VLC Player keyboard shortcuts

Explore all 104 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for VLC Player 2025 on an interactive visual keyboard. Toggle modifiers (Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Meta), filter by category, and search any command or key combination.

Top shortcuts

  • F — Fullscreen
  • Escape — Leave fullscreen
  • Space — Play/Pause
  • BracketRight — Pause only
  • BracketLeft — Play only
  • Minus — Slower
  • Equal — Normal rate
  • N — Next
  • P — Previous
  • S — Stop
  • T — Position
  • Shift+ArrowLeft — Very short backwards jump
  • Shift+ArrowRight — Very short forwards jump
  • Alt+ArrowLeft — Short backwards jump
  • Alt+ArrowRight — Short forwards jump
  • Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Medium backwards jump
  • Ctrl+ArrowRight — Medium forwards jump
  • Ctrl+Alt+ArrowLeft — Long backwards jump
  • Ctrl+Alt+ArrowRight — Long forwards jump
  • E — Next frame
  • Enter — Activate
  • ArrowUp — Navigate up
  • ArrowDown — Navigate down
  • ArrowLeft — Navigate left
  • ArrowRight — Navigate right
  • Shift+M — Go to the DVD menu
  • Shift+O — Select previous DVD title
  • Shift+B — Select next DVD title
  • Shift+P — Select previous DVD chapter
  • Shift+N — Select next DVD chapter

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