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NAME

mpcpluskeys - mpcplus key bindings and usage

DESCRIPTION

This man page describes the key bindings used to control the mpcplus music player client.

KEYS - CUSTOM

MusicPlayerPlus provides the following custom mpcplus key bindings:

  • [ Alt-c ] - Display album cover art for currently playing song
  • [ Alt-f ] - Open the fuzzy finder to search/select media
  • [ Alt-m ] - Open the MPD monitor in a terminal window
  • [ Alt-r ] - Raise/lower the spectrum visualizer window

KEYS - MOVEMENT

  • [ Up k ] - Move cursor up
  • [ Down j ] - Move cursor down
  • [ [ ] - Move cursor up one album
  • [ ] ] - Move cursor down one album
  • [ { ] - Move cursor up one artist
  • [ } ] - Move cursor down one artist
  • [ Page Up ] - Page up
  • [ Page Down ] - Page down
  • [ Home ] - Home
  • [ End ] - End
  • [ Tab ] - Switch to next screen in sequence
  • [ Shift-Tab ] - Switch to previous screen
  • [ F1 ] - Show help
  • [ 1 ] - Show playlist
  • [ 2 ] - Show browser
  • [ 3 ] - Show search engine
  • [ 4 ] - Show media library
  • [ 5 ] - Show playlist editor
  • [ 6 ] - Show tag editor
  • [ 7 ] - Show outputs
  • [ 8 ] - Show music visualizer
  • [ = ] - Show clock
  • [ @ ] - Show server info

KEYS - GLOBAL

  • [ s ] - Stop
  • [ p ] - Pause
  • [ > ] - Next track
  • [ < ] - Previous track
  • [ Ctrl-H Backspace ] - Replay playing song
  • [ f ] - Seek forward in playing song
  • [ b ] - Seek backward in playing song
  • [ - Left ] - Decrease volume by 2%
  • [ Right + ] - Increase volume by 2%
  • [ t ] - Toggle space mode (select/add)
  • [ T ] - Toggle add mode (add or remove/always add)
  • [ | ] - Toggle mouse support
  • [ v ] - Reverse selection
  • [ V ] - Remove selection
  • [ B ] - Select songs of album around the cursor
  • [ a ] - Add selected items to playlist
  • [ ` ] - Add random items to playlist
  • [ r ] - Toggle repeat mode
  • [ z ] - Toggle random mode
  • [ y ] - Toggle single mode
  • [ R ] - Toggle consume mode
  • [ Y ] - Toggle replay gain mode
  • [ # ] - Toggle bitrate visibility
  • [ Z ] - Shuffle playlist
  • [ x ] - Toggle crossfade mode
  • [ X ] - Set crossfade
  • [ u ] - Start music database update
  • [ : ] - Execute command
  • [ Ctrl-F ] - Apply filter
  • [ / ] - Find item forward
  • [ ? ] - Find item backward
  • [ , ] - Jump to previous found item
  • [ . ] - Jump to next found item
  • [ w ] - Toggle find mode (normal/wrapped)
  • [ G ] - Locate song in browser
  • [ ~ ] - Locate song in media library
  • [ Ctrl-L ] - Lock/unlock current screen
  • [ Left h ] - Switch to master screen (left one)
  • [ Right l ] - Switch to slave screen (right one)
  • [ E ] - Locate song in tag editor
  • [ P ] - Toggle display mode
  • [ \ ] - Toggle user interface
  • [ ! ] - Toggle displaying separators between albums
  • [ g ] - Jump to given position in playing song (formats: mm:ss, x%)
  • [ i ] - Show song info
  • [ I ] - Show artist info
  • [ L ] - Toggle lyrics fetcher
  • [ F ] - Toggle fetching lyrics for playing songs in background
  • [ q ] - Quit

KEYS - PLAYLIST

  • [ Enter ] - Play selected item
  • [ Delete ] - Delete selected item(s) from playlist
  • [ c ] - Clear playlist
  • [ C ] - Clear playlist except selected item(s)
  • [ Ctrl-P ] - Set priority of selected items
  • [ Ctrl-K m ] - Move selected item(s) up
  • [ n Ctrl-J ] - Move selected item(s) down
  • [ M ] - Move selected item(s) to cursor position
  • [ A ] - Add item to playlist
  • [ e ] - Edit song
  • [ S ] - Save playlist
  • [ Ctrl-V ] - Sort playlist
  • [ Ctrl-R ] - Reverse playlist
  • [ o ] - Jump to current song
  • [ U ] - Toggle playing song centering

KEYS - BROWSER

  • [ Enter ] - Enter directory/Add item to playlist and play it
  • [ Space ] - Add item to playlist/select it
  • [ e ] - Edit song
  • [ e ] - Edit directory name
  • [ e ] - Edit playlist name
  • [ 2 ] - Browse MPD database/local filesystem
  • [ ` ] - Toggle sort mode
  • [ o ] - Locate playing song
  • [ Ctrl-H Backspace ] - Jump to parent directory
  • [ Delete ] - Delete selected items from disk
  • [ G ] - Jump to playlist editor (playlists only)

KEYS - SEARCH ENGINE

  • [ Enter ] - Add item to playlist and play it/change option
  • [ Space ] - Add item to playlist
  • [ e ] - Edit song
  • [ y ] - Start searching
  • [ 3 ] - Reset search constraints and clear results

KEYS - MEDIA LIBRARY

  • [ 4 ] - Switch between two/three columns mode
  • [ Left h ] - Previous column
  • [ Right l ] - Next column
  • [ Enter ] - Add item to playlist and play it
  • [ Space ] - Add item to playlist
  • [ e ] - Edit song
  • [ e ] - Edit tag (left column)/album (middle/right column)
  • [ ` ] - Toggle type of tag used in left column
  • [ m ] - Toggle sort mode

KEYS - PLAYLIST EDITOR

  • [ Left h ] - Previous column
  • [ Right l ] - Next column
  • [ Enter ] - Add item to playlist and play it
  • [ Space ] - Add item to playlist/select it
  • [ e ] - Edit song
  • [ e ] - Edit playlist name
  • [ Ctrl-K m ] - Move selected item(s) up
  • [ n Ctrl-J ] - Move selected item(s) down
  • [ Delete ] - Delete selected playlists (left column)
  • [ Delete ] - Delete selected item(s) from playlist (right column)
  • [ c ] - Clear playlist
  • [ C ] - Clear playlist except selected item(s)
  • [ Ctrl-P ] - Set priority of selected items
  • [ Ctrl-K m ] - Move selected item(s) up
  • [ n Ctrl-J ] - Move selected item(s) down
  • [ M ] - Move selected item(s) to cursor position
  • [ A ] - Add item to playlist
  • [ e ] - Edit song
  • [ S ] - Save playlist
  • [ Ctrl-V ] - Sort playlist
  • [ Ctrl-R ] - Reverse playlist
  • [ o ] - Jump to current song
  • [ U ] - Toggle playing song centering

KEYS - LYRICS

  • [ Space ] - Toggle reloading lyrics upon song change
  • [ e ] - Open lyrics in external editor
  • [ ` ] - Refetch lyrics

KEYS - TERMINAL WINDOWS

  • [ Alt-f ] - Open the fuzzy finder to search/select media
  • [ Alt-m ] - Open the MPD monitor in a terminal window
  • [ Alt-r ] - Raise/lower the spectrum visualizer window

KEYS - TMUX SESSIONS

  • [ Alt-PgDn ] - Next window
  • [ Shift-Right ] - Next window
  • [ Alt-PgUp ] - Previous window
  • [ Shift-Left ] - Previous window
  • [ Alt-x ] - Prompt to kill session
  • [ Alt-X ] - Kill session
  • [ Alt-Left ] - Move pane focus to left
  • [ Alt-Right ] - Move pane focus to right
  • [ Alt-Up ] - Move pane focus up
  • [ Alt-Down ] - Move pane focus down

KEYS - TINY TAG EDITOR

  • [ Enter ] - Edit tag
  • [ y ] - Save

KEYS - TAG EDITOR

  • [ Enter ] - Edit tag/filename of selected item (left column)
  • [ Enter ] - Perform operation on all/selected items (middle column)
  • [ Space ] - Switch to albums/directories view (left column)
  • [ Space ] - Select item (right column)
  • [ Left h ] - Previous column
  • [ Right l ] - Next column
  • [ Ctrl-H Backspace ] - Jump to parent directory (left column, directories view)

LICENSING

MPCPLUSKEYS is distributed under an Open Source license. See the file COPYING in the MPCPLUSKEYS source distribution for information on terms & conditions for accessing and otherwise using MPCPLUSKEYS and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.

BUGS

Submit bug reports online at:

https://github.com/doctorfree/MusicPlayerPlus/issues

SEE ALSO

mpcplus(1), mpplus(1), mpd(1)

Full documentation and sources at:

https://github.com/doctorfree/MusicPlayerPlus