ncmpcpp cheat sheet

Keys - 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

Keys - 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

Keys - 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
n Ctrl-J - 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

Keys - 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)

Keys - 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

Keys - 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

Keys - 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
n Ctrl-J - 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
Ctrl-K m - Move selected item(s) up
n Ctrl-J - 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

Keys - 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)

Keys - 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

Keys - 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

Keys - 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
n Ctrl-J - Move selected item(s) down
Delete - Delete selected playlists (left column)
Delete - Delete selected item(s) from playlist (right column)
c - Clear playlist
C - Clear playlist except selected items

Keys - Lyrics

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

Keys - Tiny tag editor

Enter - Edit tag
y - Save

Keys - 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)