OS/2 Warp 3 keyboard commands

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W3KEYS.TXT - OS/2 Warp 3 keyboard commands

Robert Simpson

OS/2 Workplace Shell Keys 12/04/94


Notation:

       shift+key               Indicates that you should hold down the key(s)
                               indicated by "shift" (Shift, Alt, Ctrl or a
                               combination of these) and press the "key" key.
                               Then release the "key" and, unless the next
                               function requires the same shift keys,
                               release the "shift" keys.
       shift+key        (2.0)  Indicates this key combination works only in
                               OS/2 version 2.0
       shift+key        (2.x)  Indicates this key combination works in
                               OS/2 versions 2.0+ and 2.1+
       shift+key        (Warp) Indicates this key combination works only in
                               OS/2 Warp version 3

Startup Tasks:

   Use these keys after starting up or rebooting the system.
       Alt+F1           (2.x)  Restore default desktop
                               - Press Alt+F1 once after the initial beep
                                 but before the OS/2 logo appears
       Alt+F1           (Warp) Display recovery options
                               - Press Alt+F1 once after "ÿÿÿ OS/2" appears
                                 in the upper left corner of the screen
       Alt+F2           (Warp) Display drivers as they are being loaded
       Ctrl+Shift+F1           Inhibit auto-start features
                               - Hold down Ctrl+Shift+F1 after the mouse
                                 pointer has changed to an arrow.
                               - If disk activity stops before the OS/2
                                 desktop appears, release only the F1 key
                                 and immediately hold it down again.

OS/2 Command Line Tasks (with KEYS ON):

       Esc                     Clear command line
       Home                    Move cursor to first character in command line
       End                     Move cursor to last character in command line
       Ins[ert]                Turn on insert mode
       Del[ete]                Delete character above cursor
       left arrow              Move cursor one character to left
       right arrow             Move cursor one character to right
       up arrow                Display previous command in queue
       down arrow              Display next command in queue
       Ctrl+left arrow         Move cursor back to first character of a word
       Ctrl+right arrow        Move cursor to first character of next word
       Ctrl+Home               Deletes all characters to the left of cursor
       Ctrl+End                Deletes all characters from cursor to the end
                               of the command line
       Enter                   Executes the command on the command line

DOS Command Line Tasks (with DOSKEY):

       up arrow                Recalls the previous command in the queue
       down arrow              Recalls the next command in the queue
       Page Up                 Recalls the first command in the queue
       Page Down               Recalls the most recent command
       left arrow              Move cursor one character to left
       right arrow             Move cursor one character to right
       Ctrl+left arrow         Move cursor back to first character of a word
       Ctrl+right arrow        Move cursor to first character of next word
       Home                    Move cursor to first character in command line
       End                     Move cursor to last character in command line
       Esc                     Clear command line
       F7                      Displays commands in queue
       Alt+F7                  Deletes all commands from queue
       chars F8                Display previous command in queue which starts
                               with "chars"
       F9 cmd#                 Displays the command specified by "cmd#"
       Alt+F10                 Deletes all macro definitions

DOSKEY parameters:

       /M                      Display macros which are currently defined
       /H                      Display recently used commands

Special characters for DOSKEY macros:

       $G or $g                >
       $G$G or $g$g            >>
       $L or $l                <
       $B or $b                |
       $T or $t                Terminates the command (like Enter)
       $$                      $
       $1 through $9           parameters
       $*                      all parameters on the command line

DOS Command Line Tasks:

       F1                      Copies one character from the template to the
                               command line
       F2 char                 Copies characters prior to the next occurrence
                               of "char"
                               from the template to the command line
       F3                      Copies the remaining characters from the
                               template to the command line
       F4 char                 Skips characters prior to the next occurrence
                               of "char" in the template
       F5                      Copies the current command line to the template
                               without executing it and clears the command line
       F6                      Places and end-of-file character (Ctrl+Z) at
                               the cursor position in the current command line

System Tasks:

       Alt+Tab                 Switch to next window on desktop
       Alt+Esc                 Switch to next window or full screen session
       Ctrl+Esc                Display the Window List
       F1                      Get help
       Alt+Shift+Tab           Switch to desktop
       Ctrl+Alt+Del            Restart the system
       Ctrl+Alt+NumLock(twice) Dump system to diskette in A: drive
                               (need diskettes created with CREATEDD command)
       Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O        Display beach scene with credits
                (2.0 and Warp)
       Print Screen            Print the window where the cursor is located
   when the desktop is active and no objects are selected:
       Print Screen            Print the screen

Window Tasks:

       Tab                     Move to next area in window
       Shift+Tab               Move to previous area in window
       F10 or Alt              Activate menu bar
       Shift+Esc               Display system menu
         (or press and release
           the Alt key)
         (or Alt+space except
          in OS/2 or DOS Window)
       Alt+F4                  Close window
       Alt+F5                  Restore window to normal size
       Alt+F7                  Move window
                               - Use arrow keys to move window
                               - Press Enter when it is in the desired position
       Alt+F8                  Size window
                               - Press left or right arrow key to indicate
                                 which side to adjust
                               - Adjust width with left and right arrow keys
                               - Press up or down arrow key to indicate
                                 whether to adjust top or bottom
                               - Adjust height with up and down arrow keys
                               - Press Enter when it is the desired size
       Alt+F9                  Minimize window
       Alt+F10                 Maximize window
       Alt+F11                 Hide window

Help Window Tasks:

       Esc                     Return to the previous help window or remove
                               the initial help window
       Tab                     Move the cursor to the next highlighted word
                               or phrase
       Shift+Tab               Move the cursor to the previous highlight word
                               or phrase
       F1                      Display help for the help window
       F2                      Display help for the object or window for
                               which help was initially displayed
       F6                      Move the cursor to and from buttons in the
                               same window
       F7                      Move the cursor to and from buttons in a
                               different window
       F9                      Display keys help
       Shift+F10               Display help about using help
       F11 or Shift+F1         Display the help index
       F12 or Shift+F2         Display the tutorial
       Alt+F6                  Switch between the help window and the object
                               or window for which help was displayed
       Ctrl+A                  Copy the topic and add it to the end of a
                               temporary file
       Ctrl+C                  Display the help table of contents
       Ctrl+F                  Copy the topic to a temporary file
       Ctrl+H                  Display a list of all pages viewed
       Ctrl+L                  Display a list of libraries that contain help
                               topics
       Ctrl+N                  Open a new help window
       Ctrl+S                  Search for a word or phrase
       Ctrl+Ins[ert]           Copy the topic to the clipboard

Information Presentation Facility (IPF) Window Tasks:

       Ctrl+F4                 Close pane
       Ctrl+F5                 Restore pane to normal size
       Ctrl+F7                 Move pane
                               - Use arrow keys to move pane
                               - Press Enter when it is in the desired
                                 position
       Ctrl+F8                 Size pane
                               - Press left or right arrow key to indicate
                                 which side to adjust
                               - Adjust width with left and right arrow keys
                               - Press up or down arrow key to indicate
                                 whether to adjust top or bottom
                               - Adjust height with up and down arrow keys
                               - Press Enter when it is the desired size
       Ctrl+F9                 Minimize pane
       Ctrl+F10                Maximize pane

IPF Contents Window Tasks:

       +                       Expand one level
       *                       Expand branch
       Ctrl+*                  Expand all branches
       -                       Collapse branch
       Ctrl+-                  Collapse all branches
       Ctrl+C                  Contents
       Ctrl+I                  Index
       Ctrl+H                  Viewed pages
       Ctrl+L                  Libraries

Menu Tasks:

       Home                    Select first choice
       End                     Select last choice
       up arrow                Move to previous choice
       down arrow              Move to next choice
       right arrow             Show cascaded menu (when there is an arrow
                               button on the selected choice)
       left arrow              Hide cascaded menu
       letter keys             Select choice with that letter underlined
       F10 or Alt              Close menu and return to window

Window List Window Tasks:

       Return/Enter            Show object
       Del                     Close object
       Shift+arrow keys        Select multiple objects

Object Tasks (in Icon and Details Views of Containers, including Desktop):

       arrow keys              Move among objects in the window
       Enter                   Open the selected object(s)
       Del[ete]                Delete the selected object(s)
       F1                      Display help for the selected object(s)
                               (if more than one object is selected, press
                               the Previous button to display each panel)
       Spacebar                Select or deselect the object
       Ctrl+/                  Select all objects
       Ctrl+\                  Deselect all objects
       letter keys             Select next object starting with given letter
       Shift+F8                Begin and end selecting multiple objects
       Shift+F9                Edit icon text
       Shift+F10               Display pop-up menu for a selected object
   when no objects are selected (Container Tasks):
       Shift+F10               Display the pop-up menu for the window
                               (or the desktop when the desktop is active)
   while editing icon text (with Shift+F9)
       Enter                   Go to next line
       Keypad Enter            End editing icon text

Button Tasks:

       Space Bar               Push the button with the cursor box
       Enter                   Push the highlighted button

Text Field Tasks:

       Home                    Go to beginning of current line
       End                     Go to end of current line
       Ctrl+Home               Go to beginning of first line
       Ctrl+End                Go to end of last line
       Page Up                 Scroll up one page
       Page Down               Scroll down one page
       Ctrl+Page Up            Scroll left one page
       Ctrl+Page Down          Scroll right one page
       Shift+arrow keys        Select text
       Shift+Home              Select to beginning of line
       Shift+End               Select to end of line
       Shift+Page Up/Down      Select text by pages
       Tab                     Insert tab character and move cursor to next
                               tab location
       Alt+Backspace           Undo
       Shift+Del[ete]          Cut
       Ctrl+Ins[ert]           Copy
       Shift+Ins[ert]          Paste
       Ctrl+F                  Find
       Ctrl+right arrow        Move cursor to beginning of next word
       Ctrl+left arrow         Move cursor to beginning of previous word
   when text is not selected
       Del[ete]                Delete character to right of cursor (insert mode)
                               or delete the character highlighted by cursor
       Backspace               Delete character to left of cursor
   when text is selected
       Del[ete]                Clear highlighted characters
         or Backspace

Numeric Field Tasks:

       Page Up                 Increase value
       Page Down               Decrease value

Hidden List Field (List Box) Tasks:

       Alt+down arrow   (2.0)  Display hidden list
       Alt+down arrow   (2.x)  (In OS/2 version 2.1+ and OS/2 Warp 3 there is
                        (Warp) a bug which causes the list to appear and then
                               immediately disappear - APAR PJ14429)

Scrollable List Tasks:

       Home                    Select first item in list
       End                     Select last item in list
       F7 or Page Up           Scroll up one page
       F8 or Page Down         Scroll down one page
       Ctrl+Page Up            Scroll left one page
       Ctrl+Page Down          Scroll right one page

Notebook Tasks:

       Alt+up arrow            Move to notebook tab
       Alt+down arrow          Move to notebook page
   when selected field is not an input field:
       Alt+Page Up             Go to previous page in notebook
       Alt+Page Down           Go to next page in notebook
   when selected field is not an input field or scrollable list:
       Home                    Go to first page in notebook
       End                     Go to last page in notebook
       Page up                 Go to previous page in notebook
       Page down               Go to next page in notebook

Notebook Tab Tasks:

       Space Bar               Display the selected page

DOS Session Tasks:

       Alt+Home                Switch between full screen and window mode
       Ctrl+Alt+PrtSc          Release parallel port
                               This can be used to cause the spooler to send
                               the output to the printer, if the application
                               does not terminate the printout correctly.
                               It can also be used to avoid a SYS1799 error
                               when attempting to run multiple copies of a
                               DOS application which uses a dongle (hardware
                               security key) on the parallel port.