Keyboard controls
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Template:XBMC wiki toc Keymapping specific to your particular installation can be observed in Keyboard.xml in the System folder of your installation.
Keyboard controls:
Common platform-independent keymapping
Key | Function | Notes |
Any Single character | That button on the keyboard, Case INSENSITIVE | |
O | Displays CPU usage and video diagnostic information | |
P | Play | Starts slideshow during pictures view. |
Space | Pause | |
X | Stop | |
L | Cycle subtitles | |
T | Toggle subtitles on and off | |
F | Fast Forward | |
R | Rewind | |
Left-arrow | Left | |
Right-arrow | Right | |
Up-arrow | Up | |
Down-arrow | Down | |
Page Up | Page Up | |
Page Down | Page Down | |
Enter (Return) | Select | |
Backspace | Parent Directory | |
Q | Queue | |
W | Marked as Watched | |
M | Activate OSD Player Controls | |
S | Activate Shutdown Menu | |
Esc | Home menu
Remembers the last menu-position when you return to it |
|
I | Media Info | |
Application key | Context Menu | |
C | Context Menu | |
Period | Skip Next | |
Comma | Skip Previous | |
Tab | Toggles fullscreen modes
Either visualisation or video playback |
|
A | Audio offset
Only when video playback is displayed fullscreen |
|
Z | Zoom mode
Only when video playback is displayed fullscreen |
Cycling: Normal, Zoom, Strecth 4:3, Wide zoom, Strecth 16:9, Original size, Custom |
Print Screen | Screenshot | |
Minus (-) | Volume Down | |
Plus (+) | Volume Up | |
0 (Zero) | Number 0 | |
1 (One) | Number 1 | |
2 (Two) | Number 2 | |
3 (Three) | Number 3 | |
4 (Four) | Number 4 | |
5 (Five) | Number 5 | |
6 (Six) | Number 6 | |
7 (Seven) | Number 7 | |
8 (Eight) | Number 8 | |
9 (Nine) | Number 9 | |
Backslash (\) | Toggle Application Full Screen / Windowed mode | |
End | Shutdown XBMC
Only from Main Menu and without confirmation |
List of unused letter on keyboard while in fullscreen playback mode: B, D, E, G, H, J, K, N, U, and Y
Global common mouse controls
Key | Description, Notes |
Left Click on item | Select |
Middle Click on item | Queue to playlist |
Right Click on item | Context menu |
Right Click on blank area | Back |
Mouse Wheel Up | Up |
Mouse Wheel Down | Down |
Platform specific keymapping
Live and Linux keymapping
'Windows' Application key: Context menu
Mac keymapping
⌘Q to close
⌘H and ⌘M to iconize
⌘F to toggle fullscreen
⌘S to take screenshots inside XBMC
Windows keymapping
'Windows' Application key: Context menu