# Keyboard shortcuts in interactive mode

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-in-interactive-mode/5307
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [September 9, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-in-interactive-mode/5307 "2020-09-09T16:06:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![David\_Cortes](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/david_cortes/32/4442_2.png) [@David\_Cortes](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/David_Cortes)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-in-interactive-mode/5307/1 "2020-09-09T16:06:42Z")

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When running Paraview from a Python script, I set the Interactive mode by calling `paraview.simple.Interact()`. If I read multiple VTK files I can Play the animation and save every snapshot, but I would like to move forward and backwards in time interactively. Is it possible to do this within the `Interact` mode? I could also not find a shortcut to advance time in Paraview’s main interface.

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### Author: ![Fram](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/fram/32/5738_2.png) [@Fram](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Fram)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-in-interactive-mode/5307/2 "2021-01-21T14:25:13Z")

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-in-interactive-mode/5307/3 "2021-01-21T14:30:22Z")

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Im afraid there is no shortcut for animation, nor in pvpython or ParaView.