Keyboard shortcuts

What it is for

These work while a video is playing, and every one of them can be changed — see Shortcuts, which lists one fewer on Linux.

What it does	Default shortcut
Play / Pause	Space
Seek forward 10 s	→, Mouse Fwd, Wheel →
Seek backward 10 s	←, Mouse Back, Wheel ←
Frame step forward	.
Frame step backward	,
Speed up	]
Speed down	[
Volume up	↑, =, Wheel ↑
Volume down	↓, -, Wheel ↓
Mute	M
Cycle audio track	A
Cycle subtitle track	S
Toggle statistics overlay	I
Reset statistics	R
Stats: next page	Tab
Toggle fullscreen	F, F11, Enter, Enter (num), Wheel Click
Toggle exclusive fullscreen (Mode 1)	Shift+F
Audio delay −50 ms	K
Audio delay +50 ms	L
Subtitle delay −50 ms	Z
Subtitle delay +50 ms	X
Subtitle delay −500 ms	Shift+Z
Subtitle delay +500 ms	Shift+X
Zoom in	—
Zoom out	—
Reset picture placement	—
Toggle pan and scan (fill the screen)	—
Subtitle editor	E
Save frame	Shift+S
Copy frame	Ctrl+C
Edit a copy	T

Six more keys cannot be changed:

• Esc leaves fullscreen, on any screen; otherwise it goes back — in the player to where the film was started from, on a library page one step up its path.
• Ctrl+O opens Open file…, and Ctrl+L opens Open URL…, on any screen.
• / puts the cursor in the search field.
• F12 saves a picture of what is on screen — see Screenshots.
• Ctrl+H opens the live picture panel while a film plays.

Good to know

• The four actions with a dash have no shortcut until you give them one.
• A shortcut can be a mouse button or a wheel notch as readily as a key, so some rows carry both.
• The two delays are also in the player’s right-click menu, under Audio › Audio delay and Subtitles › Timing.
• Toggle exclusive fullscreen (Mode 1) has no Settings row outside Windows, where Shift+F is ordinary fullscreen, like F.
• Photos have keys of their own — see Viewing photos.
• While the subtitle editor is open it takes [, ], ↑ and ↓: retime the line and move between lines.
• While the video editor (Edit a copy) is open it takes I and O: mark where the copy starts and ends.