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Aug
2009
Windows 7 features has incredibly improved Windows Media Player 12 featuring interesting options and changing the way users play and manage their digital media content (like music and videos). The all new Windows Media Player 12 take full advantage of key Windows 7 features such as the new Windows Taskbar, HomeGroup and Jump Lists. The guys at Microsoft Windows blog have released an interesting post describing all the keyboard shortcuts for Windows Media Player 12 in Windows 7. 
Here is a complete list of the keyboard shortcuts for Windows Media Player 12 in Windows 7:
| Shortcut | Action | State |
| Ctrl + 1 | Switches to library mode | From any mode |
| Ctrl + 2 | Switches to skin mode | From any mode |
| Ctrl + 3 | Switches to player mode | From any mode except full screen |
| Ctrl + 7 | Add to Play | In library mode |
| Ctrl + 8 | Add to Burn | In library mode |
| Ctrl + 9 | Add to Sync | In library mode |
| Ctrl + A | Selects everything in a list | In the library or list |
| Ctrl + B | Previous (Item or Chapter) | With content playing |
| Ctrl + E | Focus on Search text box and switch to library mode if not there | |
| Ctrl + F | Next (Item or Chapter) | With content playing |
| Ctrl + H | Turn on/off shuffle mode | |
| Ctrl + J | Eject | In any mode |
| Ctrl + M | Toggle menu bar in library | In any mode |
| Ctrl + N | Create playlist | In library mode |
| Ctrl + O | Shows Open Dialog | In any mode |
| Ctrl + P | Play/Pause Toggle | With content queued up |
| Ctrl + Q | Adds selected track to open list | Default is Play list |
| Ctrl + S | Stops Playback | With content playing |
| Ctrl + T | Turn on/off repeat mode | In any mode |
| Ctrl + U | Shows Open URL Dialog | In any mode |
| Ctrl + W | Stops playback | With content playing or paused |
| Ctrl + Shift + B | Rewinds playing content | With DVD playing |
| Ctrl + Shift + C | Caption On/Off Toggle | Playing content which has captions |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | Fast forwards playing content | With content playing |
| Ctrl + Shift + G | Play Speed Fast | With content playing |
| Ctrl + Shift + N | Play Speed Normal | With content playing |
| Ctrl + Shift + S | Play Speed Slow | With content playing |
| Ctrl + Right Arrow | Next playlist in playlist history | Focus not on Seek bar |
| Ctrl + Left Arrow | Previous playlist in playlist history | Focus not on Seek bar |
| Ctrl + Right Arrow | Skip forward (large increment) | Focus on Seek bar |
| Ctrl + Left Arrow | Skip backward (large increment) | Focus on Seek bar |
| Shift + Right Arrow | Skip forward (small increment) | Focus on Seek bar |
| Shift + Left Arrow | Skip backward (small increment) | Focus on Seek bar |
| Right Arrow | Skip forward | Focus on Seek bar |
| Left Arrow | Skip backward | Focus on Seek bar |
| Ctrl + Click | Resize player to image | In Now Playing mode |
| Escape | Return to Now Playing | Full Screen Mode |
| F1 | Opens Help file | In any mode |
| F2 | Edit meta data column | In library mode with an item selected |
| F4 | Switch view mode | In library mode, focus in list view |
| F5 | Refresh screen | Focus on library or in online services |
| F6 | Increases album art | Focus in list view |
| Shift + F6 | Decreases album art | Focus in list view |
| F7 | Mutes sound | In any mode |
| F8 | Decrease sound volume | In any mode |
| F9 | Increases sound volume | In any mode |
| F10 | Show menu bar in library | From any mode |
| Shift + F10 | Context menu shortcut | In any mode |
| Alt + 1 | Video Size 50% | In Now Playing or skin mode, with a video playing |
| Alt + 2 | Video Size 100% | In Now Playing or skin mode, with a video playing |
| Alt + 3 | Video Size 200% | In Now Playing or skin mode, with a video playing |
| Alt + Enter | Full Screen Toggle | In Now Playing, skin, or full screen mode |
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August 4th, 2009
Should not be to long now before Microsoft release Windows Media Player 12 to download for Vista & Xp.
September 11th, 2009
nice !!
thanks i looking for it
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February 2nd, 2010
CTRL-Left Arrow and CTRL-Right Arrow are still doing these functions when I’m in edit mode like changing a song name, so I can’t use them as they used to in previous versions of WMP and in all other Windows applications, that is to move the cursor to the beginning of previous or next word.
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December 23rd, 2011
I still can’t figure out the “seek bar” – what is it? where is it?
And why can’t I get this damn ctrl+arrow to work?
Thnx