Keyboard Hot-keys
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Media Center provides a number of Keyboard shortcuts or Hot-keys to facilitate operations. In addition to Media Center-specific shortcuts, standard Windows Alt key menu navigation/accelerator keys are available and readily discoverable by holding down the Alt key, and taking note of the underlined letter in the menus and sub-menus.
| FILE | |
| Alt + F4 | Exit |
| PLAYBACK | |
| Ctrl + P | Play / Pause |
| Ctrl + S | Stop |
| Ctrl + Shift + S | Stop after Current File |
| Ctrl + L | Previous Track / File |
| Ctrl + N | Next Track / File |
| Ctrl + M | Mute |
| Ctrl + + (Num Pad) Ctrl + = |
Volume Up |
| Ctrl + - | Volume Down |
| Ctrl + R | Reshuffle |
| Ctrl + Shift + R | Shuffle Remaining |
| Ctrl + Left Arrow | Rewind |
| Ctrl + Right Arrow | Fast-Forward |
| Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow | Jump Back |
| Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow | Jump Forward |
| Alt + 1 | Toggle between Main and Alternate Playback Settings |
| Ctrl + T | Cycle through zones |
| EDIT | |
| Ctrl + A | Select All |
| Ctrl + Shift + A | Invert Select All |
| Ctrl + X Shift + Del |
Cut |
| Ctrl + C Ctrl + Insert |
Copy |
| Ctrl + V Shift + Insert |
Paste |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Del | Delete |
| Shift + Del | Delete files from the database and the currently selected playlist. |
| F2 | Rename / In-place editing |
| F4 | Tagging Mode |
| Ctrl + Q | Quick Search in a list |
| F3 | Find Next in Quick Search |
| F8 | Add Playlist |
| F9 | Add Smartlist |
| F10 | Add Playlist Group |
| Alt + Enter | Tag / Properties |
| Shift + Ctrl + 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 | Change rating of currently playing file to none, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 |
| VIEW & NAVIGATE | |
| F11 | Toggle between all Full Screen, Theater and Standard views |
| ESC | Return to Standard Mode from Full Screen or Theater View |
| Ctrl + 1 | Standard View |
| Ctrl + 2 | Mini View |
| Ctrl + 3 | Display View |
| Ctrl + 4 | Theater View |
| Ctrl + 5 | Cover View |
| Alt + 1 | Start (in tree) |
| Alt + 2 | Playing Now |
| Alt + 3 | Last Open Media Mode in Tree |
| Alt + 4 | Images |
| Alt + 5 | Video |
| Alt + 6 | Podcasts |
| Alt + 7 | Playlists |
| Alt + 8 | Devices & Drives |
| Alt + 9 | Scheduler & Plug-ins |
| Ctrl + F | Find (Search) |
| Ctrl + Tab | Toggle Active View |
| Ctrl + W | Close Active View |
| F5 | Refresh |
| Alt + Left Backspace |
Navigate Backward |
| Alt + Right Shift + Backspace |
Navigate Forward |
| Ctrl + U | Toggle List Style (focus must be in bottom list pane) |
| Ctrl + Shift + U | Automatic List Style (focus must be in bottom list pane) |
| Ctrl + Shift + I | Details List Style (focus must be in bottom list pane) |
| Ctrl + Shift + O | View Thumbnails (focus must be in bottom list pane) |
| Ctrl + Shift + P | View Album Thumbnails (focus must be in bottom list pane) |
| Ctrl + G | Collapse All in Tree |
| Tab | Move Keyboard Focus forwards |
| Shift + Tab | Move Keyboard Focus backwards |
| MENUS | |
| Alt + F | Show File Menu |
| Alt + E | Show Edit Menu |
| Alt + V | Show View Menu |
| Alt + P | Show Player Menu |
| Alt + T | Show Tools Menu |
| Alt + H | Show Help Menu |
| TOOLS & MISCELLANEOUS | |
| Ctrl + O | Options |
| F7 | TV Tuner Channels |
| HELP | |
| F1 | Help |
| Ctrl + J | Check for Updates |