Keyboard shortcuts overview

Moving in database

Keys Function Further info
Ctrl+Home Go to top of list  
Ctrl+End Go to end of list  
Ctrl+F Find Search for any string across whole database
F3 Find Next Search for next occurrence of the same string
any keys Go to first occurrence in column Multiple keys quickly pressed are allowed

Tags editing

Keys Function Further info
Enter Edit ID3 Tag Also available from right-click menu
Shift+Enter Edit Lyrics3 Tag Also available from right-click menu
Ctrl+S Strip current tag Removes tag from MP3 file
Ctrl+C Copy ID3 data to internal clipboard  
Ctrl+V Paste ID3 data from internal clipboard  
Ctrl+T Multi Tagger Allows quick tagging/tag corrections
Ctrl+L Image Linker allows image linking to multiple tracks
Ctrl+F7 Mass autoformatter  

Filtering

Keys Function Further info
Ctrl+Q Quick Filter Similar to Find and Quick Select
F2 Treeview Filter  
F11 Advanced Filter  
Ctrl+O Deactivate Filter  

Selections

Keys Function Further info
Shift+Up/Down Select/deselect Selects track if unselected, unselects if already selected
Ctrl+A Select all  
Ctrl+D Deselect all "Deselect all" function is also available as a "hidden function" of "Selected tracks" label... just click on number of selected tracks
Ctrl+R Randomly select ... Number of tracks is specified in Preferences/Select
Ctrl+U Shuffle current selection Shuffles the order of selected files
Ctrl+I Invert Selection All selected files become unselected and vice versa
Ctrl+M Merge selection When selected, new selection is added to previous
Alt+F3 Quick Select Similar to "Find" function... but selects all tracks which contain searched string
F6 Favorite selections  
Shift+F6 Save selection as Favourite Shorter way, how save some selection into Favourites
/ Select tracks with identical text in column Assuming that you are using tags because information about artist, album and genre are taken just from them. Imagine, you have the cursor in database in column "artist" on artist "ABC". Artist "ABC" has 50 tracks. Using this command (or shortcut "/") MP3 Manager selects all tracks from artist "ABC". As well available from right mouse click menu.

Play (starting player)

Keys Function Further info
Ctrl+F1 Play selected tracks Plays all selected tracks (tracks which are marked by order number in column "sel# " of track list). If no track is selected, plays track under cursor. Also available as button .
Ctrl+F2 Start play Starts play. This is just command to the player to (re)start play for tracks which has the player already in internal playlist. Useful after building the playlist by "enqueuing"
* Play tracks with identical text in column Selects tracks and starts play
Ctrl+F4 Stop Stops MP3 player

Controlling player (requires player already started)

Keys Function Further info
+ Add selected tracks to playlist If no track is selected, adds track under the cursor
Ctrl+Up Play  
Ctrl+Down Pause  
Ctrl+Left Previous track  
Ctrl+Right Next track  
F7 Launch Lyrics3 Plugin (if installed and Winamp is active)
F9 View playlist You can see playlist from Winamp
F4 Import playlist from Winamp Creates selection in database and moves cursor to already playing track.

File management

Keys Function Further info
F12 Show Drop window  
F5 Database update Rescans all preset folders and rebuilds the database
Ctrl+N Rename track(s)  
Ctrl+E Open Explorer on current track  
Ctrl+Del Delete track(s) Deleted files are going to Recycle Bin

Manager Window Settings

Keys Function Further info
Ctrl+W Always on Top Sets MP3 Manager window to "always on top" status
Ctrl+H Hide List of Tracks Reduces MP3 Manager window to controls only

Miscellaneous

Keys Function Further info
F1 Help  
Alt+F4 Exit  
F8 CD Cache Add tracks on all CD's to main track list.
Ctrl+F8 CD Cache maintenance  
Ctrl+P Preferences  
Ctrl+G Media Files Setting