SUMMARY I would like to suggest a more efficient way of duplicating clips in the timeline. At the moment, one has to copy the clip(s), place the cursor at the desired spot, paste the clip(s), and, often, reposition the clip(s). In Premiere and Figma (and I assume other applications), there's a shortcut where you can hold the ALT key, click on the target, and drag it to automatically create a duplicate and place it where you like. Here is a demo (skip to the 1 min mark): https://youtu.be/xzHB5N68spg. Even just having a CTRL + D shortcut to duplicate would help with efficiency. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: 10
Thank you for reporting. Yes that would be a good feature. Hold down alt and drag a clip/picture/title gets duplicated including all effects associated ones released on the new place.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenlive/-/merge_requests/878
I've submitted !878 which implements the Ctrl+D shortcut part of this request,it duplicates the selected clip and places it immediately after the original on the same track, with all effects and keyframes preserved. For the Alt+drag part: before implementing it, I wanted to check on the modifier key to use. It may conflict with KWin's Alt+drag on Linux. Would Alt+drag still be preferred, or should we use a different modifier?
Git commit ae0d9c0a8a53c4f8efff54357fc39544f6ca73f6 by Jean-Baptiste Mardelle, on behalf of Yash Bavadiya. Committed on 15/07/2026 at 20:23. Pushed by mardelle into branch 'master'. Add duplicate clip action in timeline Summary Adds a "Duplicate Clip" action to the timeline that creates an exact copy of the selected clip and places it immediately after the original on the same track, including all effects and keyframes. The action is available via: - Right-click context menu on a clip -\> "Duplicate Clip" - Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+D (configurable) Testing - Single clip duplicated correctly after original - Effects and keyframes preserved on duplicate - Ctrl+D works when a clip is selected - No crash when nothing is selected (silent fail) - Multiple clips selected: shows "could not duplicate" ,only single clip duplication supported for now, - Group duplication not supported yet, clips in a group duplicate individually M +10 -0 src/mainwindow.cpp M +1 -0 src/mainwindow.h M +25 -0 src/timeline2/view/timelinecontroller.cpp M +3 -0 src/timeline2/view/timelinecontroller.h M +1 -0 src/timeline2/view/timelinetabs.cpp https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenlive/-/commit/ae0d9c0a8a53c4f8efff54357fc39544f6ca73f6
Git commit 17450acbdc3577350ed5666dab4278756fae4bc3 by Jean-Baptiste Mardelle, on behalf of Yash Bavadiya. Committed on 15/07/2026 at 20:24. Pushed by mardelle into branch 'release/26.08'. Add duplicate clip action in timeline Summary Adds a "Duplicate Clip" action to the timeline that creates an exact copy of the selected clip and places it immediately after the original on the same track, including all effects and keyframes. The action is available via: - Right-click context menu on a clip -\> "Duplicate Clip" - Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+D (configurable) Testing - Single clip duplicated correctly after original - Effects and keyframes preserved on duplicate - Ctrl+D works when a clip is selected - No crash when nothing is selected (silent fail) - Multiple clips selected: shows "could not duplicate" ,only single clip duplication supported for now, - Group duplication not supported yet, clips in a group duplicate individually M +10 -0 src/mainwindow.cpp M +1 -0 src/mainwindow.h M +25 -0 src/timeline2/view/timelinecontroller.cpp M +3 -0 src/timeline2/view/timelinecontroller.h M +1 -0 src/timeline2/view/timelinetabs.cpp https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenlive/-/commit/17450acbdc3577350ed5666dab4278756fae4bc3