VLC Keyboard Shortcuts

Fullscreen

• F

Leave fullscreen

• Esc

Play/Pause

• Space

Pause only

• ]

Play only

• [

Faster

• +

Slower

• –

Normal rate

• =

Next

• N

Previous

• P

Stop

• S

Position

• T

Very short backwards jump

• Shift
• +
• Left

Very short forwards jump

• Shift
• +
• Right

Short backwards jump

• Alt
• +
• Left

Short forwards jump

• Alt
• +
• Right

Medium backwards jump

• Ctrl
• +
• Left

Medium forwards jump

• Ctrl
• +
• Right

Long backwards jump

• Ctrl
• +
• Alt
• +
• Left

Long forwards jump

• Ctrl
• +
• Alt
• +
• Right

Next frame

• E

Activate

• Enter

Navigate up

• Up

Navigate down

• Down

Navigate left

• Left

Navigate right

• Right

Go to the DVD menu

• Shift
• +
• M

Select previous DVD title

• Shift
• +
• O

Select next DVD title

• Shift
• +
• B

Select previous DVD chapter

• Shift
• +
• P

Select next DVD chapter

• Shift
• +
• N

Quit

• Ctrl
• +
• Q

Volume up

• Ctrl
• +
• Up

Volume down

• Ctrl
• +
• Down

Mute

• M

Subtitle delay up

• H

Subtitle delay down

• G

Audio delay up

• K

Audio delay down

• J

Cycle audio track

• B

Cycle through audio devices

• Shift
• +
• A

Cycle subtitle track

• V

Cycle source aspect ratio

• A

Cycle video crop

• C

Toggle autoscaling

• O

Increase scale factor

• Alt
• +
• O

Decrease scale factor

• Shift
• +
• Alt
• +
• O

Cycle deinterlace modes

• D

Show interface

• I

Hide interface

• Shift
• +
• I

Take video snapshot

• Shift
• +
• S

Go back in browsing history

• Shift
• +
• G

Go forward in browsing history

• Shift
• +
• H

Record

• Shift
• +
• R

Dump

• Shift
• +
• D

Zoom

• Z

Un-Zoom

• Shift
• +
• Z

Toggle wallpaper mode

• W

Display OSD menu on top

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• M

Do not display OSD menu

• Alt
• +
• Ctrl
• +
• M

Highlight widget on the right

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• Right

Highlight widget on the left

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• Left

Highlight widget on top

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• Up

Highlight widget on bottom

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• Down

Select current widget

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• Enter

Crop one pixel from the top

• Alt
• +
• R

Uncrop one pixel from the top

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• R

Crop one pixel from the left

• Alt
• +
• D

Uncrop one pixel from the left

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• D

Crop one pixel from the bottom

• Alt
• +
• C

Uncrop one pixel from the bottom

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• C

Crop one pixel from the right

• Alt
• +
• F

Uncrop one pixel from the right

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• F

Random

• R

Normal/Repeat/Loop

• L

1:4 Quarter

• Ctrl
• +
• 1

1:2 Half

• Ctrl
• +
• 2

1:1 Original

• Ctrl
• +
• 3

2:1 Double

• Ctrl
• +
• 4

Very short jump length (integer)

• 3

Set playlist bookmark 1-10

• Ctrl
• +
• F1-F10

Play playlist bookmark 1-10

• F1-F10