References
Menu and Command Reference 
Amarok Menu 
View Menu 
Playlist Menu 
Tools Menu 
Settings Menu 
Help Menu 
Keybinding Reference 
Global Shortcuts 
Amarok Shortcuts 
Credits and License 

Menu and Command Reference

Amarok Top-level Menus
Menu	Description
	Common actions such as Play, Pause,  
View	Change the layout of Amarok 
Playlist	Configure your Playlist 
Tools	Start additional tools and scripts 
Settings	Change settings and configure Amarok 
Help	Important information about Amarok and KDE 

Amarok Menu
Some of the common actions in are here, mostly to control media playback.

Contents
The Amarok Menu
The Amarok Menu
Menu Item	Description	Shortcut
Play Media...	Opens a media file to be played.	O
Previous Track	Skips back to the last track played within your current session.
Play/Pause	Starts or temporarily stops the playing of the current media file.	Space
Stop	Stops all playback in progress.
Stop after current Track	Waits until the current track ends before stopping the playback. This is useful when using a playlist.
Next Track	Skips playback to the next media file in your playlist.
Quit	Exits out of .	Q

View Menu
This top-level menu contains options to adjust the layout of , and a checkbox to lock the configuration; use this to prevent any accidental changes to the window layout.
View Menu
View Menu

Changing the Amarok Toolbar
There are also two radio buttons in this menu, which are used to choose which Toolbar will use. The Main Toolbar has a larger height and slightly different controls than the Slim Toolbar. The Main Toolbar contains two main control buttons: a Play / Pause button and a button for controlling the volume. It also displays the name of the current media file and a slider for showing, as well as changing, the position of playback. More about the Toolbar.
The Main Toolbar
The Main Toolbar
The Slim Toolbar
The Slim Toolbar

Amarok Window Layouts
If the Lock Layout button is unchecked, the Media Sources, Context and Playlist tabs can be toggled and many layouts can be created as shown below:

Playlist Menu
This is a top-level drop down menu where can configure your Playlist. From here you can add more tracks, streaming radio channels, and clean your playlist.

Menu Items
The Amarok Playlist Menu
The Amarok Playlist Menu
Menu Item	Description	Shortcut
Add Media...	Opens a media file to be played in
Add Stream...	Choose different streaming radio channels using the URL bar, by pasting or typing the link
Export Playlist As...	Save your favorite playlists in various formats - mp3 streaming, Shoutcast, xspf
Undo	Go one step backward	Z
Redo	Click Redo to do the last step over again	Z
Clear PlayList	Cleans the current playlist
Remove Duplicates	Removes duplicate entries in the playlist
Playlist Layouts	Changes the visual style of the Playlist
Edit Queue	Allows you to change the order of your queue

Playlist Layouts
From Playlist Playlist Layouts switch between different layouts with radio buttons, and configure your personal Playlist layout.

Default
Playlist Playlist Layouts Default

No Grouping
Playlist Playlist Layouts No Grouping

No Grouping (Single line)
Playlist Playlist Layouts No Grouping(Single line)

Verbose
Playlist Playlist Layouts Verbose

Configure playlist layout...
Playlist Playlist Layouts Configure playlist layout...
This option allows you to make your own Playlist layout; display Artist, Genre, Year, BPM and so forth.
Make your own layout
Make your own layout

Tools Menu
From this menu you can use additional tools and scripts.
The Tools Menu
The Tools Menu
Menu Item	Description
Bookmark Manager	Allows you to save bookmarks of various types.
Cover Manager	Allows you to view album covers and fetch missing ones.
Equalizer	Shows the equalizer.
Network Request Viewer	Shows the Network Requests Viewer.
Update Collection	Checks the tracks in your collection and updates the database.
Synchronize Statistics..	Opens the Statistics Synchronization dialog.

Bookmark Manager
The bookmark manager allows you to bookmark different kinds of things to recall them later. You can also create folders to organize your collection of bookmarks. The search box provides a convenient way to find bookmarks. The context menu offers the possibility to Load and Delete the bookmark.
Menu Item	Description
Bookmark Context View Applets	Saves the currently used view applets.
Bookmark Media Source View	Saves the current view of the media source tree.
Bookmark Playlist Setup	Saves the current playlist setup.
Bookmark Track Position	Saves the position in the current track.

Cover Manager
Shows all albums in your collection. Here you can set custom album covers and fetch missing ones. More about the Cover Manager, shown below.

Equalizer
Provides the possibility to configure sound settings. You can choose between manually adjusting the settings and using templates. Right now, the Phonon GStreamer is required for a functional equalizer.

Network Requests Viewer
The Network Requests Viewer allows you to monitor the network requests made by . Selecting this option will open this window:

Update Collection
Checks the files in the folders you defined as your collection. New files will be added and missing ones removed from the left pane.

Synchronize Statistics
This option allows you to synchronize statistics of your various collections. This is a new feature in since version 2.7 For more information, see also Statistics Synchronization Between Collections and with Last.fm in the handbook.

Settings Menu
Here is where you change settings and configure .
The Amarok Settings Menu
The Amarok Settings Menu
Menu Item	Description
Show Menubar	Hide the menu bar. Show it again by pressing M
Replay Gain Mode	Allows you to set the Replay Gain mode; Off, by Track, or by Album
Configure Shortcuts...	Allows you to make custom keyboard shortcuts
Configure Amarok...	Configure General options, Internet Services, Playback, Notifications, and Database

Show Menubar
Clicking this option will hide the menu bar.
The only way to show the menu bar again is by pressing M, because you can't de-select the menu option when no menu bar is shown. More about the Menus in the Menubar.

Replay Gain Mode
The replay gain mode will change the volume depending on meta information of the track. More about replay gain: Wikipedia entry for replay gain.
You can switch the replay gain mechanism off, use a track-based or the album-based replay gain.

Configure Shortcuts...
Change and define new keyboard shortcuts, or turn on multimedia keys if your keyboard has them. More about Shortcuts.

Configure Amarok...
Configure Amarok
Configure Amarok
Configure many aspects of . Details in Configuring Amarok.

Help Menu
Important information about and KDE.
The Amarok help menu
The Amarok help menu
Menu Item	Description
Report Bug...	Report bugs to the bug tracker directly, with much of your information automatically supplied to the database form.
Amarok Handbook	This Handbook in Docbook format.
Send a Comment to the Developers	Send a brief comment to developers. Do NOT use to send bug reports.
Show Feedback Icons	Check to show feedback icons on every screen and sub-menu.
Switch Application Language...	Change menus and label language or back-up language.
About Amarok	version, web site, contributors and donors.
Diagnostics	Displays complete information necessary for filing good bug reports, such as Amarok Version, KDE, Qt, Phonon, and Phonon Backend versions, and whether or not PulseAudio is installed, as well as what Amarok Scripts are installed, and whether or not they are running. There is a button on the bottom to copy the information to the clipboard.
About KDE	Information about KDE, and links to join and support KDE.