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Kdenlive

Play or stop

Space

Windows Desktop app Kdenlive 26.08 manual

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To play or stop in Kdenlive, press Space. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Playback

Where this comes from

Keyboard Shortcuts - Kdenlive Manual

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

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More Kdenlive shortcuts

Play the zone Ctrl + Space
Loop the zone Ctrl + Shift + Space
Go forward one frame Right arrow
Go back one frame Left arrow
Go forward one second Shift + Right arrow
Go back one second Shift + Left arrow
Go to the next guide Ctrl + Right arrow
Go to the previous guide Ctrl + Left arrow

See every Kdenlive shortcut

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