ArcaOS 5.x Keyboard Shortcuts
HANDY KEYS
Ctrl-\ Unselect every object on the desktop
Shift-Esc Switch to the program icon (top left) of the foreground windows
Ctrl-Esc Bring up the Window List
Alt-Esc Cycle through open applications
Alt-Home Switch a DOS session between windowed and full-screen
Alt-Tab Switch between the two most recently used applications
Shift-F10 Bring up the pop-up menu for the foreground application
Alt-F4 Close the foreground window
Alt-F5 Un-maximizes the foreground window
Alt-F7 Moves the foreground windows (with cursor keypad)
Alt-F8 Resizes the foreground window (with cursor keypad)
Alt-F9 Minimizes the foreground window
Alt-F10 Maximizes the foreground window
Alt-F11 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