Web Accessibility
PeerTube provides keyboard shortcuts throughout the application to improve accessibility and allow power users to navigate without a mouse.
Press ? (or Shift+?) at any time to open the in-app cheat-sheet overlay.
Global shortcuts (all pages)
These shortcuts are always available, regardless of the current page.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
? / Shift+? | Show / hide the keyboard shortcuts help menu |
Escape | Hide the keyboard shortcuts help menu |
Shift+/ or s | Focus the search bar |
b | Toggle the left navigation menu |
g o | Go to the "Discover videos" page |
g v | Go to the "Browse videos" page |
g u | Go to the "Publish video" page |
g l | Go to the login page |
Logged-in user shortcuts (all pages)
These shortcuts are only available when a user is authenticated.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
m s | Go to my subscriptions |
m v | Go to my videos |
m i | Go to my imports |
m c | Go to my channels |
Video watch page
Playback controls (always available on the watch page)
These shortcuts are managed by the player.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
f | Enter / exit fullscreen |
Space | Play / Pause the video |
m | Mute / unmute the video |
↑ (Up arrow) | Increase the volume |
↓ (Down arrow) | Decrease the volume |
t | Toggle theater mode |
VOD-only controls (video-on-demand, not live streams)
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
0 – 9 | Skip to a percentage of the video (0 = 0%, 9 = 90%) |
→ (Right arrow) | Seek the video forward |
← (Left arrow) | Seek the video backward |
> | Increase playback rate |
< | Decrease playback rate |
, | Navigate to the previous frame |
. | Navigate to the next frame |
Logged-in user controls (watch page)
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Shift+S | Subscribe / unsubscribe to the video's channel |
Shift+L | Like the video |
Shift+D | Dislike the video |
Video channel page
These shortcuts are only available when a user is authenticated.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Shift+S | Subscribe / unsubscribe to the channel |