Source: https://kodi.wiki/view/Keyboard_controls
| Key | Global | Video playback | Music visualisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (zero) | 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 | 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) | |
| Ctrl+? Shift+D | Toggle debug logging | Toggle debug logging | Toggle debug logging |
| P | Play | Play | Visualisation preset list |
| alt+? or ? | Decrease/Increase Playback Speed – (0.8x – 1.5x speed) Only works when Sync Playback to Display is enabled which will Disable Audio Passthrough | ||
| 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 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 backward. 1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m… |
| ? | Right |
|
Seek step forward. 1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m… |
| ? | 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. 1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m… | Seek step forward. 1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m… |
| , comma | Skip backward | Seek step backward. 1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m… | Seek step backward. 1x 10s, 2x 30s, 3x 1m, 4x 3m… |
| ' quote | Small seek step backwards 7 seconds | ||
| Tab ? | Fullscreen playback | Fullscreen playback | Fullscreen playback |
| PrintSrc | 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 step backward 10min | ||
| CTRL+END | Exit Kodi (Only on Home Screen) | ||
| DEL | Delete file (if enabled in settings) | Remove from playlist (Playlist editor only) | Remove from playlist (Playlist editor only) |
| Home | Jump to the top of the menu (..) | ||
| [numbers] then Return | Jump to that time in playback. (E.g,, 1+2+3+4+return will jump to 12 minutes and 34 seconds.) | Jump to that time in playback. (E.g,, 1+2+3+4+return will jump to 12 minutes and 34 seconds.) | |
| [numbers] then ? | Jump backwards in that amount of time. (E.g,, 1+0+? will jump back 10 seconds.) | Jump backwards in that amount of time. (E.g,, 1+0+? will jump back 10 seconds.) | |
| [numbers] then ? | Jump forward in that amount of time. (E.g,, 1+0+? will jump forward 10 seconds.) | Jump forward in that amount of time. (E.g,, 1+0+? will jump forward 10 seconds.) | |
| ? Shift+LETTER | Jump to that letter in a list |