--- title: "The shortcut doesn't open the panel | Mixroadie help" description: "Restart REAPER first. If that doesn't help, open the panel from the Action List and give it a key there." url: "https://mixroadie.com/help/shortcut-does-not-work/" --- # The shortcut doesn't open the panel Restart REAPER first. If that doesn't help, open the panel from the Action List and give it a key there. Updated 28 October 2026 The shortcut is **Cmd+Ctrl+M** on a Mac and **Ctrl+Shift+R** on Windows. ## 1. Restart REAPER REAPER picks up Mixroadie when it starts. If REAPER was open while you installed or updated Mixroadie, quit it and open it again. ## 2. Open it from the Action List 1. In REAPER, choose **Actions ▸ Show action list**. 2. Type **mixroadie** in the filter box. 3. Select the Mixroadie panel and press **Run**. If that opens the panel, the panel works and only the key is missing. The installer can’t add the key when another action already uses it, or when REAPER was open during the install. Its last screen says so when that happened. ## 3. Give it a key In the Action List, select the Mixroadie panel, press **Add…** and press the key you want. REAPER remembers it. ## Not in the Action List at all? Open the Mixroadie app (on Windows, from the Start menu) and press **Check REAPER**. It opens REAPER and checks that Mixroadie and REAPER can talk to each other. If it reports a problem, write to us with what it says. Still stuck? Write to us with your computer (Mac or Windows and its version), your REAPER version and what you see. A screenshot helps.