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Winamp Cheat Sheet

Posted on 23 November 2009

By Digit Magazine

Main Window Playback:

Shortcut

Function

[X]

Play, Restart and Resume

[V]

Stop

[Shift]+[V]

Fade out

[C]

Pause and Resume

[B]

Next Track

[Z]

Previous Track

Right Arrow

Rewind 5 seconds

Left Arrow

Fast Forward 5 seconds

Numeric key [7]

Rewind 5 seconds

Numeric key [9]

Fast Forward 5 seconds

Numeric key [1]

Jump 10 songs forward

Numeric key [3]

Jump 10 songs forward

Numeric key [0]

Load file

[Ctrl]+Numeric key [0]

Load location

[Shift]+[Insert]

Play directory

Numeric key[8]

Increase Volume

Numeric key[2]

Decrease Volume

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Equalizer:

Shortcut

Function

[1],[2],[3]…..[0]

Increase corresponding equalizer bands

[Q],[W],[E]….[P]

Decrease corresponding equalizer bands

[~]

Increase Pre-amp

[Tab]

Decrease Pre-amp

[S]

Open Preset menu

[Ctrl]+[S]

Load Preset

[A]

Toggle auto-loading

[Ctrl]+[F4]

Close equalizer

[N]

Toggle equalizer


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Menu Functions:

Shortcut

Function

[Alt]+[F]

File Menu

[Alt]+[P]

Play Menu

[Alt]+[O]

Options Menu

[Alt]+[I]

View Menu

[Ctrl]+[P]

Preferences Menu

[Alt]+[S]

Open Skin Browser

[Alt]+[K]

Configure Visualisation

[F1]

Open About Winamp Window


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MiniBrowser:

Shortcut

Function

[Alt]+[Left]

Go Back

[Alt]+[Right]

Go Forward

[Ctrl]+[L]

Open “Go” Menu

[Ctrl]+[O]

Go to Location

[Ctrl]+[R]

Refresh

[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[R]

Refresh links list


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Playlist playback:

Shortcut

Function

[R]

Toggle repeat

[S]

Toggle shuffle

[L]

Add file

[Ctrl]+[L]

Add Location

[Shift]+[L]+[Insert]

Add directory

[Enter]

Play file

[Ctrl]+[ Shift]+[1]

Sort by title

[Ctrl]+[ Shift]+[2]

Sort by filename

[Ctrl]+[ Shift]+[3]

Sort by path

[Ctrl]+[R]

Reverse playlist

[Ctrl]+[ Shift]+[R]

Randomize playlist

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Playlist Controls:

Shortcut

Function

[Ctrl]+[N]

New playlist

[Ctrl]+[O]

Load playlist

[Ctrl]+[S]

Save playlist

[Alt]+[3]

Edit playlist

[Ctrl]+[E]

Edit file name

[Ctrl]+[A]

Select all

[Ctrl]+[T]

Invert selection

[Delete]

Remove selected items

[Ctrl]+[Delete]

Remove all but selected

[Alt]+[Delete]

Remove all non-existent files

[Alt]+Down Arrow

Move files downward

[Alt]+Up Arrow

Move files upward

Down Arrow

Select downward

Up Arrow

Select upward

[Shift]+Up Arrow

Select multiple files upward

[Shift]+Down Arrow

Select multiple files downward

[Page Up]

Move up by a fifth of the display playlist

[Page Down]

Move down by a fifth of the displayed playlist

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Visualizer Window:

Shortcut

Function

[Ctrl]+[O]

Visualization Options

[Alt]+[K]

Configure current plug-in

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[K]

Start/Stop current plug-in

[Ctrl]+[K]

Open Visualization preference

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Global Hotkeys:

Works on Winamp irrespective of which program you are running. Go to Preferences>Global Hotkeys and check Enabled.

Shortcut

Function

[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Insert]

Play

[Ctrl]+ [Alt]+ [Home]

Pause

[Ctrl]+ [Alt]+ [End]

Stop

[Ctrl]+ [Alt]+ [Page Up]

Play previous track

[Ctrl]+ [Alt]+ [Page Down]

Play next track

[Ctrl]+ [Alt] +Up Arrow

Increase Volume

[Ctrl]+ [Alt]+Down Arrow

Decrease Volume

[Ctrl]+ [Alt]+Left Arrow

Rewind 5 seconds

[Ctrl]+ [Alt]+Right Arrow

Fast Forward 5 seconds

[Ctrl]+ [Alt] +[J]

Jump to Box

[Ctrl]+ [Alt] +[L]

Open File Dialogue

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