Basic controls

This page lists the main controls on the song select, play, and result screens. Keys are shown with their default bindings. You can change them in Settings → Key Config.

In the tables, KEY1 to KEY7 are the 7-key keys counted from the left, and E1 to E4 are the extra buttons. By default, KEY1 to KEY7 are Z S X D C F V, and E1 to E4 are Q W E R.

On any screen

Key	Action
F1	Open or close the BMZ Menu (settings are opened from here)
F12	Save a screenshot

Song select

Choose a song

Key	Action
Up / Down, turntable	Move the cursor
PageUp / PageDown	Move one page
Enter, Right, KEY1 / KEY3 / KEY5 / KEY7	Confirm (open a folder or start a song)
Left, KEY2 / KEY4 / KEY6	Close the folder
/	Search for songs
Esc (hold)	Quit BMZ Player

You can also use the mouse. Scroll the wheel to move the cursor, click the selected row to confirm, and right-click to close the folder.

Change the list

Key	Action
0	Filter by difficulty
1	Filter by key mode (7K, 14K, 9K, and so on)
2	Change the sort order
3	Change the LN mode
F8 / F9	Add or remove the song or chart from favorites
F5	Reload the selected folder (in a difficulty table, fetch the table again)

Change options

While you hold E1, the option panel is shown. Keep holding it and press keys to change settings.

Key	While holding E1
KEY1 / KEY2	Change the arrangement (RANDOM and so on)
KEY3 / KEY4	Change the gauge
KEY5	Change HS-FIX
KEY6	Change the DP option
KEY7	Change the play type (normal, practice, autoplay, and so on)
Turntable, Up / Down	Change the target (the score you compare against)

Hold E2 for assist options, or hold E1 and E2 together for other detailed options. The display and controls may differ depending on the skin. See Play options for what each option means.

Other actions

Key	Action
F3	Open the location of the selected chart file
F10	Autoplay the songs in the selected folder
F11	Open the selected chart's IR page in your browser
4 / 5	Choose / play a saved replay
6	Open Key Config
9	Open the text file included with the song

Play screen

Key	Action
Left / Right	Lower / raise hi-speed
Up / Down	Move the lane cover (SUDDEN+ and so on)
Hold E2 + Up / Down	Move the lane cover in small steps
Mouse wheel	Move the lane cover (in small steps while holding E2)
Hold E1 + keys	Change hi-speed
Hold E1 + turntable	Move the lane cover
Hold E2 + keys or turntable	Change the green number (when FLOATING is available)
Press E1 twice	Show or hide SUDDEN+
Press E1 and E2 together	Switch the hi-speed mode (such as FLOATING)
3 / 9	Shift the visual timing by 1 ms
0	Turn automatic timing adjustment on or off
Esc	Quit the song
Hold E1 and E2	Quit the song

If you fail partway through (the gauge reaches 0), press E1 during the failure animation to retry right away with a new arrangement, or E2 to retry with the same arrangement.

See Play options for hi-speed and the green number, and Timing and latency for visual timing.

During autoplay or replay

While you hold 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 on the number row, playback speed becomes 25% / 50% / 200% / 300%. Release the key to return to normal speed.

Result screen

Key	Action
Enter, Esc, KEY1 to KEY4	Return to song select
R	Play again with the same arrangement
Keep holding KEY7	Play again with the same arrangement
Keep holding KEY5	Play again with a new arrangement
KEY6	Change the gauge graph display
1 / 2 / 3 / 4	Save the replay to slot 1 to 4
F11	Open the played chart's IR page in your browser

With supported skins, E2 switches between the IR ranking and the graph.

Practice

Set the play type to practice on the song select screen and confirm a song to open the practice settings. You can choose a section, gauge, playback speed (50 to 200%), and more, then practice the same section repeatedly. Practice scores are not saved.

Key	Action
Up / Down	Select an item
Left / Right	Change the value
Enter	Start the section
Esc	Return to song select