Cheat Sheet for ncmpcpp

ncmpcpp.md

ncmpcpp Cheat Sheet

Movement

• Up k - Move cursor up
• Down j - Move cursor down
• [ - Move cursor up one album
• ] - Move cursor down one album
• { - Move cursor up one artist
• } - Move cursor down one artist
• Page Up - Page up
• Page Down - Page down
• Home - Home
• End - End
• Tab - Switch to next screen in sequence
• Shift-Tab - Switch to previous screen in sequence
• F1 - Show help
• 1 - Show playlist
• 2 - Show browser
• 3 - Show search engine
• 4 - Show media library
• 5 - Show playlist editor
• 6 - Show tag editor
• 7 - Show outputs
• 8 - Show music visualizer
• = - Show clock
• @ - Show server info

Global

• s - Stop
• p - Pause
• > - Next track
• < - Previous track
• Ctrl-H Backspace - Replay playing song
• f - Seek forward in playing song
• b - Seek backward in playing song
• Left - - Decrease volume by 2%
• Right + - Increase volume by 2%
• t - Toggle space mode (select/add)
• T - Toggle add mode (add or remove/always add)
• | - Toggle mouse support
• v - Reverse selection
• V - Remove selection
• B - Select songs of album around the cursor
• a - Add selected items to playlist
• ` - Add random items to playlist
• r - Toggle repeat mode
• z - Toggle random mode
• y - Toggle single mode
• R - Toggle consume mode
• Y - Toggle replay gain mode
• # - Toggle bitrate visibility
• Z - Shuffle playlist
• x - Toggle crossfade mode
• X - Set crossfade
• u - Start music database update
• : - Execute command
• Ctrl-F - Apply filter
• / - Find item forward
• ? - Find item backward
• , - Jump to previous found item
• . - Jump to next found item
• w - Toggle find mode (normal/wrapped)
• G - Locate song in browser
• ~ - Locate song in media library
• Ctrl-L - Lock/unlock current screen
• Left h - Switch to master screen (left one)
• Right l - Switch to slave screen (right one)
• E - Locate song in tag editor
• P - Toggle display mode
• \ - Toggle user interface
• ! - Toggle displaying separators between albums
• g - Jump to given position in playing song (formats: mm:ss, x%)
• i - Show song info
• I - Show artist info
• L - Toggle lyrics fetcher
• F - Toggle fetching lyrics for playing songs in background
• q - Quit

Playlist

• Enter - Play selected item
• Delete - Delete selected item(s) from playlist
• c - Clear playlist
• C - Clear playlist except selected item(s)
• Ctrl-P - Set priority of selected items
• Ctrl-K m - Move selected item(s) up
• Ctrl-J n - Move selected item(s) down
• M - Move selected item(s) to cursor position
• A - Add item to playlist
• e - Edit song
• S - Save playlist
• Ctrl-V - Sort playlist
• Ctrl-R - Reverse playlist
• o - Jump to current song
• U - Toggle playing song centering

Browser

• Enter - Enter directory/Add item to playlist and play it
• Space - Add item to playlist/select it
• e - Edit song
• e - Edit directory name
• e - Edit playlist name
• 2 - Browse MPD database/local filesystem
• ` - Toggle sort mode
• o - Locate playing song
• Ctrl-H Backspace - Jump to parent directory
• Delete - Delete selected items from disk
• G - Jump to playlist editor (playlists only)

Search engine

• Enter - Add item to playlist and play it/change option
• Space - Add item to playlist
• e - Edit song
• y - Start searching
• 3 - Reset search constraints and clear results

Media Library

• 4 - Switch between two/three columns mode
• Left h - Previous column
• Right l - Next column
• Enter - Add item to playlist and play it
• Space - Add item to playlist
• e - Edit song
• e - Edit tag (left column)/album (middle/right column)
• ` - Toggle type of tag used in left column
• m - Toggle sort mode

Playlist Editor

• Left h - Previous column
• Right l - Next column
• Enter - Add item to playlist and play it
• Space - Add item to playlist/select it
• e - Edit song
• e - Edit playlist name
• Ctrl-K m - Move selected item(s) up
• Ctrl-J n - Move selected item(s) down
• Delete - Delete selected playlists (left column)
• C - Clear playlist except selected item(s)
• Ctrl-P - Set priority of selected items
• M - Move selected item(s) to cursor position
• A - Add item to playlist
• e - Edit song
• S - Save playlist
• Ctrl-V - Sort playlist
• Ctrl-R - Reverse playlist
• o - Jump to current song
• U - Toggle playing song centering

Lyrics

• Space - Toggle reloading lyrics upon song change
• e - Open lyrics in external editor
• ` - Refetch lyrics

Tiny Tag Editor

• Enter - Edit tag
• y - Save

Tag Editor

• Enter - Edit tag/filename of selected item (left column)
• Enter - Perform operation on all/selected items (middle column)
• Space - Switch to albums/directories view (left column)
• Space - Select item (right column)
• Left h - Previous column
• Right l - Next column
• Ctrl-H Backspace - Jump to parent directory (left column, directories view)