Once you are in the video sequence editor, you will be provided with four menus:
1. View
2. Select
3. Add
4. Strip

The short-cut keys are easy to remember and it will help you to do your work faster. At the same time, Blender is a special kind of software that has as many short cut keys as found in other software. You may ask what is so special? The uniqueness lies in the fast action done with Blender's short-cut keys. The following are the short-cut keys and their descriptions for the video sequence editor.
Mode: Sequence Hotkey: Shift,+space, Ctrl+up arrow, Ctrl+down arrow Menu: View -> Maximise window
Use this while arranging a lot of strips and also when you want to use your full screen to work.

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Mode: Sequence Holkey: T
Menu: View -> Show Frames, View -> Show Seconds Time toggles the units of measure across the bottom of the workspace between seconds and frames. Seconds depends on the frames/second setting in the Scene Render Formal panel in the B~atons window.
Mode: Sequence
Menu: View -> Lock time to Other Windows Locking time to other windows means that if you
change your position in time (by left-clicking in the workspace to move your vertical green cursor), other windows will update as well to reflect what the video will look like at that time.
Mode: Sequence Hotkey: NumPad .
Menu: View -> View Selected
Zooms in the display to fit only the selected strips. Mode: Sequence
Hotkey: home
Menu: View -> View All

Zooms (out) the display to show all strips. Mode: Sequence
Hotkey. Shift Alt+A
Menu: View -> Play back animation in 3D View
Plays the animation for the selected scrub frame range in all windows: In VSE windows, shows you their respective display (Image, Chroma, Luma). In any 3D windows, shows you the objects moving.

Mode: Sequence, Image, Chroma, Luma Hotkey. Alt+A
Menu: View -> Play back animation