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Switch tracks from a game

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Turn on global hotkeys

Open Settings -> General and turn on the switch in the Global hotkeys card.
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Use the default shortcuts

  • Ctrl+Alt+Space - pause
  • Ctrl+Alt+Left or Right arrow - previous or next track
  • Ctrl+Alt+Up or Down arrow - volume
On macOS it is Control+Option instead of Ctrl+Alt.
The Global hotkeys card: the switch is on, shortcuts for pause, next and previous track and volume, the other actions say Not set

Default shortcuts (this is how they look on macOS)

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Want your own shortcut: click the row

Click the row of an action, then press the keys. The shortcut needs Ctrl, Alt or Win (Cmd on macOS, Super on Linux). Esc cancels, Backspace clears.Mute / Unmute, Like / Unlike, Forward 10 s and Back 10 s have no shortcut: set your own. Restore defaults brings the default ones back.
Media keys on your keyboard (play, next, previous) work without setup.

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Keys in the window

They work with any keyboard layout. On macOS use Cmd instead of Ctrl.
Wayland does not let apps catch keys globally. Bind commands instead:
  1. Turn on the switch in the Global hotkeys card: three commands appear, each with a copy icon.
  2. In your desktop settings, give each command its own shortcut. You need the playerctl package.
Pick another combination. In GNOME Ctrl+Alt+arrows may be taken by workspace switching.
You cannot: the keys in the window are fixed. Only the global ones can be changed.