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 visualisation	Pictures slideshow
A		Audio offset
B
C	Contextual menu
D
E
F	Fast forward	Fast forward	Fast forward
G
H
I	Media info	Media info	Media info
J
K
L		Next Subtitle
M	OSD controls	OSD controls	OSD controls
N
O	Displays CPU usage & video diagnostic info	Codec info
P	Play	Play
Q	Queue
R	Rewind	Rewind	Rewind
S	Shutdown menu
T		Toggle subtitles on and off	Codec Info
U
V
W	Marked as watched
X	Stop	Stop
Y
Z		Zoom/aspect ratio
Space	Pause	Pause
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	OSD controls
Backspace	Parent directory
Esc	Home menu	Exit full screen
period .	Skip forward	Skip forward	Skip forward
comma ,	Skip backward	Skip backward	Skip backward
"		Small step back (7sec)
Tab	Toggles fullscreen modes	Toggles fullscreen modes
Print Screen	Screenshot	Screenshot
-	Volume Down	Volume Down
+	Volume Up	Volume Up
\	Toggle application windowed mode	Toggle application windowed mode
[		Big step forward, or next chapter
]		Big step backward, or previous chapter

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