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Kodi Shortcuts for Keyboard and Mouse

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.

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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 |
|
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 | 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 | Pause/Play |
← | Left |
|
Seek step backwards. |
→ | Right |
|
Seek step forward. |
↑ | Up |
|
Next track |
↓ | Down |
|
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 |
These are the various Kodi Shortcuts available on your keyboard. Thank you for reading this post.
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