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25 Useful Kodi Keyboard Shortcuts You Need To Know

Kodi is not particularly mouse friendly. Perhaps understandable:given the app's Xbox background, mouse support didn't need to be hard-coded in the early days. Nowadays, the app is widely used on PC, and the mouse input feels a bit clunky and imprecise.

But you do not need to use the mouse at all when you are using Kodi. You can use keyboard shortcuts instead. In fact, due to the shortcomings of mouse input, it's possibly the preferred way to navigate the application.

Here are some Kodi shortcuts that you really need to know. We've divided the shortcuts into three categories for easy navigation.

Playback Shortcuts in Kodi

  • P: Play
  • S: Stop
  • Space: Pause / Play
  • F: Fast forward
  • R: Rewind
  • Left arrow: Jump forward 30 seconds
  • Correct arrow: Go back 30 seconds
  • T: Enable / disable subtitles
  • +/ -: Volume up / down
  • F8: Mute
  • ME: View information about the currently playing video.
  • ONE: Audio delay out of sync
  • Z: Change the aspect ratio of the screen.

Browsing shortcuts in Kodi

  • \: Toggle the app's full screen mode.
  • Arrow keys: Navigate menu options
  • Enter: Select the current menu item or button
  • Escape: Returns to the previous menu or screen.
  • S: Turn off the app (while no video is playing)
  • METRO: Jump to the sidebar menu.
  • Page up: Skip to the next video in queue.
  • Page Down: Return to previously queued video

Image cuts in Kodi

  • 1-9: Zoom in / out an image
  • . (Period): Skip to the next image.
  • , (Comma): Go back to the previous image.
  • +/ -: Alternative zoom buttons

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