How To

Kodi Shortcuts for Keyboard and Mouse

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2 years ago

July 13, 2021

Kodi is also called the popular Kodi media player application. The application allows you to stream all sort of Videos, Play music, View pictures, run applications, Weather updates and much more. It is an all in one media player; it can able to run all sort of Multimedia contents. When you are using this app in Desktop or Laptop sometimes, you may feel the inconvenience to change the channel or select an option, and you may think that how to use and approach these options. Moreover, you can quickly solve all these inconveniences by knowing the Kodi Keyboard Shortcuts, with that you can make the Kodi app more convenient and effective. Here we discuss the various Kodi shortcuts available and how to use those shortcuts on your desktop.

Kodi Shortcuts

The list of shortcuts is available are listed below:

Default keyboard controls
Mouse Controls
Picture Slideshow controls

Default keyboard controls | Kodi Shortcuts

Key	Global	Video playback	Music visualisation
`0` (zero)		Go between the two last channels (live TV channel) OR Go to “now” on the EPG/TV guide.
`A`		Audio delay control
`B`	Live TV: Schedule recording timers	Live TV: Schedule recording timers
`C`	Contextual menu	Playlist
`D`	Move item down (Playlist editor & Favorites window)
`E`	Live TV EPG/TV guide	Live TV EPG/TV guide
`F`	Fast forward	Fast forward	Fast forward
`H`	Live TV channels window	Live TV channels window
`I`	Info	Info	Info
`J`	Live TV: Radio channels window	Live TV: Radio channels window
`K`	Live TV recordings window	Live TV recordings window
`L`		Next subtitle	Lock preset
`M`	“Menu” (sidebar menu on the default skin) Move (File manager)	Player controls (OSD)	Player controls (OSD)
`N`			Current playlist window
`O`		Codec info	Codec info
`Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`O`		Codec Info 2 (Additional info. E.g. bitrates, cache and skips/drops)	Codec Info 2 (additional info. E.g. bitrates, cache and skips/drops)
`P`	Play	Play	Visualisation preset list
`Q`	Queue
`R`	Rewind Rename (File manager)	Rewind	Rewind
`S`	Shutdown menu	Shutdown menu	Show preset
`Ctrl`+`S`	Screenshot	Screenshot	Screenshot
`T`		Toggle subtitles on and off
`Ctrl`+`T`		Subtitle position control
`U`	Move item up (Playlist editor & Favorites window)
`V`		Teletext	Visualisation settings
`W`	Marked as watched / unwatched
`X`	Stop	Stop	Stop
`Y`	Switch/choose player. For example, can be used to switch between the internal player or a UPnP target player.	Switch/choose player	Switch/choose player
`Z`		Zoom/aspect ratio
`Space`	Pause/Play Current playlist window (video & music listings) Highlight (File manager)	Pause/Play	Pause/Play
`←`	Left	Seek step backwards. Prev channel group (live TV)	Seek step backwards.
`→`	Right	Seek step forward. Next channel group (live TV)	Seek step forward.
`↑`	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	Variable seek backwards
`Ctrl`+`→`		Variable seek forward	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)	Player controls (OSD)
`← Backspace`	Back	Back	Back
`Esc`	Previous menu OR Home screen	Exit full screen
`.` period	Skip forward	Seek step forward.	Seek step forward.
`,` comma	Skip backwards	Seek step backwards.	Seek step backwards
`'` quote		Small seeks to step backwards 7 seconds
`Tab ⇆`	Fullscreen playback	Fullscreen playback	Fullscreen playback
`Print Src`	Screenshot	Screenshot	Screenshot
F8	Mute	Mute	Mute
`-` minus	Volume down	Volume down	Volume down
`+` plus	Volume up	Volume up	Volume up
`=` equals	Volume up	Volume up	Volume up
`\` backslash	Toggle between fullscreen/windowed mode	Toggle between fullscreen/windowed mode	Toggle between fullscreen/windowed mode
`[` left bracket		Seek step forward 10min
`]` right bracket		Seek to step backwards 10min
`CTRL`+`END`	Exit Kodi (Only on Home Screen)
`DEL`	Delete file (if enabled in settings)	Remove from the playlist (Playlist editor only)	Remove from the playlist (Playlist editor only)
`Home`	Jump to the top of the menu (..)
[numbers] then `Return`		Jump to that time in playback.	Jump to that time in playback.
[numbers] then `←`		Jump backwards in that amount of time.	Jump backwards in that amount of time.
[numbers] then `→`		Jump forward in that amount of time.	Jump forward in that amount of time.
`⇧ Shift`+`LETTER`	Jump to that letter in a list

Mouse Controls | Kodi Shortcuts

Key	Description
Left Click on the item	Select
Middle Click on the item	The queue to the playlist
Right Click on the item	Context menu
Right Click on the blank area	Back
Mouse Wheel Up	Up
Mouse Wheel Down	Down

Picture Slideshow controls | Kodi Shortcuts

Key	Description
`0`	Zoom Normal (100%)
`1`	Zoom Level 1
`2`	Zoom Level 2
`3`	Zoom Level 3
`4`	Zoom Level 4
`5`	Zoom Level 5
`6`	Zoom Level 6
`7`	Zoom Level 7
`8`	Zoom Level 8
`9`	Zoom Level 9
`R`	Rotate
`T`	Info (Exif data)
`.` period	Next picture
`,` comma	Previous picture
`+` plus	Zoom in
`-` minus	Zoom out