iTunes 10 for Windows: Keyboard shortcuts
Posted: Monday, May 26, 2014 by Tyler Durden in Labels: technology
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iTunes 10 for Windows: Keyboard shortcuts
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You can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly accomplish many tasks in iTunes. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the iTunes menus, or use the table below as a reference. Many items in iTunes (for example, songs and column headings) also have contextual menus. To see a contextual menu, right-click the item.
To turn on full keyboard navigation, choose Edit > Preferences, click General, and select “Enable full keyboard navigation.”
Some screen readers override keyboard combinations built into iTunes; check the screen reader documentation for instructions on customizing key combinations.
To perform an action, press the shortcut keys indicated below.
Action
|
Shortcut
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|---|---|
Playback shortcuts
| |
Play the currently selected song immediately
|
Enter
|
Move forward or backward within a song
|
Control-Alt-Arrow
|
Listen to the next or previous album in a list
|
Shift-Right Arrow or Left Arrow
|
Go to the next or previous song in a list
|
Left Arrow or Right Arrow (or click the Skip Forward or Skip Backward controls in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window)
|
Library and playlist shortcuts
| |
Select or deselect all the songs in a list
|
Control-click the checkbox next to a song
|
Create a playlist from a selection of songs
|
Shift-click the Add (+) button (or drag the songs to the white area of the source pane)
|
Create a new Smart Playlist
|
Shift-click the Add (+) button
|
Reshuffle the current playlist
|
Alt-click the Shuffle button
|
Refresh the Radio or iTunes DJ list (when selected, below Library)
|
F5
|
Refresh a Genius Playlist (when selected, below Genius)
|
F5
|
iTunes Store shortcuts
| |
Go to the next page in the iTunes Store
|
Control-Right bracket ( ] ) or Alt–Right Arrow
|
Go to the previous page in the iTunes Store
|
Control-Left bracket ( [ ) or Alt–Left Arrow
|
Check for new podcast episodes (when Podcasts is selected, below Library)
|
F5
|
Initiate a search in the iTunes Store (from anywhere in iTunes)
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Type in Search field and press Shift-Return
|
Open the Store menu
|
Alt-S
|
Check for app updates (when Apps is selected, below Library)
|
F5
|
File and window shortcuts
| |
Expand or collapse all the triangles in the Radio’s Stream list
|
Control-click a triangle
|
Shrink the iTunes window to show only the playback controls
|
Click the zoom control in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window
|
In the Get Info window, see the info for the next or previous song in the list
|
Alt-N or Alt-P
|
Select the search field
|
Control-Alt-F
|
See more options when a visual effect is showing
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Press ?, then press the indicated key to use an option (not all visual effects support this)
|
Choose artwork for the selected video
|
While the video is playing, press the Control key, click the movie, and choose Set Poster Frame
|
iPod shortcuts
| |
Prevent iPod from automatically syncing when you connect it to your computer
|
Shift-Control as you connect the iPod to your computer (hold the keys down until the iPod appears in the iTunes window)
|
iPhone shortcuts
| |
Prevent iPhone from automatically syncing when you connect it to your computer
|
Shift-Control as you connect the iPhone to your computer (hold the keys down until the iPhone appears in the iTunes window)
|
Spoken word shortcuts
| |
Go to the next or last chapter (if available)
|
Control-Shift-Right Arrow or Left Arrow
|
File menu shortcuts
| |
Create a new playlist
|
Control-N
|
Add a file to your music library
|
Control-O
|
Close the iTunes window
|
Control-W
|
Open the song or CD Info window for the selected song or CD
|
Control-I
|
Show where a song file is located
|
Control-R
|
Show the currently playing song in the list
|
Control-L
|
Edit menu shortcuts
| |
Open iTunes Preferences
|
Control-Comma
|
Undo your last typing change while still in edit mode
|
Control-Z
|
Cut the selected song’s information or artwork
|
Control-X
|
Copy the selected song’s information or artwork
|
Control-C
|
Paste the selected song’s information or artwork
|
Control-V
|
Select all the songs in the list
|
Control-A
|
Deselect all the songs in the list
|
Shift-Control-A
|
Control menu shortcuts
| |
Start or stop playing the selected song
|
Space Bar
|
When a song is playing, play the next song in a list
|
Right Arrow
|
When a song is playing, play the previous song in a list
|
Left Arrow
|
Increase the volume
|
Control-Up Arrow
|
Decrease the volume
|
Control-Down Arrow
|
Mute the sound (song keeps playing)
|
Control-Alt-Down Arrow
|
Eject a CD
|
Control-E
|
Window menu shortcuts
| |
Eject a CD
|
Control-E
|
View menu shortcuts
| |
Hide or show the Browser (Artist and Album columns)
|
Control-B
|
Hide or show song artwork
|
Control-G
|
Turn the visualizer on or off
|
Control-T
|
Switch between visual effects using the entire screen or appearing in the iTunes window (when visualizer is on)
|
Command-F
|
Enter or exit full-screen view
|
Control-F
|
Open the View Options window for the selected source
|
Control-J
|
Advanced menu shortcuts
| |
Stream audio file at a specific URL to iTunes
|
Control-U
|
Help menu shortcuts
| |
Open iTunes Help
|
Control-?
|
General shortcuts
| |
Open iTunes in “safe mode” (without external plug-ins)
|
Control-Shift (while opening iTunes)
|
Edit the name of the currently selected item
|
F2
|
Refresh source list
|
F5
|
Interrupt the current process (burning a CD, syncing, converting a file, and so on)
|
Control-Break
|
With full keyboard navigation enabled
| |
Tab
|
Select the next control
|
Click the currently selected control
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Enter
|
Open or close the selected item’s disclosure triangle
|
Left Arrow or Right Arrow, or + and - on the numeric keypad
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