======================= Kodi keyboard shortcuts ======================= First published at 4/17/2018 on https://defkey.com/kodi-shortcuts Kodi is media player software developed by non-profit technology consortium XBMC. It is available for various operating systems and hardware platforms including TVs. Formerly known as XBMC, the software is free and open source. Kodi has 168 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Global ------ B Live TV: Schedule recording timers C Contextual menu 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 M "Menu" (sidebar menu on the default skin) M Move (File manager) P Play Q Queue R Rewind R Rename (File manager) S Shutdown menu Ctrl + S Screenshot U Move item up (Playlist editor & Favorites window) 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. Space Pause/Play Space Current playlist window (video & music listings) Space Highlight (File manager) Left arrow Left Right arrow Right Up arrow Up Down arrow Down Page Up Page up Page Down Page down Enter Select Backspace Back Esc Previous menu OR Home screen . Skip forward , Skip backward Tab Fullscreen playback Print Screen Screenshot F8 Mute - Volume down + Volume up = Volume up \ Toggle between fullscreen/windowed mode Ctrl + End Exit Kodi (Only on Home Screen) Del Delete file (if enabled in settings) Home Jump to the top of the menu (..) Shift + [A - Z] Jump to that letter in a list Playback -------- 0 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 Playlist 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 Player controls (OSD) O Codec info Ctrl + Shift + O Codec Info 2 (Additional info. E.g. bitrates, cache and skips/drops) P Play R Rewind S Shutdown menu Ctrl + S Screenshot T Toggle subtitles on and off Ctrl + T Subtitle position control V Teletext X Stop Y Switch/choose player Z Zoom/aspect ratio Space Pause/Play Left arrow Seek step backward (1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m…) , Seek step backward (1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m…) Left arrow Prev channel group (live TV) Right arrow Seek step forward (1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m…) . Seek step forward (1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m…) ' Small seek step backwards 7 seconds Right arrow Next channel group (live TV) Up arrow Seek step forward 10min OR Next chapter (videos) Up arrow Channel up (live TV) Down arrow Step back 10min OR Prev chapter (videos) Down arrow Channel down (live TV) Ctrl + Left arrow Variable seek backwards Ctrl + Right arrow Variable seek forward Ctrl + Up arrow Move subtitles up Ctrl + Down arrow Move subtitles down Page Up Skip to next queued video or next chapter if no videos are queued Page Down Skip to previous queued video or previous chapter if no videos are queued Enter Player controls (OSD) Backspace Back Esc Exit full screen Tab Fullscreen playback Print Screen Screenshot F8 Mute - Volume down + Volume up = Volume up \ Toggle between fullscreen/windowed mode [ Seek step forward 10min ] Seek step backward 10min Del Remove from playlist (Playlist editor only) [Num 1 - 9] then Enter Jump to that time in playback. (E.g. 1+2+3+4+Enter will jump to 12 minutes and 34 seconds.) [Num 1 - 9] then Left arrow Jump backwards in that amount of time. (E.g. 1+0+‹ will jump back 10 seconds.) [Num 1 - 9] then Right arrow Jump forward in that amount of time. (E.g. 1+0+› will jump forward 10 seconds.) Music visualisation ------------------- F Fast forward I Info L Lock preset M 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) P Visualisation preset list R Rewind S Show preset Ctrl + S Screenshot V Visualisation settings X Stop Y Switch/choose player Space Pause/Play Left arrow Seek step backward (1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m…) , Seek step backward (1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m…) Right arrow Seek step forward (1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m…) . Seek step forward (1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m…) Up arrow Next track Down arrow Previous track Ctrl + Left arrow Variable seek backwards Ctrl + Right arrow Variable seek forward Page Up Increase rating Page Down Decrease rating Enter Player controls (OSD) Backspace Back Tab Fullscreen playback Print Screen Screenshot F8 Mute - Volume down + Volume up = Volume up \ Toggle between fullscreen/windowed mode Del Remove from playlist (Playlist editor only) [Num 1 - 9] then Enter Jump to that time in playback. (E.g. 1+2+3+4+Enter will jump to 12 minutes and 34 seconds.) [Num 1 - 9] then Left arrow Jump backwards in that amount of time. (E.g. 1+0+‹ will jump back 10 seconds.) [Num 1 - 9] then Right arrow Jump forward in that amount of time. (E.g. 1+0+› will jump forward 10 seconds.) Mouse controls -------------- Left click on item: Select Middle click on item: Queue to playlist Right click on item: Context menu Right click on blank area: Back Wheel up Up Wheel down Down Picture slide show ------------------ 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) . Next picture , Previous picture + Zoom in - Zoom out Mac --- Cmd + Q Quit Cmd + H then Cmd + M Hide/minimize to the dock Cmd + F Toggle full screen Cmd + S Screen shot Last modified on(UTC): Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Defkey © All rights reserved.