Every menu and what its items do. Help ▸ Search Menus… finds any of these by
name.
File
| Item |
Notes |
| New Project… |
Cmd+N — opens a new tab (browser) or window (desktop) at the Welcome screen, where you create the project; the current project stays open |
| Open Project… |
Cmd+O — .slp or .pkg.slp |
| Import ▸ Analysis HDF5 / NWB dataset / COCO dataset / DeepLabCut dataset / Multiple DeepLabCut datasets from folder |
Import & Export |
| Merge into Project… |
Merging Projects |
| Replace Videos… ▸ (per video) |
Re-point a video at a new file |
| Add Video from URL… |
Videos served over https:// |
| Save |
Cmd+S |
| Save As… |
Cmd+Shift+S |
| Export ▸ JSON / Analysis CSV / Analysis HDF5 / NWB (ndx-pose) / Labels Package / Labeled Clip (Video) |
Import & Export. NWB is desktop only. Labels Package here downloads a .pkg.json (the labels as JSON plus a list of the referenced videos); for a .pkg.slp with embedded images, use Predict ▸ Export Labels Package… |
| Reveal Project in File Manager |
Desktop only |
| Open Preferences Directory… |
Desktop only |
| Clear Video Transcode Cache… |
Desktop only |
| Quit |
Cmd+Q |
Edit
| Item |
Notes |
| Undo / Redo |
Cmd+Z / Cmd+Shift+Z — the label names the action, e.g. Undo Add Instance |
| Copy Instance / Paste Instance |
Cmd+C / Cmd+V |
| Add Instance |
Cmd+I |
| Delete Instance |
Cmd+Backspace |
| Delete Predictions on Current Frame |
|
Go
| Item |
Notes |
| Go to Frame… / Select to Frame… |
Cmd+J / Cmd+Shift+J |
| Next / Previous Labeled Frame |
Alt+Right / Alt+Left |
| Navigate All Frames / Labeled Frames Only / Imaged Frames Only |
Sets what Right/Left step through |
| Next / Previous Suggestion |
Space / Shift+Space |
| Last Interacted Frame |
Cmd+A |
| Next / Previous User Labeled Frame |
Cmd+U / Cmd+Shift+U |
| Next Track Spawn Frame |
Cmd+E |
| Mark Frame / Go to Marked Frame |
Cmd+M / Cmd+Shift+M |
| Next / Previous Video |
Alt+Shift+Right / Alt+Shift+Left |
| Select Next Instance / Clear Selection |
` / Esc |
Navigation guide
View
| Item |
Notes |
| Side Panel / Sidebar on Left / Allow Multiple Panels |
Layout |
| Fit View to Instances / to Selection |
Cmd+= |
| Default to Pan Mode |
P |
| Node Placement Mode |
N |
| Text Size ▸ Increase / Decrease / Reset to Default |
|
| Display ▸ Manual / Only selected (with hidden points) / All instances, visible points only / All visible + selected hidden points |
Occluded-node policy |
| Show Instances / Show Non-Visible Nodes / Show Node Names / Show Edges |
H / V / T / Cmd+Shift+Tab |
| Crosshair When Zoomed / Magnifier When Moving Nodes |
Precision aids |
| Edge Style ▸ Line / Wedge |
|
| Node Marker Size ▸ / Node Label Size ▸ / Trail Length ▸ |
|
| Color Palette ▸ standard / five+ / alphabet |
|
| Apply Distinct Colors To ▸ Auto (Node / Track) / Tracks / Instances / Nodes / Edges |
|
| Color Predicted Instances / Show Track Scores |
|
| Create Local Scrub Proxies for Network Videos (Desktop) |
Desktop only; off by default. Builds a local copy of large network-drive videos for smoother scrubbing |
View guide
Panels
One checkbox per panel, which shows or hides that panel's button in the sidebar
strip — it doesn't open the panel. Reset to Defaults… restores the default
order and visibility. See Panels.
Labels
| Item |
Notes |
| Add Instance |
Cmd+I |
| Instance Placement Method ▸ Best / Template / Force Directed / Random / Copy Prior Frame / Copy Predictions |
Labeling |
| Show Hints During Labeling |
|
| Delete Instance |
Cmd+Backspace |
| Mark Frame as Negative |
|
| Accept All Predictions on Current Frame |
Cmd+Shift+A |
| Accept All Predictions |
Project-wide |
| Delete Predictions on Current Frame |
|
| Delete Predictions… |
Over a range |
| Delete Predictions from Area… |
Cmd+K |
| Delete All Predictions… |
|
Predict
| Item |
Notes |
| Training… |
Cmd+L — Training |
| Inference / Run Prediction… |
Inference |
| Export Labels Package… |
A self-contained .pkg.slp with frame images embedded — user-labeled frames, + suggestions, or all labeled frames. For training elsewhere |
| Export Model to ONNX/TensorRT… |
Desktop only — Inference |
| Import Predictions… |
Not yet implemented — it shows a notice. Load predictions with File ▸ Open Project… or File ▸ Merge into Project… |
| Evaluation Metrics for Trained Models… |
Accuracy metrics per model |
| Set Overlay Models… |
Pick the trained models whose outputs to overlay. The overlay runs sleap-nn locally, so it needs the desktop app |
| Visualize Model Outputs |
Checkbox — confidence maps, PAFs, class maps. Disabled until overlay models are set |
Tracks
| Item |
Notes |
| Transpose Instance Tracks |
Cmd+T |
| New Track |
Cmd+0 |
| Set Instance Track ▸ (per track) |
Only when the project has tracks. Cmd+1 … Cmd+9 set tracks 1–9 directly |
| Copy / Paste Instance Track |
Cmd+Shift+C / Cmd+Shift+V |
| Propagate Track Labels |
Carry an identity forward |
| Delete Instance and Track |
Cmd+Shift+Backspace |
| Delete Track ▸ (per track) |
Only when the project has tracks |
| Delete Unused Tracks / Delete All Tracks |
|
| Seekbar Header ▸ None / Instance Count / Point Displacement / Primary Point Displacement / Tracking Score / Instance Score / Point Score / Number of predicted points / Min Centroid Proximity |
Navigation |
Analyze
| Item |
Notes |
| Instance Size Distribution… |
Guide |
| Label Quality Check… |
Guide |
Start Tutorial
Not a menu — a button. Runs the guided walkthrough of the full labeling →
training → correction → inference loop.
The tutorial builds its own project from a sample video. If you already have a
project open, it offers to run in a new window so your project is left alone. In
the desktop app it starts with a Step 0 that checks uv and sleap-nn are installed
and warns you if training will run on the CPU. In the browser, Step 0 explains
that models can't be trained there, and the tutorial ends after labeling.
Help
| Item |
Notes |
| Search Menus… |
Find and run any menu command by name |
| Keyboard Shortcuts… |
Reference |
| Labeling Tips… |
|
| Documentation |
Opens this site, for the channel the app is on (app.sleap.ai/docs/<channel>/) |
| Report Issue |
Opens the issue tracker |
| Collect Diagnostics… |
Bundles environment info for a bug report |
| Releases |
Opens the releases page |
| About SLEAP Label |
Version and channel |