marker's position. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Home | Moves the finish marker to the start marker's position. |
| Ctrl+Shift+End | Moves the finish marker to the end of the sound. |
| Shift+Left, Shift+Right | Moves (nudges) the start marker left or right. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Left,
Ctrl+Shift+Right | Moves the finish marker left or right. |
| Shift+Up | Horizontally zooms in. |
| Shift+Down | Horizontally zooms out. |
| Ctrl+Up | Vertically zooms in. |
| Ctrl+Down | Vertically zooms out. |
| Space | Plays or stops a sound (toggles playback). |
| F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8 | Plays 1, plays 2, plays 3, rewinds, fast forwards, pauses, and stops respectively. |
| Ctrl+F9, Ctrl+F8, Ctrl+F7 | Starts, stops, and pauses recording respectively. |
| F11 | Displays Control Properties window. |
| F1 | Starts help. |
| Ctrl+F4 | Closes the Sound window. |
| Alt+F6 | Switches between Main window and Control window. |
| Ctrl+F6 | Switches between Sound windows. |