These are the most used shortcut keys for Winamp. You can access them at any time by going to Winamp menu then click on Help > About Winamp. A dialog box opens, and you’ll see four tabs, one of which is keyboard shorcuts.
| General Keyboard Shortcuts |
Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts | |||||
| Key | Action | Key | Action | |||
| F1 | Open Help | (options/toggles) | ||||
| Ctrl+F1 | About Box | R | Toggle Repeat | |||
| Ctrl+A | Toggle Always on Top (N/A in playlist editor and media library) |
S | Toggle Shuffle | |||
| Ctrl+Alt+A | Toggle always on top (playlist editor) | |||||
| Ctrl+W | Toggle Windowshade mode (main window, unless in playlist editor) |
Alt+3 | Current file info box/tag editor | |||
| Ctrl+D | Toggle Doublesize Mode | |||||
| Ctrl+E | Toggle Easymove (only applicable in classic skins) |
(playback controls) | ||||
| Ctrl+T | Toggle Time Display Mode | Z | Previous Track | |||
| Alt+W | Toggle Main Window | X | Play/Restart/Unpause | |||
| Alt+E | Toggle Playlist Editor | C | Pause/Unpause | |||
| Alt+G | Toggle Graphical Equalizer | V | Stop | |||
| Alt+V | Toggle Video Window | Shift+V | Stop with Fadeout | |||
| Alt+L | Toggle Media Library | Ctrl+V | Stop after current track | |||
| Ctrl+Tab | Cycle through different Winamp windows | B | Next Track | |||
| Alt+S | Go to Skin selection | L | Open/Play File | |||
| Ctrl+P | Go to Preferences | Ctrl+L | Open/Play location | |||
| Alt+F | Open Main Menu | Shift+L | Open/Play Directory | |||
| Alt+K | Configure current visualization plug-in | |||||
| Ctrl+Sh+K | Start/stop current visualization plug-In | Left Arrow | ||||
| Ctrl+K | Open visualization plug-in section of preferences | Right Arrow | ||||
| Ctrl+J | Jump to time in current track | Up Arrow | Turn Volume Up | |||
| J or Keypad . |
Down Arrow | |||||
| Ctrl+Alt+N | Spawn new Winamp instance | |||||
| Alt+M | Minimize Winamp | Keypad 1 | Jump Ten Songs Back | |||
| Ctrl+H | Show recently played files/streams (History :) | Keypad 6 | Next Track | |||
| Keypad 5 | Play/Restart/Unpause | |||||
| Keypad 4 | Previous Track | |||||
| Keypad 3 | Jump Ten Songs Forward | |||||
| Keypad 7 | Rewind 5 seconds | |||||
| Keypad 9 | Fast-forward 5 seconds | |||||
| Keypad 8 | Turn Volume Up | |||||
| Keypad 2 | Turn Volume Down | |||||
| Keypad 0 | Open/Play File | |||||
| Ctrl+Keypad 0 | ||||||
| Insert | Open/Play Directory | |||||
| Playlist Window Keyboard Shortcuts |
Equalizer Keyboard Shortcuts (Classic skins only) |
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| Key | Action | Key | Action | |||
| R | Toggle Repeat | |||||
| S | Toggle Shuffle | Q – P | Increase EQ bands 1-10 | |||
| ` | Decrease EQ bands 1-10 | |||||
| (file io) | TAB | Increase EQ Preamp | ||||
| L | Add File | N | Decrease EQ Preamp | |||
| Ctrl+L | Add Location | A | Toggle EQ Enabled | |||
| Shift+L | Add Directory | S | Toggle EQ Auto-Loading | |||
| Ctrl+N | New (Clear) Playlist | Ctrl+S | Open Presets Menu | |||
| Ctrl+O | Open (Load) Playlist | Load Preset | ||||
| Ctrl+S | Save Playlist | |||||
| Alt+3 | View/Edit Track Info | |||||
| Ctrl+E | Edit Selected Track Filename(s) | |||||
| Ctrl+Keypad 0 |
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| Insert | Add Directory | |||||
| (playlist manipulation) |
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| Ctrl+A | Select All | |||||
| Ctrl+I | Invert Selection | |||||
| Delete | Remove Selected Files from Playlist | |||||
| Ctrl+Delete | Crop Playlist | |||||
| Ctrl+Sh+Del | Clear Playlist (same as Ctrl+N) | |||||
| Alt+Down Arrow | Move Selected Files Down | |||||
| Alt+Up Arrow | Move Selected Files Up | |||||
| Down Arrow | ||||||
| Up Arrow | Move Cursor Up | |||||
| Enter | Play Selected File | |||||
| End | Jump to End of List | |||||
| Home | Jump to Start of List | |||||
| Page Up | Move up by a fifth of a page | |||||
| Page Down | Move down by a fifth of a page | |||||
| Alt+Delete | ||||||
| (playlist sorting) |
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| Ctrl+Sh+1 | Sort Playlist by Title | |||||
| Ctrl+Sh+2 | Sort Playlist by File Name | |||||
| Ctrl+Sh+3 | Sort Playlist by File Path and Name | |||||
| Ctrl+R | Reverse Playlist | |||||
| Ctrl+Sh+R | Randomize Playlist | |||||