cmus Keyboard Shortcuts Quick Reference¶

A console music player written in C that focuses on being small, fast and powerful for the Unix-link operating systems.

Views¶

Task	Shortcut(s)	Notes
Library	`1`	Display library tracks as a tree grouped by artist (alphabetically) then album (year).
Library Sorted	`2`	A simple list of Library view sorted by user criteria.
Playlist	`3`	A user curated playlist with optional sorting.
Play Queue	`4`	Displays upcoming tracks that are played before anything else (e.g. playlist, library). When Play Queue is empty, playback will resume from the last position in the library.
Browser	`5`	A file system directory browser. Music can be added to library, active playlist or queue.
Filters	`6`	A list of user-defined filters.
Settings	`7`	List keybindings, unbound commands and options.

Task	Shortcut(s)	Notes
Pause / Play	`c`
Play / Restart	`x`
Seek -1m Backward	`,`	Seek or skip the current playing track backward by 1 minute.
Seek -5s Backward	`h` / `←`	Seek or skip the current playing track backward by 5 seconds.
Seek +1m Forward	`.`	Seek or skip the current playing track forward by 1 minute.
Seek +5s Forward	`l` / `→`	Seek or skip the current playing track forward by 5 seconds.
Stop	`v`
Toggle Continue	`Shift` + `c`
Toggle Playing Mode	`m`	Toggles between artist, album and all.
Toggle Repeat	`r`
Toggle Shuffle	`s`
Track Next	`b`
Track Previous	`z`
Volume -10%	`-`
Volume +10%	`=` / `+`

Task	Shortcut(s)	Notes
Add Track/Folder to Library	`a`	Used in Browser view only.
Append Track to Play Queue	`e`
Prepend Track to Play Queue	`Shift` + `e`
Add Track to Playlist	`y`
Move Marked Track(s) After	`p`	Marked tracks are moved to the position immediately after the selected track.
Move Marked Track(s) Before	`Shift` + `p`	Marked tracks are moved to the position immediately before the selected track.
Remove Track	`Shift` + `d` / `Del`	Removes track from current view (Library, Library Sorted, Playlist or Play Queue).