Keyboard controls

Keymapping specific to your particular installation can be observed in Keyboard.xml in the System folder of your installation.

Common platform-independent keymapping

Key	Global	Video playback	Music playback	Pictures slideshow
O	Displays CPU usage and video diagnostic information	Codec info
P	Play
Space	Pause
X	Stop
L	Cycle subtitles
T		Toggle subtitles on and off
L		Next Subtitle
F	Fast forward
R	Rewind
Left-arrow	Left	Step back
Right-arrow	Right	Step forward
Up-arrow	Up	Big step forward
Down-arrow	Down	Big step back
Page Up	Page up
Page Down	Page down
Enter (Return)	Select	OSD controls
Backspace	Parent directory
Q	Queue
W	Marked as watched
M	OSD controls
S	Shutdown menu
Esc	Home menu
i	Media info
C	Contextual menu
.	Skip forward
,	Skip backward
"		Small step back (7sec)
Tab	Toggles fullscreen modes
A		Audio offset
Z		Zoom/aspect ratio
Print Screen	Screenshot
-	Volume Down
+	Volume Up
\	Toggle Application Full Screen / Windowed mode
[		Big step forward, or next chapter
]		Big step backward, or previous chapter

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
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