Selection toolbar

The selection toolbar shows up when you highlight a portion of your script. It allows you to access a variety of editing tools and other features quickly:

Screenshot of the Descript selection toolbar. Press Esc to close.

  • Ask Underlord — start a conversation with Underlord, Descript's AI co-editor.
  • Change layoutopens the layout picker. If a layout is selected, applies the layout to the selection and creates a new scene
  • Add layer — Add new layers right in the Script Editor—like imported files, stock media, text, captions, shapes, or recordings.
  • Add scene — Opens the layout picker so you can quickly apply a layout to a scene.
  • Correct — This will allow you to correct the text of your script without affecting the audio.
  • Regenerate — Make a correction or smooth out an edit with Regenerate
  • Edit your script — choose to ignore your selection, delete it, replace with a gap clip, or just  correct the transcript without editing the underlying script audio or video..
  • Make your text selection bold or italic.
  • Highlight Highlight sections in your script in different colors. You can then use Copy highlights to aggregate your highlighted sections in a new composition.
  • Duplicate to... — Quickly copy selections to a new or other compositions in your project.
  • Add comments — Communicate and collaborate with your teammates by leaving comments and reminders in your script.
  • Ellipsis — Display the right-click menu for your selection.