Kodi Default Keyboard Controls / Shortcuts (Make your life easier)

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Global \  Video playback | Music visualisation


⇧ Shift+LETTER
Jump to that letter in a list 


0 (zero)
Go between the two last channels (live TV channel)  OR Go to "now" on EPG/TV guide. 


A
Audio delay control


B
Live TV: Schedule recording timers


C
Contextual menu
Playlist


D
Move item down (Playlist editor & Favorites window)


E
Live TV EPG/TV guide


F
Fast forward


H
Live TV channels window


I
Info


J
Live TV: Radio channels window


K
Live TV recordings window


L
Next subtitle

M

• "Menu" (sidebar menu on the default skin)
  
• Move (File manager)
  

Player controls (OSD)


N
Current playlist window


O
Codec info

 
Ctrl+⇧ Shift+O
Codec Info 2 (Additional info. E.g. bitrates, cache and skips/drops)


Ctrl+⇧ Shift+D
Toggle debug logging


P
Play


alt+← or →

Decrease/Increase Playback Speed - (0.8x - 1.5x speed)
Only works when Sync Playback to Display is enabled which will Disable Audio Passthrough


Q
Queue


R

• Rewind
  
• Rename (File manager)
  

S
Shutdown menu


Ctrl+S
Screenshot 


T
Toggle subtitles on and off


Ctrl+T
Subtitle position control


U
Move item up (Playlist editor & Favorites window)


V
Teletext


W
Marked as watched / unwatched


X
Stop


Y
Switch/choose player. For example, can be used to switch between internal player or a UPnP target player.


Z
Zoom/aspect ratio

Space

• Pause/Play
  
• Current playlist window (video & music listings)
  
• Highlight (File manager)
  

←
Left

• Seek step backward.
  1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m...
  
• Prev channel group (live TV)
  

Seek step backward.
1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m...


→
Right

• Seek step forward.
  1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m...
  
• Next channel group (live TV)
  

↑
Up

• Seek step forward 10min OR Next chapter (videos)
  
• Channel up (live TV)
  

Next track


↓
Down

• Step back 10min OR Prev chapter (videos)
  
• Channel down (live TV)
  

Previous track


Ctrl+←
Variable seek backwards


Ctrl+→
Variable seek forward


Ctrl+↑
Move subtitles up


Ctrl+↓
Move subtitles down

PageUp
Page up
Skip to next queued video or next chapter if no videos are queued.
Increase rating


PageDown
Page down
Skip to previous queued video or previous chapter if no videos are queued.
Decrease rating


↵ Enter return
Select
Player controls (OSD)


← Backspace
Back


Esc
Previous menu OR Home screen
Exit full screen

. period
Skip forward
Seek step forward.
1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m...


, comma
Skip backward
Seek step backward.
1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m...


' quote
Small seek step backwards 7 seconds


Tab ⇆
Fullscreen playback



PrintSrc
Screenshot


F8
Mute


- minus
Volume down


+ plus
Volume up


= equals
Volume up


\ backslash
Toggle between fullscreen/windowed mode


[ left bracket
Seek step forward 10min


] right bracket
Seek step backward 10min

CTRL+END
Exit Kodi (Only on Home Screen)


DEL
Delete file (if enabled in settings)
Remove from playlist (Playlist editor only)


Home
Jump to the top of the menu (..)


[numbers] then Return
Jump to that time in playback. (E.g,, 1+2+3+4+return will jump to 12 minutes and 34 seconds.)


[numbers] then ←
Jump backwards in that amount of time. (E.g,, 1+0+← will jump back 10 seconds.)


[numbers] then →
Jump forward in that amount of time. (E.g,, 1+0+→ will jump forward 10 seconds.)


Hope this is helpful for you guys!

Enjoy!