Keyboard shortcuts
The actions you can bind, how recording one works, and what happens when a key is taken.
9xLyrics shortcuts are global: they work while another app has focus, which is the point — the app you are using when you want a lyric is never 9xLyrics.
Two defaults
- Open lyrics window: Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + K, available free.
- Toggle floating lyrics: Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + L, requires Pro or trial.
Other actions are unassigned so they do not take keys from your other apps. Configuring shortcuts is free; overlay, Karaoke, lyric search and recognition actions still require Pro.
Actions
Display
| Action | Default |
|---|---|
| Toggle floating lyrics | Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + L |
| Toggle Mini Bar | — |
| Toggle edge strip | — |
| Expand Mini Bar | — |
| Open lyrics window | Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + K |
| Open Karaoke | — |
Lyrics
| Action | Default |
|---|---|
| Reset offset for this song | — |
| Search lyrics | — |
| Save the current line | — |
| Identify song | — |
Playback
| Action | Default |
|---|---|
| Play / pause | — |
| Next track | — |
| Previous track | — |
Save the current line stars the line being sung and keeps it in Library › Saved lines. It is free.
The playback three control the player 9xLyrics is following, not 9xLyrics.
Setting one
Click Set shortcut and press the combination. It is recorded as you press it, and saved when you let go. The × beside a bound row clears it.
While a row is recording, 9xLyrics stops acting on its own shortcuts, so pressing an existing combination records it rather than firing it.
When a key is already taken
The operating system decides who gets a global shortcut, and it is not always 9xLyrics. If the system or another app already holds the combination, the row says so rather than pretending it worked. Pick a different one — adding Shift to a combination is usually enough.
Some combinations can never be taken: the system reserves them, and no application can register them.
The tray is the fallback
Everything a shortcut does is also in the tray menu. If a binding will not take, or you would rather not spend the keys, the menu is one click away and needs no setup.