osu! keyboard controls 

osu! controls 

Zeynel -
39 minutes ago
- Shortcuts
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Alt + F4

Close the game client (no prompts). If in gameplay, beatmap editor, or osu!direct, go back to song selection or main menu (for osu!direct).

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Alt +   

Adjust the master volume, use the left and right arrows to adjust effect and music volumes.

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + S

Reload the current skin. If pressed during gameplay or at the results screen, this will be executed after returning to the song selection screen.

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Ctrl + F11

Toggle the frame times graph. Pressing Ctrl will pause this.

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F7

Cycle through the frame rate limiters.

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F8

Toggle the chat window.

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F9

Toggle the extended chat window.

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F10

Toggle all mouse buttons (except for the mouse wheel, which is always enabled).

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F12

Take a screenshot. Click on the dialog to open the screenshots folder.

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↑  Shift + F12

Take a screenshot and upload to the server for sharing. The screenshot will also be saved locally. This will open the screenshot on your web browser.

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Insert

This is the boss key. Minimize the game client into the notification area. This will also mute the game.

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↑  Shift + F1

Open osu!status on your web browser. (Only when a connection error appears.)

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Ctrl + O

Open the options sidebar. Can not enter the offset wizard if you are not in the main menu.

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Alt + ⤶ Enter

Toggle fullscreen mode.

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Adjust the master volume, use the left and right arrows to adjust effect and music volumes.

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Esc

Go back or cancel.

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P

Open the play menu.

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or E
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or O
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P then P then P

Enter Solo.

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P then P then M

Enter Multi.

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E then E

Enter edit mode.

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O

Open the options sidebar.

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Q

Display the exit prompt.

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Esc

Display the exit prompt, when the options and play menu are closed.

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F

Toggle the FPS counter.

Jukebox

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Z

Play the previous song.

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or F1
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X

Play the song. If playing, start the song over.

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or F2
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C

Toggle pause and play.

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F4

Stop playing (resets the current time).

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V

Play the next song.

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or F5
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J

Opens the jump to menu.

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or F6
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R

Play a random song.

Note: Not all of these work in the Multi mode's song select screen.
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F1

Open the game modifiers selection menu.

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F2

Randomly select a beatmap.

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↑  Shift + F2

Go back to the previously random-selected beatmap.

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F3

Open the beatmap options.

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F5

Reprocess beatmaps (this may prompt you to continue).

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↑  Shift + Del

Prompt the delete beatmap dialog. This will ask you if you want to delete the beatmap (all difficulties), a single difficulty, or all visible beatmaps.

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Ctrl + 1

Switch the game mode to osu!.

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Ctrl + 2

Switch the game mode to osu!taiko.

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Ctrl + 3

Switch the game mode to osu!catch.

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Ctrl + 4

Switch the game mode to osu!mania.

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Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

Play the selected beatmap with the Auto mod.

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter

Play the selected beatmap with the Cinema mod.

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Ctrl + A

Toggle the Auto mod.

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Ctrl + F3

Increase the osu!mania scroll speed (while in osu!mania mode).

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or Ctrl + +
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Ctrl + F4

Decrease the osu!mania scroll speed (while in osu!mania mode).

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or Ctrl + -
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Ctrl + Backspace

Delete the last word in the search bar.

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Select the next difficulty up/down respectively.

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Select the next beatmap up/down respectively.

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Page Up / Down

Scroll the page up/down respectively.

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⤶ Enter

Enter the current selection (if selecting over a beatmap or collection group) or being playing a difficulty (if selecting over a beatmap).

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↑  Shift +   

Enter the next/previous group.

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↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter

Expand or collapse the selected group.

Game modifiers

Note: Pressing the shortcut key will toggle it. You need to be in the game modifiers menu to use these shortcuts.
Note: Target practice (osu!), 1K and 2K (osu!mania), Co-op (osu!mania), and Mirror (osu!mania) do not have shortcuts.
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Q

Easy

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W

No Fail

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E

Half Time

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A

Hard Rock

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S

Sudden Death

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S,, + S

Perfect

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D

Double Time

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D then D

Nightcore

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F

Hidden (osu!, osu!taiko, and osu!catch) or Fade In (osu!mania)

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F then F

Hidden (osu!mania)

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G

Flashlight

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Z

Relax (osu!, osu!taiko, and osu!catch) or cycle through xK mods (osu!mania)

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X

Auto Pilot (osu!) or Random (osu!mania)

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C

Spun Out (osu!)

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V

Auto

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V then V

Cinema

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B

Score V2

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3

… to 9: 3K to 9K (osu!mania)

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+

Adjust the local offset (hold Alt to change the precision).

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or -
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Esc

Pause gameplay, or return to song selection if watching a replay or Auto or Cinema mod is used.

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Space

Skip to gameplay.

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Tab

Toggle the scoreboard.

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↑  Shift + Tab

Toggle hiding of the in-game interface.

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H

Toggle hiding of the scoreboard and replay interface (when watching a replay or spectating).

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F3

Adjust speed for osu!mania (can be used near the beginning of gameplay).

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or F4
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Ctrl + R

Must be held briefly. Quick retry the current map (skips the intro upon retry).

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or `
Note: You must use the cuttingedge release stream to use these.
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5

Pause the replay.

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6

Resume or set playback speed to 1x.

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or 0
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7

Set playback speed to 2x.

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8

Set playback speed to 3x.

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9

Set playback speed to 4x.

General

These shortcuts work anywhere within the beatmap editor:
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Z

Jump to first note or start of song.

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V

Jump to last note or end of song.

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X

Play from the start.

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C

Pause or resume.

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or Space
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Skip through the song.

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Skip between timing points.

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↑  Shift +   

Skip through the song at 4x speed.

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Ctrl + B

Add a bookmark at the current timestamp.

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + B

Remove the bookmark in the current timestamp.

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Ctrl +   

Jump to the previous/next bookmark.

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Ctrl + L

Revert to the last saved state (partial). This will reload the .osu and .osb files.

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + L

Revert to the last saved state (full). This will reload everything.

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Ctrl + O

Opens the difficulty selection window.

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Ctrl + S

Save the beatmap in its current state.

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Ctrl + N

Prompt to remove all hit objects.

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Ctrl +   

Increase/decrease the playback speed by 25%.

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift +   

Increase/decrease the playback speed by 5%.

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F1

Switch to the compose mode.

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F2

Switch to the design mode.

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F3

Switch to the timing mode.

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F4

Open the song setup dialog.

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F5

Enter test mode.

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F6

Open the timing and control points dialog.

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Ctrl + P

Add an uninherited timing point at the current timestamp. If not in the timing mode, this will also open the timing and control points dialog.

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + P

Add a inherited timing point at the current timestamp. This will also open the timing and control points dialog.

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Ctrl + I

Delete the current uninherited or inherited section. This will not work on first uninherited timing point.

Mouse

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Seek forward/backward.

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↑  Shift +

Seek forward/backward at 4x.

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Ctrl +

Adjust the snap divisor.

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Alt +

Adjust the distance snapping multiplier when hovering over the playfield. Adjust the timeline zoom when hovering over the timeline.

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

More precisely adjust the distance snapping multiplier when hovering over the playfield.

Compose > General

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Alt + F4

Return to song selection.

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or Esc
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Ctrl + Z

Undo.

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Ctrl + Y

Redo.


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Program information

Program name: osu! osu! (Games - PC)

Web page: osu.ppy.sh

How easy to press shortcuts: 88%

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Updated: Added some shortcuts. (2 updates.) 22/5/2025 1:36:05 PM New program added.
22/5/2025 1:40:05 PM Added some shortcuts.

Shortcut count: 202

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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