#Final media player shortcut key play windows#
Problem: Pressing the “Play” media key starts Windows Media Player.Here is one scenario where this was accomplished with a bit of effort. You may wish to redefine your dedicated multimedia keys (stop, play, etc.) to control foobar2000 functions instead of Windows Media Player. The instructions in this section may be useful, if not specifically applicable, to your installation.
#Final media player shortcut key play pro#
Note: Set of instruction below applies to a particular combination of hardware (keyboard w/ media keys) and software (IntelliType Pro keyboard driver). Make sure that LibreOffice is not in focus - see LibreOffice bug number 32664).Close other software that reacts to multimedia key (for example Winamp).In the event that you had disabled part of your interface, such as hiding the menu bar, you would want to open the preferences panel using Ctrl+ P and restore the interface.ĭefining new keyboard shortcuts Multimedia keys It is recommended that you do NOT delete (or redefine) the Ctrl+ P shortcut. Alternatively, you might reset all shortcuts to their original state by clicking the “Reset Page” button. Should you remove a desired shortcut by accident, refer to the above table and redefine it. This includes shortcuts present in the foobar2000 installation. Removing existing keyboard shortcuts Īny and all keyboard shortcuts may be removed. In the event a plugin is later removed, and its commands had been assigned to shortcuts, errors would be noted in corresponding entries in the keyboard shortcuts preferences pane (i.e. You are allowed to assign keyboard shortcuts to new commands effected by additional plugins. However, new components often add menu items to the menu structure. A component will not add new keyboard shortcuts, nor will it modify existing shortcuts. Installing additional components to foobar2000 does not affect existing keyboard shortcuts. These keyboard shortcuts take effect only when foobar2000 is the active window. All predefined shortcuts are “non-global”, or local, shortcuts.
There are nine predefined shortcuts in a fresh installation of foobar2000 v0.9.5 and later. To assign a different keystroke, click in the field and press the new keystroke. The final portion of the keyboard shortcuts preferences panel shows the keystroke assigned to a given action. Be sure to remove stray characters that might be entered in this filter-otherwise you may not be able to see the command you're after! Otherwise, the filter has no effect on foobar2000's operation. This filter reduces the number of items displayed in the commands list, assuming the user enters part of the command name he is looking for. Keyboard Shortcut preferences panel Ī filter is available to speed the task of assigning new commands. 3: in “Key” portion: select (highlight) keystroke field, press keystroke combination.2: in “Action” portion: select (highlight) menu “Action”.1: in “Assigned Shortcuts” portion: select (highlight) current shortcut or add new shortcut.Global assignments should be made carefully as they may interfere with your ability to use other applications. Good candidates for global assignment are the volume-controling keys: Num + and Num −. One can easily assign global status to one or more of these keys. There are no global keyboard shortcuts among the predefined keys. Users having keyboards equipped with dedicated multi-media keys may wish to assign global keyboard shortcuts to these keys. If foobar2000 is running, global keyboard shortcuts will control it. A global keyboard shortcut takes action even when foobar2000 is running in the background. Keyboard shortcuts have the possibility of being defined as “global”. Keyboard shortcuts can be defined for unmodified keys, such as Z for “stop”, or for modified keys such as Ctrl+ N for “New Playlist.” Possible modifiers are Ctrl, ⇧ Shift, Alt, and ⊞ Win. It is helpful to review predefined keyboard shortcuts by examining the preferences panel. Many of these shortcuts are familiar: Ctrl+ S for “save”, Ctrl+ P for “preferences”, et cetera. Several dozen keyboard shortcuts are predefined upon installation of foobar2000. Menu commands may include the main menu bar, context menus, and sub-menus. Keyboard shortcuts are associated with menu commands. 1.1 Keyboard Shortcut definition procedure.