Keyboard controls
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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 | Play | ||
Space | Pause | |||
X | Stop | |||
L | Cycle subtitles | |||
T | Toggle subtitles on and off | |||
L | Next Subtitle | |||
F | Fast forward | Fast forward | ||
R | Rewind | 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 forward | ||
, | Skip backward | 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