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Keyboard Shortcuts

On macOS, use Cmd wherever this page says Ctrl.

Playback

Shortcut	Action
`Space`	Play/pause
`Enter`	Play the selected track
`-` / `=`	Seek backward/forward
`Shift` + `Left` / `Right`	Previous/next track
`Home`	Restart the track
`End`	Next track
`,`	Toggle repeat
`.`	Toggle shuffle
`;`	Random track
`Alt` + `;`	Random album
`/`	Random track, starting at a random point
`Shift` + `/`	Revert to the previous track, where you left it
`Ctrl` + `Up` / `Down`	Volume up/down
`Ctrl` + `M`	Mute

Shortcut	Action
`Left` / `Right`	Switch playlists
`Ctrl` + `1` … `9`	Go to playlist 1 to 9
`Up` / `Down`	Move the selection
`Shift` + `Up` / `Down`	Extend the selection
`Page Up` / `Page Down`	Scroll a page
`Shift` + `Home` / `End`	Go to the top/bottom of the playlist
`'`	Show the playing track
`Ctrl` + `'`	Show the previously played track
`F4`	Find the playing artist in the playlist

Search

Shortcut	Action
Start typing	Global search
`Ctrl` + `G`	Global search
`Ctrl` + `F` or `\`	Find in the current playlist

Tracks and playlists

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl` + `A`	Select all
`Ctrl` + `C` / `X` / `V`	Copy, cut and paste tracks
`Delete`	Remove the selected tracks from the playlist (files aren’t deleted)
`Ctrl` + `Z`	Undo: restores deleted playlists, removed tracks and sorting changes
`Ctrl` + `L`	Love/unlove the selected track
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `L`	Love/unlove the playing track
`Alt` + `Q`	Add the selected track to the queue
`Alt` + `Shift` + `Q`	Clear the queue
`Ctrl` + `I`	Track info for the selected track
`Ctrl` + `P`	Track info for the playing track
`Ctrl` + `T`	New playlist
`Ctrl` + `R` or `F2`	Rename the current playlist
`Ctrl` + `W`	Delete the current playlist
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `W`	Delete the current playlist, even if it’s locked
`Ctrl` + `E`	Open the smart playlist editor
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `E`	New smart playlist
`Alt` + `R`	Regenerate the playlist
`F1`	Toggle album headings for the playlist
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `P`	Transfer play counts from a copied track (see Tips & Tricks)

View

Shortcut	Action
`]` / `[`	Next/previous layout
Mouse forward/back buttons	Next/previous layout
`Tab`	Gallery with keyboard control
`F5`	Toggle the Art + Lyrics layout
`~`	Toggle the left panel
`Ctrl` + `H`	Toggle the side panel’s album art
`Ctrl` + `O`	Toggle the artist info panel
`F8`	Toggle mini mode
`F11`	Toggle full screen
`Ctrl` + `]` / `[`	Next/previous theme
`F3`	Toggle auto theme (colours from album art)
`F10`	Reload the theme (useful while editing one)
`Ctrl` + `=` / `-`	Increase/decrease window opacity

Other

Shortcut	Action
`F9`	Open the transcode output folder
`Ctrl` + `Q`	Quit

Customising shortcuts

Shortcuts are defined in the input.txt file in Tauon’s data folder.

Open Settings › System › Files and click Open keymap file.
Edit the file. Each line is an action name, a key, and up to two modifiers (Shift, Ctrl or Alt). For example, toggle-gallery G Alt.
Restart Tauon.

Some actions have no key by default and can be bound here, including play, pause, stop, toggle-gallery, toggle-right-panel and toggle-columns. MB4 and MB5 (mouse back and forward) can be used as keys.