Most features and buttons in Windows Media Player are also accessible using the keyboard. The Player provides a variety of keyboard shortcuts for the more commonly used commands and buttons for controlling the Player. The following table shows the various keyboard shortcuts for the Player.
Note
• Some keyboard shortcuts only work when the Player is in a certain mode or when you play certain media types. For example, the shortcuts for changing the video size only work when you are viewing videos or pictures in Now Playing mode.
| To do this | Use this keyboard shortcut |
| Video size 50% | Alt+1 |
| Video size 100% | Alt+2 |
| Video size 200% | Alt+3 |
| Toggle display for full-screen video | Alt+Enter |
| Retrace your steps back through your most recent views in the | |
| Alt+Left Arrow | |
| Player | |
| Retrace your steps forward through your most recent views in the Player | Alt+Right Arrow |
| Switch to Player Library | Ctrl+1 |
| Switch to skin mode | Ctrl+2 |
| Switch to Now Playing mode | Ctrl+3 |
| Add to play list | Ctrl+7 |
| Add to burn list | Ctrl+8 |
| Add to sync list | Ctrl+9 |
| Previous (item or topic) | Ctrl+B |
| In the Player Library, put the cursor in the search box | Ctrl+E |
| Next (item or topic) | Ctrl+F |
| Turn shuffle on or off | Ctrl+H |
| Eject CD or DVD (this doesn’t work on computers equipped with | |
| Ctrl+J | |
| two or more CD or DVD disc drives) | |
| In the Player Library, show or hide the menu bar | Ctrl+M |
| Create a new playlist | Ctrl+N |
| Open a file | Ctrl+O |
| Play or pause playing | Ctrl+P |
| Stop playing | Ctrl+S |
| Turn repeat on or off | Ctrl+T |
| Specify a URL or path to a file | Ctrl+U |
| Close or stop playing a file | Ctrl+W |
| Restart video | Ctrl+Shift+B |
| Turn captions and subtitles on or off | Ctrl+Shift+C |
| Fast-forward through video or music | Ctrl+Shift+F |
| Use a fast play speed | Ctrl+Shift+G |
| Play at normal speed | Ctrl+Shift+N |
| Use a slow play speed | Ctrl+Shift+S |
| Display Windows Media Player Help | F1 |
| Edit media information on a selected item in the Player Library | F2 |
| Switch the view of items in the details pane | F4 |
| Increase the size of album art | F6 |
| Decrease the size of album art | Shift+F6 |
| Mute the volume | F7 |
| Decrease the volume | F8 |
| Increase the volume | F9 |
