# Custom Cuts Suggestions - speed up sliders using keys
**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/custom-cuts-suggestions-speed-up-sliders-using-keys/3207
**Category:** New Features
**Created:** [October 28, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/custom-cuts-suggestions-speed-up-sliders-using-keys/3207 "2019-10-28T05:25:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Mike-EEE](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Mike-EEE)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/custom-cuts-suggestions-speed-up-sliders-using-keys/3207/1 "2019-10-28T05:25:31Z")
**Request Type:**
NEW FEATURE
**Summary of the problem or suggestion:**
I am using Custom Cuts and it works very well. Thank you for making this! There are a few recommendations I would like to present for consideration:
1. It would be very valuable and helpful to have a “jump qualifier” to jump x-seconds while holding down a control/shift. Ideally, holding down CTRL would jump 30 seconds while pressing left/right, and holding down SHIFT would jump 10 seconds. Even more ideally still these could be configurable. FWIW, right now I am having to use VLC to scan/monitor the video and then go to Custom Cuts with the timecodes from VLC manually.
2. Having the ability to keyboard focus the slider would be handy. What I have to do now is click `Start Cut` (or `End Cut`) and in doing so I lose focus of the slider, so have to click it again (pretty narrow slice). If there was a keyboard shortcut to re-focus – or better yet autofocus when a button is clicked – it would be most appreciated.
3. That’s actually it. Hey, this program is better than I thought! 😅
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### Author:  [@Mike-EEE](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Mike-EEE)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/custom-cuts-suggestions-speed-up-sliders-using-keys/3207/2 "2019-10-28T05:50:35Z")
The other “gotcha” here is that while using VLC it keeps the file open if you forget to close it, so when you click on `Process with MCEBuddy` the file gets “added” but it doesn’t get processed and silently fails.
So, eliminating VLC and strictly using Custom Cuts is the motivation here. Thanks again for any consideration. 👍
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### Author:  [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/custom-cuts-suggestions-speed-up-sliders-using-keys/3207/3 "2019-10-28T20:12:08Z")
Great ideas. These have been done in the next beta build
> [@Mike-EEE](#):
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> holding down CTRL would jump 30 seconds while pressing left/right, and holding down SHIFT would jump 10 seconds.
Shift - 5s
Ctrl - 30s
None - 100ms
You can use left/right and also home/end to navigate
> [@Mike-EEE](#):
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> What I have to do now is click `Start Cut` (or `End Cut` ) and in doing so I lose focus of the slider, so have to click it again (pretty narrow slice). If there was a keyboard shortcut to re-focus – or better yet autofocus when a button is clicked – it would be most appreciated.
You can use the tab button to move between the buttons, we’ve gone a step ahead and implemented auto focus back to the slider after video load, start/end/remove buttons.
Thanks for helping make MCEBuddy better.
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### Author:  [@Mike-EEE](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Mike-EEE)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/custom-cuts-suggestions-speed-up-sliders-using-keys/3207/4 "2019-10-29T12:26:32Z")
Fantastic! WAY more than I expected. It is very much respected and appreciated. 😊
Thank you so much!
EDIT/FWIW: a little shout out of appreciation:
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### Author:  [@Mike-EEE](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Mike-EEE)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/custom-cuts-suggestions-speed-up-sliders-using-keys/3207/5 "2019-11-04T09:50:21Z")
Dude, it’s perfect! 💖 NICE WORK OVER THERE. 😁 👍