Commands

The extension contributes these commands; all are available from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P).

Command ID Description
PlayBar: Next playbar.next Skip to the next track.
PlayBar: Previous playbar.prev Skip to the previous track.
PlayBar: Focus Player playbar.raise Raise the player window (MPRIS Raise).
PlayBar: Refresh playbar.refresh Restart the sidecar and refetch state.

Keybindings

Bind any command from keybindings.json:

[
  { "key": "ctrl+alt+right", "command": "playbar.next" },
  { "key": "ctrl+alt+left",  "command": "playbar.prev" }
]

Status bar

  • Click the track title to run playbar.raise and focus the player.
  • The prev/next buttons appear when playbar.showControls is enabled.
  • Hover the title to see album, player, status, and album art.