You can control Kodi using the buttons of your remote control, but there is another way to control it which is a keyboard. Controlling Kodi using a keyboard is a great way to speed up things and improving your user experience. You can do all the common tasks like pausing a video or increasing the volume using keyboard shortcuts.
Here is the list of keyboard shortcuts for Kodi:
Video controls:
Play: P
Stop: X
Pause/Play: Space bar
Fast forward: F
Rewind: R
Audio Controls:
Volume up: +
Volume down: –
Mute: F8
Audio offset: A
Display controls and information:
Toggle fullscreen mode: \
Adjust aspect ratio: Z
Toggle subtitles on/off: T
Toggle player controls on/off: M
Media information: I
Codec Information: O
Live TV controls:
Schedule recording timers: B
EPG/TV guide: E
TV channels window: H
Radio channels window: J
Recording window: K
Various shortcuts:
Shutdown menu: S
Context menu: C
Previous menu: Esc
Those keyboard shortcuts are very useful and you should use them in order to make things easier and faster while working with Kodi.