ZWPlayer Keyboard Shortcuts: The Complete List

The mouse is the viewer’s tool; the keyboard is the power lever: frame-step inspection, speed-watching courses, zoom into detail, grab a quick recording — all keystroke away. This is the complete desktop cheat sheet, grouped by function, with hold-to-repeat notes and mobile gesture equivalents.

The Cheat Sheet

Playback

Key Action
Space / media keys Play / pause
0 Replay (jump to start)

Seeking & Frame Stepping

Key Action
→ / ← Seek ±5 s (hold to repeat; holding → speed-plays)
1-9 Jump to 10%-90% of the video (5 lands at the halfway point)
. Step forward frame (1/30 s)
, Step back frame (1/30 s)

Frame stepping is a hard requirement for content review, motion analysis, and teaching breakdowns — , and . are manual slow motion.

Volume & Speed

Key Action
↑ / ↓ Volume ±5%
M Mute toggle
Shift + 1 1× speed
Shift + 2 2× speed

Display & Tools

Key Action
F Fullscreen toggle
Esc Close menus / exit fullscreen
L Theater dim mode
Z Magnifier toggle (local zoom follows the cursor)

Danmaku & Recording

Key Action
D Danmaku toggle
Enter Send danmaku
R Start / stop recording (incl. audio extraction)

Playlists

Key Action
Q Playlist panel
] / [ Next / previous item

Mobile Gesture Equivalents

Desktop keys map to gestures: pinch to zoom the frame, horizontal swipe to seek, long-press for 2× speed, double-tap sides to skip. Same design logic: frequent actions are touch away.

Surfacing Them to Your Visitors

Shortcuts pay off when discovered. Two cheap moves: crop the table above to the subset your site uses and put it in your help page; or point users to the built-in shortcut help panel in the player’s context menu — the full list ships out of the box.