What is Space keyboard shortcut for?

Adobe Audition - Start and stop playback  

Adobe Audition (Mac) - Start and stop playback  

Apple macOS - Use Quick Look to preview the selected item  

Ardour - Toggle roll  

Audacity - Play/Stop  

AVImark - Bring to Front (stacked appointments)  

Camtasia - Play / pause  

Camtasia - Play / pause  

Camtasia - Play / pause  

Feedreader - Navigate to next unread headline in standard view or web view  

Firefox - Toggle play / pause  

Foxit PDF Reader 2.0 - Next page  

GoldWave - Starts or stops playback using green play button mode.  See Control Properties.  

Google Chrome - Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time  

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - Click the Notification bar  

Microsoft Photos App - (In Collection) Select an item and enter Selection mode  

Microsoft Photos App - Show or hide commands while viewing a photo  

Microsoft Photos App - Play or pause the video  

Mozilla Thunderbird - Scroll down current message, then go to next unread message  

NVDA Screen Reader - Activate button  

NVDA Screen Reader - Select and deselect checkboxes  

Opera - Move one screen-full down  

Opera - Fast Forward  

Opera - Follow selected link  

Opera - Select form element  

Opera - Move one screen-full down, then go to next unread  

Safari - Scroll down a screen  

Safari - Open the selected bookmark  

Safari - Open the selected folder  

Safari - Close the selected folder  

Windows Calculator - Toggle the bit value  

Windows Voice Recorder - Play or pause  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - Temporarily select Hand tool  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - Scroll (when Hand tool is selected)  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - Press the Go Back button in a folder if focus is on the button  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - Expand or collapse panel in focus (press F6 to move focus to Tools pane, then tab to desired panel)  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - Open the menu and move the focus to the first menu option when focus is on a command with a submenu or submenu element with a flyout  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - Run the command in focus  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - Select a highlighted control in the top bar  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - Activate selected tool, item (such as a movie clip or bookmark), or command  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - Temporarily select Hand tool  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - Scroll (when Hand tool is selected)  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - Press the Go Back button in a folder if focus is on the button  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - Expand or collapse panel in focus (press F6 to move focus to Tools pane, then tab to desired panel)  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - Open the menu and move the focus to the first menu option when focus is on a command with a submenu or submenu element with a flyout  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - Run the command in focus  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - Select a highlighted control in the top bar  

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - Activate selected tool, item (such as a movie clip or bookmark), or command  

GNU Emacs - Replace this one, go to next  

GNU Emacs - Complete up to one word  

GNU Emacs - Scroll forward  

Microsoft FrontPage - Open the selected menu, or perform the action assigned to the selected button.  

Microsoft FrontPage - Perform the action assigned to the selected button; check or clear the selected check box.  

Microsoft Word 2019 - Activate a selected command or control on the ribbon  

Microsoft Word 2019 - Open a selected menu or gallery on the ribbon  

PDF-XChange Editor - (hold) Enable Hand Tool Temporarily  

PDF-XChange Editor - Go to selected bookmark  

PDF-XChange Editor - Move to the selected bookmark  

Ulysses (iOS) - Next page  

Xodo - Scroll Page down  

ACDSee Free - Displays the next image  

Adobe Illustrator - Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode)  

Adobe Illustrator - Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool  

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode)  

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool  

Adobe Lightroom Classic - Switch from Grid to Loupe view  

Adobe Lightroom Classic - Toggle between Loupe and 1:1 Zoom preview  

Adobe Lightroom Classic - Pause slide show  

Adobe Lightroom Classic (Mac) - Switch from Grid to Loupe view  

Adobe Lightroom Classic (Mac) - Toggle between Loupe and 1:1 Zoom preview  

Adobe Lightroom Classic (Mac) - Pause slide show  

Adobe Photoshop CC - Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode)  

Adobe Photoshop CC - Temporarily activate Hand tool  

Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac) - Play  

Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac) - Play/Stop Toggle  

Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac) - Play-Stop Toggle  

Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Play  

Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Play/Stop Toggle  

Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Play-Stop Toggle  

Adobe XD (Mac) - Pan  

Adobe XD (Windows) - Pan  

Affinity Photo - Hot key panning  

Apple iMovie - Play video beginning from the frame beneath the playhead or skimmer  

Autodesk Maya 2019 - (When pressed down) Show the hotbox  

Autodesk Maya 2019 - (When tapped) Switch between the active window in multi-pane display and single pane display  

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - Zoom / rotate / move canvas  

Blender - Search (3D view) / Toolbox (UV/Image Editor)  

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Hand  

Corel Painter - Scroll image with grabber  

Corel Painter - Pan tool  

Corel Painter (Mac) - Scroll image with grabber  

Corel Painter (Mac) - Pan tool  

Darktable 2.6.3 - Darkroom > Image forward  

Darktable 2.6.3 - Lighttable > Select toggle image  

Darktable 2.6.3 - Slideshow > Start and stop  

DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac) - Pause / start playback  

FaceRig Studio - Toggle play / pause  

FaceRig Studio - Toggle play / pause  

FastStone Image Viewer - Display the image in actual size (100%)  

FastStone MaxView 3.3 - Next image  

Final Cut Pro X - Start or pause playback  

Framer X - Pan Canvas  

GIMP - Activate current button or list  

HitFilm - Space  

Imagine (Image and Animation Viewer) - Next  

Imagine (Image and Animation Viewer) - Play  

Inkscape - Use Selector temporarily  

IrfanView - Go to next image in current directory  

Kdenlive - Play  

LDCad - Switch between split views (if any) and a zoomed current editing view  

Nuke - (short press) Expand the focused panel to the full window  

Nuke - (long press) Raise the right-click menu  

OmniGraffle 7 - Hand  

PhotoDirector 10 - Zoom to fit 100%  

Pinnacle Studio 22 - Play and pause  

Pinnacle Studio 22 - With timeline area selected: Start and stop playback  

Pixlr Editor (Web) - Hand tool  

PowerDirector 17 - Play / Pause  

PowerDirector 17 - DV play / pause preview  

QCad 3.22.0 - Focus on command line  

Shotcut - Play  

Shotcut - Pause  

Shotcut (Mac) - Play  

Shotcut (Mac) - Pause  

SketchUp - Select tool  

Substance Painter - Toggle particles animation  

Substance Painter (Mac) - Toggle particles animation  

Clipboard Master - Define area  

Everything - Select focus  

FastStone Capture 9.2 - Display the image in actual size (100%)  

Narrator - Activate an item that you want to use, such as a button or text box  

tmux - Start selection  

VisualBoyAdvance-M - Speed up  

Autodesk Stingray - Play/stop animation  

FileMaker - Click a selected button on a layout with the keyboard  

FileMaker - Play or edit a sound in a container field  

FileMaker - Issue a selected command button  

Git Tower (Mac) - Stage/unstage selected file(s)  

Git Tower (Windows) - Stage/unstage selected file(s)  

GitHub - Start moving the focused column  

GitHub - Start moving the focused card  

Jupyter Notebook - Scroll down  

RStudio - Stage/Unstage (Git)  

RStudio (Mac) - Stage/Unstage (Git)  

TouchDesigner - Play/Pause  

TouchDesigner - (hold) View Momentary  

Unity - Play Animation  

Unreal Engine - Next transform  

9gag - Scroll one page down  

BBC iPlayer - Activate buttons  

Chromebook and Chrome OS - Scroll down the web page  

FastMail - Page down  

Google Photos - Play / pause video  

Inoreader - Next article  

JW Player - Pause or play video  

Netflix - Toggle play / pause  

OneDrive - Select or clear the selection of a file or folder  

OneDrive - Select or clear the selection of a file or folder  

Pandora - Play / Pause  

Pandora - Play / Pause  

Pluralsight - Play/Pause  

SnapStream - Play / Pause  

SoundCloud - Play / Pause  

TinyMCE - Execute command  

Twitch - Pause video  

Twitch - Pause video  

Twitter - Next page  

Vimeo - Play / pause  

Yahoo Mail - Check/Uncheck a message  

YouTube - Pause/Play video (player focus required)  

YouTube Studio - Play / pause  

Adobe Bridge CC - Full screen preview  

Adobe Bridge CC - Full screen preview  

Adobe Bridge CC (Mac) - Full screen preview  

Adobe Bridge CC (Mac) - Full screen preview  

Total Commander - Select current file/folder  

Xyplorer - Start/Pause playing  

Xyplorer - Next image  

5KPlayer 6.0 - Play / Pause  

AIMP - Play/Pause  

BSPlayer - Pause  

Cmus 2.8 - win-toggle  

Cmus 2.8 - win-activate  

GOM Player - Play/pause  

iTunes 11 for Mac - Play the currently selected song  

iTunes 11 for Mac - Start or stop playing the selected song  

iTunes 11 for Windows - Start or stop playing the selected song  

KMPlayer - Play  

Kodi - Pause/Play  

Kodi - Current playlist window (video & music listings)  

Kodi - Highlight (File manager)  

Kodi - Pause/Play  

Kodi - Pause/Play  

Microsoft Movies and TV - Play or pause (when a video is in focus)  

PotPlayer 1.7 - Play / Pause playback  

QLab 4 - GO  

QuickTime Player (macOS) - Play or pause  

SMPlayer 19.5.0 - Play / Pause  

Spotify - Play/pause  

Tidal - Play / Pause  

Udemy Course Player - Play / Pause  

VLC Media Player - Play or pause the video  

Agar.io - Split your cell in two or more equal cells  

AI War Classic - Center display on selected units  

AI War Classic - (hold) Follow selected units with display  

American Fugitive (PC) - Vehicle handbrake  

American Truck Simulator - Parking brake  

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey - Enter altercation  

Anno 1800 - Show/hide world map  

Apex Legends (PC) - Jump  

AquaNox - Primary weapon function  

ARK: Survival Evolved - Jump  

ARK: Survival Evolved - Jump  

ARK: Survival Evolved - Land/ Take-off  

Assetto Corsa - Open/close doors  

Astroneer - Jump  

Battlefield V - Jump  

Battlefield V - Parachute deploy  

Battlezone 98 Redux - Issue smart reticle command to selected unit  

Besiege - Start / stop simulation  

Black Desert Online - Jump, crawl while crouched  

Blacksad: Under the Skin - QTE option  

Blood - Use items or open doors  

Blood: Fresh Supply - Jump  

Bus Simulator 18 - Handbrake  

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - Jump / Stand / Mantle  

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - Fly up / jump  

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - Confirm  

ChessBase 13 - Insert best engine move into notation  

City Car Driving - Parking brake  

CoSpaces Edu - Jump  

Counter Strike: Global Offensive - Jump  

Dauntless - Dodge  

DayZ - Jump  

Dead or Alive 6 (PC) - Access a Thrown down challenge  

Deponia - Show all hotspots and pause a cutscene  

Destiny 2 - Jump  

Destiny 2 - Exit vehicle  

Diablo - Closes all open windows  

Diablo II - Cancels all screens to view just normal view  

Diablo III - Close all open windows  

Don't Starve (PC) - Auto-action (except attack)  

Dota 2 - Jumps the camera to a recent event (hero death, tower death, etc).  

Dota 2 - Toggle the coach's perspective between the own and the student  

Dota Auto Chess - Open character selection screen, so you can review the pool available to you  

Dota Underlords - Open / Close the Hero Shop  

Dying Light - Jump  

Dying Light - Jump  

Elex (PC) - Jump / Climb  

Enter the Gungeon - Use item  

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Handbrake  

Europa Universalis IV - Play / Pause  

F1 2019 - Gear up / Clutch  

Fallout 76 - Jump  

Far Cry New Dawn (PC) - Jump  

Far Cry New Dawn (PC) - Hand Brake / Lean Out / Lean In  

Far Cry New Dawn (PC) - Ascend  

Far Cry New Dawn (PC) - Accelerate  

Fez - Jump  

Flyff - Jump  

Fortnite (PC) - Jump  

Fortnite (PC) - Shopping cart push (tap) / Coast (hold)  

Fortnite (PC) - Cannon push (tap) / Coast (hold)  

Fortnite (PC) - ATK Powerslide  

Fortnite (PC) - Quadcrasher boost  

Fortnite (PC) - Baller boost  

Fortnite (PC) - Biplane boost  

Fortnite (PC) - Biplane Start engine  

Fortnite (PC) - Play / pause  

Gears 5 - Cover dodge  

Gears 5 - Roadie run  

Gears 5 - Take cover / Mantle  

Gears 5 - Evade  

GemCraft - Chasing Shadows - Close tutor panels  

Grand Theft Auto V - Jump / handbrake  

Grand Theft Auto V - Handbrake  

Grand Theft Auto V - Aircraft Fire  

Grand Theft Auto V - Phone Special Option  

Grand Theft Auto V - Preview audio clip  

Grand Theft Auto V - Stop clip preview  

Grand Theft Auto V - Play / Pause clip  

Grid (2019) - Handbrake  

Hearthstone - Open pack  

Heroes of the Storm - Center camera to your hero  

Hotline Miami - Finish enemy  

Hotline Miami - Human shield  

Hunt: Showdown - Jump  

Katana Zero (PC) - Interact  

Katana Zero (PC) - Confirm  

Katana Zero (PC) - Pause replay  

Kerbal Space Program - Detach stage or launch  

Kerbal Space Program - Toggle translation/rotation  

Kerbal Space Program - Jump/Let go of part  

Kerbal Space Program - Reorient attitude to camera by jet  

Kerbal Space Program - Reset part rotation  

Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Skip dialogue  

Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Jump / Climb  

L. A. Noire - Talk / Dodge / Block (Hold)  

L. A. Noire - Handbrake  

L. A. Noire - Observe suspect  

League of Legends - Center camera on champion (holding Space will hold the camera on the champion until released)  

Life Is Strange 2 - Dialogs during interactions  

Madden NFL 19 - (hold) Protect the ball  

Madden NFL 19 - Pass to receiver  

Madden NFL 19 - Snap ball  

Madden NFL 19 - Strip ball  

Metro Exodus (PC) - Jump  

Minecraft Bedrock Edition - Jump / fly up  

Minecraft Java Edition - Jump  

Minesweeper - Used as clicking squares  

Miscreated - Jump  

Miscreated - Vehicle brakes  

Mordhau - Jump  

NBA 2K19 (PC) - Chest pass  

NBA 2K19 (PC) - Switch players  

NBA 2K19 (PC) - Select  

Need For Speed Payback - Handbrake  

Need For Speed Payback - Handbrake  

Nier: Automata - Jump  

No Man's Sky - Swim up  

No Man's Sky - Jump/climb with jetpack  

No Man's Sky - Pulse engine  

Old School RuneScape (OSRS) - Used in the Make X interface to continue with the default settings or in character dialog to continue  

Outer Worlds (PC) - Jump  

Overwatch - Jump  

Path of Exile - Close all opened panels  

Payday 2 (PC) - Jump  

Pharaoh - Toggles between your last selected Overlay and the Normal View  

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - Jump  

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - Vault  

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - Handbrake  

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - Center map around the character's current position  

Quake Champions - Jump  

Rage 2 (PC) - Handbrake  

Remnant: From The Ashes (PC) - Dodge / vault  

RimWorld - Pauses and unpauses game  

Ring of Elysium - Jump  

Roblox - Jump  

Rocket League - Focus on ball  

Rust - Jump  

Sea of Thieves - Jump  

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Toggle crouch  

Spintires (PC) - Handbrake  

StarCraft 2 - View last warning area  

Stoneshard (PC) - Skip turn  

Stoneshard (PC) - (in loot panel) Move all to inventory  

Subnautica - Jump  

Subnautica - Move up  

Subnautica - Jump  

Subnautica - Move up  

Team Fortress 2 - Jump  

Teamfight Tactics - Move camera back to your Little Legend  

Tekken 7 - Jump  

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth - Use current item  

The Curse of Monkey Island - Pause game  

The Forest - Jump  

The Forest - Skip plane crash  

The Secret of Monkey Island - Pause the game  

The Sims 4 - Select the next Sim in the Household  

This War of Mine - Pause the game (no menu popup)  

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Navigate  

Total War: Attila - Toggle move speed  

Total War: Attila - Show unit orders  

Total War: Attila (Mac) - Toggle move speed  

Total War: Attila (Mac) - Show unit orders  

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator - Move up  

Tropico 6 - Archipelago view  

Untitled Goose Game - Honk  

Unturned - Jump  

War Thunder (Tank) - Fire from machine guns  

Warcraft III - Center on last notification(s)  

Warframe - Jump  

Warframe - Move Up (Archwing)  

World of Tanks - Stop and fire while moving  

World of Warcraft - Jump  

Zwift (PC and macOS) - Use power-ups  

Google+ - Scroll down  

NewsBin Pro - (in dialog box) If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option  

Office Delve - Select the highlighted area or item. If you have highlighted the title area of a content card, press Enter to open the document. If you have highlighted the expand area at the bottom of a content card, press the Spacebar to view more details for the document  

Slack - Take action or "click" on buttons  

Twitterrific 6 - Select newer (up) item  

Zimbra Web Client - Select next  

Zimbra Web Client - Continue reading  

Zimbra Web Client - Save changes  

Airodump-ng - Pause display redrawing/ Resume redrawing  

Comodo IceDragon - Toggle Play / Pause  

Ableton Live 10 - Play from Start Marker/Stop  

Ableton Live 10 - Play Arrangement View Selection  

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Play from Start Marker/Stop  

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Play Arrangement View Selection  

ActivePresenter 7 - Preview  

Aegisub - Play audio until the end of the selection is reached  

Android - Go to next page in any web page or document  

Apple Calendar - (with the Calendar list open) Select or deselect the checkbox next to the selected calendar  

Apple GarageBand - Start or stop playback  

CintaNotes 3.13 - Focus next note.  

draw.io - Pan canvas  

Evolution - Scroll down  

Figma - (while resizing) Move while resizing  

FL Studio 20 - Start/Stop Playback  

For Honor - Roll  

For Honor - Climb ladder  

For Honor - Ledge drop  

For Honor - Dodge. Double press Space to roll  

ForkLift 3 - Quick look  

Freemind - Toggle folded  

Freshdesk - Scroll down the ticket  

GnuCash - (reconcile window) Mark transactions as reconciled  

Google Translate - Activate selected UI item  

Guitar Pro - Play  

Huggle - Show next diff  

Kindle for Mac - Next Page  

Kindle for Mac - Pause or resume reading (while in a book)  

Kindle for PC - Pause or resume reading (while in a book)  

Lacerte - Select or unselect the highlighted client  

LibreOffice - Toggles the focused check box in a dialog  

LibreOffice - Switches between themes view and object view  

LibreOffice - Toggles row selection, except when the row is in edit mode  

LibreOffice - Select a point of a drawing object (in Point Selection mode) / Cancel selection  

LibreOffice - The selected point blinks once per second  

LibreOffice Impress - Play next effect (if any, else go to next slide)  

Melodyne 4 - Pause  

Melodyne 4 (Mac) - Pause  

Microsoft Access 2019 - Activate the selected command or control on the ribbon  

Microsoft Access 2019 - Open the selected menu or gallery on the ribbon  

Microsoft Access 2019 - Open the selected menu, or perform the action assigned to the selected button  

Microsoft Access 2019 - Perform the action assigned to the selected button; select or clear the check box  

Microsoft Access 2019 - Choose the selected data column for output  

Microsoft Access 2019 - Remove the selected data column from the query output  

Microsoft Access 2019 - Toggle the check box in the Output column  

Microsoft Access 2019 - Switch between the values in a check box or option button  

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Activate a selected button  

Microsoft Excel 2019 - In a dialog box, performs the action for the selected button, or selects or clears a check box  

Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Creating presentations) - Activate the selected command or control on the ribbon  

Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Creating presentations) - Open the selected menu or gallery on the ribbon  

Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Slideshows) - Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide  

MindMeister - Open/close branches  

Notion (Windows) - Open selected image in full-screen  

OmniFocus 3.3 (iOS) - Complete / Uncomplete  

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - In the Reading pane, page down through text  

REAPER - Transport: Play/stop  

REAPER - Preview: Play/stop  

REAPER - Transport: Play/stop  

REAPER - Transport: Play/stop  

Riffstation Desktop - Play / return playhead to starting position  

Sumatra PDF - Scroll by one screen  

Things (iPad) - Create a new to-do below selection  

Things (Mac) - Create a new to-do below selection  

Tracktion T7 DAW (Windows) - Start / stop playing  

Traktor Pro 3 - Only browser on  

Trello - Assign self  

Virtual DJ 2018 - Play /pause  

WavePad - Play/Pause  

Xactimate - Browse Roof Types  

Xactimate - Pan Tool On/Off  

Zendesk Support - Select current item  

Eagle 9.5.2 - Cycle to next routing layer  

FreeCAD 0.18 - Toggle visibility  

KiCad 5.0.2 - Reset Local Coordinates  

KiCad 5.0.2 - Reset local coordinates  

KiCad 5.0.2 - Reset local coordinates  

LTspice XVII - Zoom fit  

Onshape 1.98 - Clear selection  

Solidworks 2019 - Orientation  

Solidworks 2019 - Opens the View Selector and Orientation dialog box.  

Tekla Structures 20 - Finish polygon input  

Amazon Fire TV - Media playback  

BlackBerry Classic - Move down the screen  

BlackBerry Classic - Start or stop the stopwatch  

BlackBerry Classic - Start or stop the timer