QtHotkeys

This page is just a reminder of what the keyboard hotkeys are in the Qt4 Interface.

Action	Hotkey	Comment
F	Toggle fullscreen
ESC	Leave fullscreen/close dialogue
space	Play/pause
+	Faster
-	Slower
=	Normal rate
]	Faster (fine)
[	Slower (fine)
N	Next track
P	Previous track
S	Stop
T	Position/time
Shift + Left Arrow	Jump 5 seconds back
Shift + Right Arrow	Jump 5 seconds forward
Alt + Left Arrow	Jump 10 sec. back
Alt + Right Arrow	Jump 10 sec. forward
Control + Left Arrow	Jump 1 minute back
Control + Right Arrow	Jump 1 minute forward
Control + Alt + Left Arrow	Jump 5 minutes back
Control + Alt + Right Arrow	Jump 5 minutes forward
E	Next frame	1.0 and over
Enter	Select menu entry (DVD)
Arrows	Navigate menus (DVD)
Shift + M	Disc menu
Shift + O	Title prev
Shift + B	Title next
Shift + P	Chapter prev
Shift + N	Chapter next
Ctrl + Q	Quit
Ctrl + Up Arrow	Volume up
Ctrl + Down Arrow	Volume down
M	Mute
H	Subtitle delay up
G	Subtitle delay down
Shift + H	history forward Subtitle sync / bookmark audio timestamp
Shift + J	Subtitle sync / bookmark subtitle timestamp
Shift + K	Subtitle sync / synchronize audio & subtitle timestamps
Ctrl + Shift + K	Subtitle sync / reset audio & subtitle synchronization
K	Audio delay up OR next subtitle-track (or none) (??????????????)
J	Audio delay down
B	Cycle audio track
Shift + A	Cycle audio device
Alt + V	video menu Cycle subtitle track in reverse order	English translation
V	Cycle subtitle track
Shift + V	Toggle subtitles
X	Cycle next program Service ID
Shift + X	Cycle previous program Service ID
A	Cycle aspect ratio
C	Cycle cropping ratio
O	original video size toggle autoscaling	pads video by adding black borders
Alt + O	Increase scale factor
Alt + Shift + O	Decrease scale factor
D	cycle deinterlace filters Toggle deinterlacing
Shift + D	Cycle deinterlace modes
I	interface show Show controller in fullscreen
Shift + S	Snapshot
Shift + R	Record
Z	cycle zoom Zoom
Shift + Z	Un-zoom
W	Wallpaper	only works with video output DirectX
Alt + R	Crop one pixel from the top of the video
Alt + Shift + R	Uncrop one pixel from the top of the video
Alt + D	Crop one pixel from the left of the video
Alt + Shift + D	Uncrop one pixel from the left of the video
Alt + C	Crop one pixel from the bottom of the video
Alt + Shift + C	Uncrop one pixel from the bottom of the video
Alt + F	Crop one pixel from the right of the video
Alt + Shift + F	Uncrop one pixel from the right of the video
R	Random
L	loop Normal/loop/repeat
Page Up	Shrink the viewpoint of view (360 °)
Page Down	Expand the viewpoint of view (360 °)
Alt + 1	1:4 quarter
Alt + 2	1:2 half
Alt + 3	1:1 original
Alt + 4	2:1 double
Ctrl + F1	Set playlist bookmark 1
Ctrl + F2	Set playlist bookmark 2
Ctrl + F3	Set playlist bookmark 3
Ctrl + F4	Set playlist bookmark 4
Ctrl + F5	Set playlist bookmark 5
Ctrl + F6	Set playlist bookmark 6
Ctrl + F7	Set playlist bookmark 7
Ctrl + F8	Set playlist bookmark 8
Ctrl + F9	Set playlist bookmark 9
Ctrl + F10	Set playlist bookmark 10
F1	Play playlist bookmark 1
F2	Play playlist bookmark 2
F3	Play playlist bookmark 3
F4	Play playlist bookmark 4
F5	Play playlist bookmark 5
F6	Play playlist bookmark 6
F7	Play playlist bookmark 7
F8	Play playlist bookmark 8
F9	Play playlist bookmark 9
F10	Play playlist bookmark 10
Ctrl + W	Clear the playlist
Ctrl + 0	Reset subtitles scale
Ctrl + Mouse wheel up	Scale down subtitles text
Ctrl + Mouse wheel down	Scale up subtitles text
Ctrl + A	Advanced controls
Ctrl + B	Bookmarks
Ctrl + C	Open capture device
Ctrl + D	Open disc
Ctrl + E	Extended settings
Ctrl + F	Open Folder/Directory
Ctrl + H	Hide/show menus	a.k.a Minimal view, like in Acrobat Reader
Ctrl + I	Media Information
Ctrl + J	Codecs Information
Ctrl + L	Hide/Show playlist
Ctrl + M	Messages
Ctrl + N	Open network stream
Ctrl + O	Open File
Ctrl + P	Preferences
Ctrl + R	Convert/Save
Ctrl + S	Streaming
Ctrl + T	Goto Time
Ctrl + U	Dock/Undock playlist
Ctrl + V	Paste Location/Paste MRL
Ctrl + Shift + W	VLM configurator
Ctrl + X	Load playlist
Ctrl + Y	Save playlist
Shift + G	History back[Please check this]
Alt + A	Audio menu	English translation
Alt + H	Help menu	English translation
Alt + I	View menu	English translation
Alt + L	Playback menu	English translation
Alt + M	Media menu	English translation
Alt + S	Tools menu	English translation
Alt + T	tools menu Subtitle menu	English translation

See also

• How to set global hotkeys
• Linux keyboard shortcuts
• Control VLC from an Android Phone

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