Amarok/Manual/References/MenuAndCommandReference/AmarokMenu

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The Amarok Menu System

Most of the common Amarok functions can be found in the menu system of the program. The following text will go through each sub-menu in Amarok and explain it's purpose.

The "Amarok" Sub-Menu

Some of the most common actions in all of Amarok can be found under this menu. The items listed under here are mostly used to control the playback of media inside of Amarok.

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

The "View" Sub-Menu

This sub-menu contains options to adjust the layout of Amarok. There is also a checkbox to lock the configuration. This can be used to prevent any accidental changes to the Amarok settings.

The View Sub-Menu
Menu Item Description
Lock Layout When checked, the three items underneath it can not be changed
Media Sources Controls whether the Media Sources section is displayed or not
Playlist Controls whether the Playlist section is displayed or not
Context Controls whether the Context section is displayed or not

There are also two radio buttons in this sub-menu. The buttons are used to choose which toolbar Amarok 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. The main difference between the main & slim toolbars are that the slim toolbar adds more playback control buttons.

The Main Toolbar
The Slim Toolbar

Playlist

The Playlist sub-menu contains all of the options for, as can be expected, playlists.

Menu Item Description Shortcut
Add Media Opens a dialogue box for adding media to your playlist N/A
Add Stream Opens a dialog box for adding an audio stream to your playlist N/A
Export Playlist As... Allows you to save your current playlist as a .m3u, .pls, or .xspf file N/A
Undo Reverts the playlist back to its state before the last change was made to it. Ctrl + Z
Redo Redo the last action that was undone. Ctrl+Shift+Z
Clear Playlist Removes all items from your current playlist N/A
Remove Duplicates Removes items from your playlist so that there is no more than one of each media file on your playlist N/A
Playlist Layouts List of different layout options for the Playlist section of Amarok. Also has an option for configuring your layouts. N/A

Inside the the Playlist sub-menu, there is another menu for changing the layout of the Playlist section. The preinstalled configurations are: Default, No Grouping, No Grouping(Single Line), & Verbose. However, users can create their own as well.