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How can I navigate the Digital Concert Hall using the keyboard?

Website

Our website can be fully navigated using the keyboard. When you press the TAB key (Apple keyboard: ⇥), a so-called skip link (“Skip to content”) is displayed at the top of the page.

By repeatedly pressing the TAB key, you can now select any clickable content on the page, one after the other. Pressing the ENTER key acts like a mouse click, and takes you to the selected content.

List views with multiple items (e.g. concerts, interviews or films) can be skipped as a whole: when selecting the respective list, pressing the TAB key will display a button (“Skip over list”) which can be used to skip the list – to do this, please press ENTER.

 

Video playback

The following shortcut keys can be used to control video playback:

Key Function
Space bar Play/pause
F or f Switch full screen on and off
Right arrow key/ Left arrow key Skip forwards or backwards 10 seconds (not possible for live broadcasts)
M or m Switch the sound off and on again
Upper arrow key/ Lower arrow key Increase or decrease volume

 

Video playback in the iOS mobile apps

Our iOS/iPadOS app can also be controlled via keyboard shortcuts and – if available – media keys during video playback. This is possible via a keyboard connected to an iPad or iPhone, or if you are using the mobile app on a Mac computer or the Apple Vision Pro.

Media keys are not available on every keyboard. However, they are often located on the top row of the keyboard:

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The following shortcut keys can be used to control video playback:

Key Function
Space bar or media play/pause key (e.g. F8) Play/pause
Forward media key (e.g. F9) Jumps to the next movement or work
Backwards media key (e.g. F7) Jumps to the previous movement or work
Right arrow key/Left arrow key Skips 10 seconds forwards or backwards (not possible for live broadcasts)