Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7
Here is a list of keyboard shortcuts for Windows Media Player which will provide ease of use to you.
Shortcut
|
Action
|
State
|
Ctrl
+ 1
|
Switches
to library mode
|
From
any mode
|
Ctrl
+ 2
|
Switches
to skin mode
|
From
any mode
|
Ctrl
+ 3
|
Switches
to player mode
|
From
any mode except full screen
|
Ctrl
+ 7
|
Add
to Play
|
In
library mode
|
Ctrl
+ 8
|
Add
to Burn
|
In
library mode
|
Ctrl
+ 9
|
Add
to Sync
|
In
library mode
|
Ctrl
+ A
|
Selects
everything in a list
|
In
the library or list
|
Ctrl
+ B
|
Previous
(Item or Chapter)
|
With
content playing
|
Ctrl
+ E
|
Focus
on Search text box and switch to library mode if not there
|
|
Ctrl
+ F
|
Next
(Item or Chapter)
|
With
content playing
|
Ctrl
+ H
|
Turn
on/off shuffle mode
|
|
Ctrl
+ J
|
Eject
|
In
any mode
|
Ctrl
+ M
|
Toggle
menu bar in library
|
In
any mode
|
Ctrl
+ N
|
Create
playlist
|
In
library mode
|
Ctrl
+ O
|
Shows
Open Dialog
|
In
any mode
|
Ctrl
+ P
|
Play/Pause
Toggle
|
With
content queued up
|
Ctrl
+ Q
|
Adds
selected track to open list
|
Default
is Play list
|
Ctrl
+ S
|
Stops
Playback
|
With
content playing
|
Ctrl
+ T
|
Turn
on/off repeat mode
|
In
any mode
|
Ctrl
+ U
|
Shows
Open URL Dialog
|
In
any mode
|
Ctrl
+ W
|
Stops
playback
|
With
content playing or paused
|
Ctrl
+ Shift + B
|
Rewinds
playing content
|
With
DVD playing
|
Ctrl
+ Shift + C
|
Caption
On/Off Toggle
|
Playing
content which has captions
|
Ctrl
+ Shift + F
|
Fast
forwards playing content
|
With
content playing
|
Ctrl
+ Shift + G
|
Play
Speed Fast
|
With
content playing
|
Ctrl
+ Shift + N
|
Play
Speed Normal
|
With
content playing
|
Ctrl
+ Shift + S
|
Play
Speed Slow
|
With
content playing
|
Ctrl
+ Right Arrow
|
Next
playlist in playlist history
|
Focus
not on Seek bar
|
Ctrl
+ Left Arrow
|
Previous
playlist in playlist history
|
Focus
not on Seek bar
|
Ctrl
+ Right Arrow
|
Skip
forward (large increment)
|
Focus
on Seek bar
|
Ctrl
+ Left Arrow
|
Skip
backward (large increment)
|
Focus
on Seek bar
|
Shift
+ Right Arrow
|
Skip
forward (small increment)
|
Focus
on Seek bar
|
Shift
+ Left Arrow
|
Skip
backward (small increment)
|
Focus
on Seek bar
|
Right
Arrow
|
Skip
forward
|
Focus
on Seek bar
|
Left
Arrow
|
Skip
backward
|
Focus
on Seek bar
|
Ctrl
+ Click
|
Resize
player to image
|
In
Now Playing mode
|
Escape
|
Return
to Now Playing
|
Full
Screen Mode
|
F1
|
Opens
Help file
|
In
any mode
|
F2
|
Edit
meta data column
|
In
library mode with an item selected
|
F4
|
Switch
view mode
|
In
library mode, focus in list view
|
F5
|
Refresh
screen
|
Focus
on library or in online services
|
F6
|
Increases
album art
|
Focus
in list view
|
Shift
+ F6
|
Decreases
album art
|
Focus
in list view
|
F7
|
Mutes
sound
|
In
any mode
|
F8
|
Decrease
sound volume
|
In
any mode
|
F9
|
Increases
sound volume
|
In
any mode
|
F10
|
Show
menu bar in library
|
From
any mode
|
Shift
+ F10
|
Context
menu shortcut
|
In
any mode
|
Alt
+ 1
|
Video
Size 50%
|
In
Now Playing or skin mode, with a video playing
|
Alt
+ 2
|
Video
Size 100%
|
In
Now Playing or skin mode, with a video playing
|
Alt
+ 3
|
Video
Size 200%
|
In
Now Playing or skin mode, with a video playing
|
Alt
+ Enter
|
Full
Screen Toggle
|
In
Now Playing, skin, or full screen mode
|
NOTE: These tips
are for Windows Media Player in Windows 7 only.
