ArcaOS 5.x Keyboard Shortcuts

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HANDY KEYS

Shortcut Action
Unselect every object on the desktop
Switch to the program icon (top left) of the foreground windows
Bring up the Window List
Cycle through open applications
Switch a DOS session between windowed and full-screen
Switch between the two most recently used applications
Bring up the pop-up menu for the foreground application
Close the foreground window
Un-maximizes the foreground window
Moves the foreground windows (with cursor keypad)
Resizes the foreground window (with cursor keypad)
Minimizes the foreground window
Maximizes the foreground window
Hides the foreground window


KEYS BY FUNCTION

ALT + (key) Accelerator key. To invoke either an action-bar-choice or pull-down-choice as denoted by a word with a single underlined letter.

ALT Acccess the title bar

Shift + TAB Backtab

Ctrl + Home Beginning of data

ESC Cancel

Ctrl + C Cancel program (from the OS/2 command prompt)

Ctrl + F4 Close a Help window

ALT + F4 Close active window

F6 Command dialog

Ctrl + Insert Copy

Shift + Delete Cut

Ctrl + \ Deselect all

ALT + UP/DOWN Arrow Display drop-down list or drop-down combo box

Ctrl + ALT + Shift + o Display list of OS/2 developers (secret from the Desktop focus)

ALT + F2 Displays the name of each driver as it is being loaded during boot-up. (secret Enter the key combination when you see "OS/2" in the upper left corner of your screen during boot-up).

ALT + Spacebar Displays the System menu of the active window

Ctrl + END End of data

F3 Exit close window (quit)

Shift + (cursor) Extended selection

F1 Help

F11 (in a Help window) Help index display

ALT + (Keypad 1 + 2) Insert page break (form feed) in text

ALT + F10 Maximize window

ALT + F9 Minimize window

Ctrl + (LEFT Arrow) Move cursor to beginning of preceding word

Ctrl + (RIGHT Arrow) Move cursor to end of next word

ALT + F7 Move window (use arrows to move)

F5 Open a file

Shift + Insert Paste

Shift + ALT + Backspace Redo (undoes last Undo)

F7 Rename file (during edit session)

ALT + (mouse select or Icon Name) Rename icon on desktop

Ctrl + ALT + DEL Restart the computer (reboot)

ALT + F1 Restore damaged OS/2 or undo changes to the desktop. (secret Enter the key combination when you see "OS/2" in the upper left corner of your screen during boot-up).

F4 Save and close (quit)

F2 Save and edit session

Ctrl + s Search (perform)

ALT + s Search for a word or phrase in Help topics

Ctrl + / Select all

Ctrl + Spacebar Select one object, deselect others

Shift + Ctrl + Home Select text to beginning of document

Shift + Home Select text to beginning of line

Shift + Page Down Select text down one page

Shift + Ctrl + END Select text to end of document

Shift + END Select text to end of line

Shift + Page Up Select text up one page

NOTE: Not a 'mouseless' command but included in original text. ALT + (double-click on Icon) Properties/Settings notebook for icon (will not work on minimized icon)

ALT + F8 Size window (use arrows to size)

ALT + F6 Switch between a window and a Help window

ALT + Home Switch between DOS window and DOS full screen

Shift + F8 Switch between single and multiple selection

ALT + TAB Switch to next window

ALT + ESC Switch to next window or full screen

F10 Switch to/from menu bar

Shift + ESC System menu

ALT + Page Down Turn to next page in Properties/Settings Notebook

ALT + Page Up Turn to previous page in Properties/Settings Notebook

ALT + Backspace Undo

F9 Undo edit

Ctrl + h Viewed Pages - Display a list of all of the topics you have read in a Helpsession

Ctrl + ESC Window List

NOTE: Not a 'mouseless' command but included in original text. left mouse button + right mouse button (on desktop focus) Window List

SHORTCUT KEYS

Alt + F10: Maximize a window

Note: in e.g. Word Pro, Ctrl+Fx works on the active document, and Alt+Fx on the full Word Pro-window.

Alt + F5: Restore a window (to it's original size)

Alt + F7: Move a window with arrowkeys

Alt + F8: Change windowshape with arrowkeys

Alt + F9: Minimize window

Alt + Tab: Switch between active windows