Canvas Studio Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts 

Depending on what part of the video player you are viewing, Studio supports different keyboard shortcuts. 

Media Player 

Key 

Action

Left arrow 

Seek back 5 sec

Right arrow 

Seek forward 5 sec

J

Seek back 10 sec

L

Seek forward 10 sec

Up arrow 

Increase volume by 5%

Down arrow 

Decrease volume by 5%

Space, K

Toggle play/pause

Enter 

Toggle play/pause

Toggle full screen

Toggle mute

Esc, F

Exit full screen

C

Toggle captions

V

Next Caption Language

X

Previous Caption Language

A

Decrease Playback Speed

S

Reset Playback Speed

D

Increase Playback Speed

0

Jump to Start

1-9

Jump to specific percentage (1-10%, 2-20%, etc)



Play/Pause Button 

Key 

Action

Left arrow 

Seek back 5 sec

Right arrow 

Seek forward 5 sec

J

Seek back 10 sec

L

Seek forward 10 sec

Up arrow 

Increase volume by 5%

Down arrow 

Decrease volume by 5%

Space, K

Toggle play/pause

Enter 

Toggle play/pause

 

 

Timeline 

Key 

Action

Left arrow 

Seek back 5 sec

Right arrow 

Seek forward 5 sec

J

Seek back 10 sec

L

Seek forward 10 sec

Up arrow 

Increase volume by 5%

Down arrow 

Decrease volume by 5%

Space, K

Toggle play/pause

Enter 

Toggle play/pause



Volume Control 

Key 

Action

Left arrow 

Decrease volume by 5%

Right arrow 

Increase volume by 5%

Up arrow 

Increase volume by 5%

Down arrow 

Decrease volume by 5%

Space 

Toggle mute

Enter 

Toggle mute



Playback Speed Settings 

Key 

Action

Up arrow 

Pick the next higher speed

Down arrow 

Pick the next lower speed

Space 

Open speed menu

Enter 

Open speed menu

Esc 

Close speed menu

 


Captions Settings 

Key 

Action

Space 

  • Open captions menu and focus Upload/Replace button 
  • If focus is on Upload/Replace button, open file picker

Enter 

  • Open captions menu and focus Upload/Replace button 
  • If focus is on Upload/Replace button, open file picker

Esc 

Close captions menu



Comment Bubbles

Key 

Action

Space 

Jump to given comment

Enter 

Jump to given comment



Quality Settings

Key 

Action

Up arrow 

Pick the previous source in the menu

Down arrow 

Pick the next source in the menu

Space 

Open video quality menu

Enter 

Open video quality menu

Esc 

Close video quality menu

 

 

Full Screen Button 

Key 

Action

Space 

Toggle full screen

Enter 

Toggle full screen

Esc 

Exit full screen



Other Global Shortcuts 

  • Whenever a modal is open, pressing the Esc key will close the modal. 
  • When starting a search, pressing the Esc key will close the search.  Note: On the search results page, the search bar will not close by pressing the Esc key.
  • The menus on the media page (Share, Delete, Download), if open, will close on tabbing away from the page.
  • The Esc key only toggles the Delete/Confirm Delete state of the Delete menu. 

 

Last Update: 2023-07-25

 

 

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