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A visual cheat-sheet for the 18 keyboard shortcuts found on YouTube.com

Keyboard Shortcuts {.cols-2}

General I

ShortcutAction
SpacePlay/Pause when the seek bar is selected, activate a button if a button has focus
KPlay/Pause in player
Left/RightSeek backward/forward 5 seconds
JSeek backward 10 seconds in player
LSeek forward 10 seconds in player
HomeSeek to the beginning of the video
EndSeek to the last seconds of the video
UpIncrease volume 5%
DownDecrease volume 5%
1-9Seek to the 10-90% of the video

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General II

ShortcutAction
0Seek to the beginning of the video
Shift 1Move between H1 headers
/Go to search box
FActivate full screen, press again (or Esc) to exit
CActivate closed captions and subtitles, press again to hide
Shift NMove to the next video
Shift PMove to the previous video
ILaunch the Miniplayer
.Move forward a single frame (while paused)
,Move back a single frame (while paused)

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