Foobar2000:Preferences:Keyboard Shortcuts

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This is the Keyboard Shortcuts page. It contains foobar2000 configuration information for keyboard shortcuts.

Concepts

Keyboard shortcuts are associated with a menu command. Menu commands include the main menu bar menus, context menus, and sub-menus. There are keyboard shortcuts already defined when you first install Foobar2000. Many of these are familiar shortcuts to users of other Windows applications: ctrl+s for save, ctrl+p for preferences, et cetera.

It is helpful to review the full set of predefined keyboard shortcuts by examining the preferences panel.

Keyboard shortcuts have the possibility of being “global”. This means the keyboard command will take action even when Foobar2000 is in the background. As long as Foobar2000 is running, global shortcuts can be used to control it. There are no global keyboard shortcuts among the set of predefined keys, although one can easily modify this. (Good candidate keys for assigning globally are the volume-controling keys: Num + and Num -) Global key assignments should be made carefully as they may interfere with your ability to use other applications.

Keyboard Shortcut preferences panel

This preferences panel is where keyboard shortcuts are added, modified, deleted, or simply inspected.

A related Foobar2000 preference is located on the "Disaply" preferences panel. A normally-checked box specifies whether keyboard shortcuts should be displayed in the menus. You may wish to uncheck this to prevent menus from becoming unmanageably wide.

“Assigned Shortcuts” portion: lists and defines shortcuts

The top portion of the keyboard shortcut preferences panel contains a list of exiting shortcuts. The list of shortcuts may be sorted by clicking on one of list headers.

“Action” portion: menu structure and filter

“Key” portion: assignment of keystroke

Predefined Keyboard Shortcuts

There are thirty-one predefined shortcuts in a fresh installation of Foobar2000 ver.0.9.4.2. All predefined shortcuts are “non-global”, or local, shortcuts. These keyboard shortcuts take effect only when Foobar2000 is the active window.

modifier key action/menu-command modifier key action/menu-command
Num 4 Seek back by 10 seconds Alt A Always on Top
Ctrl Num 4 Seek back by 1 minute Num + Volume up
Num 6 Seek ahead by 10 seconds Num - Volume down
Ctrl Num 6 Seek ahead by 1 minute = Volume up
Num Del Remove Shift = Volume up
Z Stop - Volume down
X Pause Ctrl Tab Next Playlist
C Play Shift+Ctrl Tab Previous Playlist
V Next Ctrl N New Playlist
Shift V Previous Ctrl W Remove Playlist
Ctrl P Preferences Ctrl F4 Remove Playlist
Ctrl C Copy Name(s) Ctrl O Open…
Ctrl A Select All Ctrl S Save Playlist…
Ctrl Z Undo Ctrl U Add Location…
Shift+Ctrl Z Redo
F3 Search
Ctrl F Search

Effect of additional plugins

Installing additional components to Foobar2000 does not affect existing keyboard shortcuts. A component will not add new keyboard shortcuts, nor will it modify existing shortcuts. However, new components often add menu items to the Foobar2000 menu structure. You are allowed to assign keyboard shortcuts to new commands effected by new plugins.

In the event a plugin is later removed—and its commands had been assigned to shortcuts—errors will be noted in the corresponding entries of the assignment portion of the keyboard shortcuts preferences pane (i.e. top portion).

Removing existing keyboard shortcuts

Any and all keyboard shortcuts may be removed. This includes keyboard shortcuts present in the fresh installation of Foobar2000.

Should you remove a desired shortcut by accident, you may refer to the above table then redefine it. Alternatively, you could reset all keyboard shortcuts to their original state by clicking the “Reset Page” button.

Defining new keyboard shortcuts

Multimedia keys

Avoiding conflicts