


Move down and then left: Exit VLC media player Move up and then left: Enables full screen Move down and then right: Switch the subtitle track Move up and then right: Switch the audio track Move right and then down: Play next track in playlist Move left and then down: Play previous track of playlist Move right and then up: Increase playing speed Move left and then up: Slow down playing speed Move up and then down: Mute volume (Also works if you move down and then up) Move left and then right: Toggle play or pause (Also works if you move right and then left) Therefore, avoid other moves like up and down to avoid making other gestures and trigger other actions like down and then left which quits the playerįor reference, the list of all gestures: Move left: Navigate 10 seconds backward To toggle play or pause: click the mouse button you selected and move left and then right: (Also works if you move right and then left)īut the mouse gestures are not customizable (and you cannot chose to disable some of those you don't need). Navigate further down to Interface > Control interfaces > Gestures. Navigate to Interface > Control interfaces.Ĭheck the option that says Mouse gestures control interface. but you have to avoid other two very similar gestures: Move left: Navigate 10 seconds backwardĬlick on All under show settings to go to Advanced settings.

left-click & a quick left-right (or right-left) movement to play/pause. (I have enabled this feature without any problems with VLC 3.0.8, 64-bit on Windows, Linux and Mac on Mac I have also tested versions 2.1 and 2.2, and only the last one didn't work.)Ī funny alternative to left-click would be mouse gestures, as indicated here: - enable mouse gestures in VLC Right mouse click is maybe the best option (while disabling context menu on right click) in case left-click interferes with DVD menus as some people claimed.Īs for the difficulty of installing the plugin and accessing the advanced options (like mentioned under this question), that is probably either caused by not following the installation instructions or by not using the latest versions. Here, for "Pause click" filter, multiple mouse button choices are available: left, right, middle click, and other options Some settings are needed after installation under Advanced Preferences The vlc-pause-click-plugin is cross-platform and works with 2.1, 2.2, 3.0 and even nightly 4.x builds. Nurupo's vlc-pause-click-plugin plugin - already mentioned, now fully implements the desired feature (unlike the addon also mentioned here and comming with a requirement of manually enabling it each time, which made it an improbable solution). UPDATE on some links posted under this question.
