HotKeys

The program allows controlling the player using hot keys no matter what application is active at the moment.

In version 3.0 28 actions are available, two key combinations can be assigned to each of them: primary and secondary. This combinations are displayed in the list of hot keys next to the name of action in brackets

The tick to the left of the action name can be in three states:

• on – both hot key combinations are active
• off – both combinations are inactive
• shaded – one of the combinations is active (usually the primary one)

Double-clicking the item opens the hot key editor.

The list of hot keys

Previous song

Moving to the previous song in the list.

Play!

Start playing. Two modes are available: standard and enhanced. In the standard mode the key completely corresponds to the Play button in Winamp, when pressing it for the second time restarts playing the song from the beginning. The enhanced mode can be of use to those having multimedia keyboards, where the Start button comes together with the Pause. In this mode pressing the key for the second time functions as Pause. You can select the mode in the editor of the Play! hot key

Pause

A temporary break in the playback. Pressing it for the second time resumes the playback.

Stop

Stop the playback.

Next song

Move to the next song in the playlist.

Stop with the fadeout

At first, the sound volume fades out and then the playback is stopped.

Stop after the current track

The current track is played to the end, after that the playback is stopped.

5 seconds back

Rewind 5 seconds

5 seconds forward

Fast-forward 5 seconds

From the beginning of the list

Starts playing from the beginning of the list

10 songs backward

Jump 10 songs back in the list

10 songs forward

Jump 10 songs ahead in the list

Turn the Winamp volume up

Only the volume of the Wimamp playback is turned up. The same as moving the volume slider in Wimamp.

Turn the Wimamp volume down

Only the volume of the Wimamp playback is turned up. The same as moving the volume slider in Wimamp.

Turn the master volume up

Turns up the master volume of the operating system. You can set the scale according to which the sound volume will be regulated in the hot key editor.

Turn the master volume down

Turns down the master volume of the operating system. You can set the scale according to which the sound volume will be regulated in the hot key editor.

Show TrayList

The key opens the main window of the plug-in with the list of songs.

Toggle the pre-listen mode

The key turns on the pre-listen mode. In this mode the program plays the song for the specified number of seconds and then skips a part of it. Pressing the key for the second time turns the mode off.

Show the brief information about the current song

The key shows a small OSD tip with the information about the song playing at the moment

Show/Hide Winamp

The key shows Winamp if it has been minimized of hidden. Pressing it for the second time minimizes Winamp.

Jump to song

The key opens the dialog window Jump to song

Start/stop visualization

The key starts visualization plug-in selected in Wimamp. Pressing it for the second time stops visualization.

Toggle the suffle mode

The key turns on the Wimamp shuffle mode. Pressing it for the second time turns the mode off.

Now playing...

The key puts the information about the current song onto the clipboard. If it is possible in the active window, the information from the clipboard is automatically inserted in the place where the text cursor is at the moment. The feature of automatic insertion is not supported by console windows, e.g. FAR, and by the latest versions of Microsoft Word editor, that have their own mechanism of handling the clipboard.

Close Winamp

The key closes Winamp without asking for the confirmation.

Show the full information about the current song

The hot key opens the internal Winamp tag editor, where you can view or edit the information about the current song.

Physically remove the current song

With this hot key you can quickly remove the song that you do not like. Before removing, the plug-in asks for the confirmation which can be switched off in the hot key editor.

Mute

Pressing the key turns down the master volume at the specified percentage relative to the current level. For example, the current volume level is set at 80%, the specified percentage equals 25%. In that case pressing the key turns down the master volume to 25% × 80%=20%. Pressing the key for the second time turns up the volume back to the preveious level.