ArcaOS 5.x Keyboard Shortcuts

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Organized By Component

Boot

Shortcut Action Help Image
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).
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 + F3
Alt + F4 Request confirmation on each loaded driver from the CONFIG.SYS
Ctrl + Alt + Del Restart the computer (reboot)

Desktop

Shortcut Action Help Image
Space Select current object
Enter Open an object or select a menu entry
Alt
F10
Switch to menu bar / tittle bar
Home Select first choice
End Select last choice
Del Delete an object
Backspace Open parent window
Esc Cancel
Alt + Esc Cycle through open applications
Alt + Home Switch a DOS session between windowed and full-screen
Alt + Tab Switch between open applications, folders and windows
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
Alt + Enter
Alt + (Double Click)
Open the properties window of the selected object
Alt + Up/Down arrow Arrow Display drop-down list or drop-down combo box
Alt + Page Down Turn to next page in Properties/Settings Notebook
Alt + Page Up Turn to previous page in Properties/Settings Notebook
Alt + (mouse select or Icon Name)
Shift + F9
Rename icon on desktop / Edit object title
Ctrl + a
Ctrl + /
Select every object on the desktop
Ctrl + d
Ctrl + \
Unselect every object on the desktop
Ctrl + s Selection criteria
Ctrl + n Sort icons by object name
Ctrl + y Sort icons by object type
Ctrl + e Sort icons by file extension
Ctrl + z Sort icons by file size
Ctrl + z Sort icons by file last write date
Ctrl + Esc Bring up the Window List
Ctrl (hold) + (mouse right click) Select several objects/icons
Ctrl + Shift + i Open folder as icon view
Ctrl + Shift + d Open folder as details view
Ctrl + Shift + s Open the properties of the opened / focused folder
Ctrl + Alt + Del Load the CAD menu
Shift + Esc
Alt + Space
Switch to the program icon (top left) of the foreground windows / Displays the System menu of the active window
Shift + F10 Bring up the pop-up menu for the foreground application

Text Functions

Shortcut Action Help Image
Ctrl + Home Beginning of data
Ctrl + End End of data
Ctrl + Insert
Ctrl + c
Copy
Ctrl + z
Alt + Backspace
Undo
Ctrl + \ Deselect all
Ctrl + a
Ctrl + /
Select all
Ctrl + (LEFT Arrow) Move cursor to beginning of preceding word
Ctrl + (RIGHT Arrow) Move cursor to end of next word
Shift + (cursor) Extended selection
Shift + Insert
Ctrl + v
Paste
Shift + Delete
Ctrl + x
Cut
Shift + (cursor) Extended selection
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

Help \ NewView Keyboard Shortcurts

Shortcut Action Help Image
Alt + s Search for a word or phrase in Help topics
Ctrl + F4 Close a Help window

KEYS BY FUNCTION

Shift + TAB Backtab

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

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

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

Shift + ALT + Backspace Redo (undoes last Undo)

Ctrl + Spacebar Select one object, deselect others

Shift + F8 Switch between single and multiple selection


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

Organized by Key

Alt Key

Shortcut Action Help Image
Alt Switch to menu bar
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 + F1 Boot: 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).
Alt + F2 Boot: 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 + F3 Boot:
Alt + F4 Boot: Request confirmation on each loaded driver from the CONFIG.SYS
GUI: Closes a window or application
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 + 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 + Tab Switch between active windows
Alt + Enter Open the properties window of the selected object
Alt + Page Down Turn to next page in Properties/Settings Notebook
Alt + Page Up Turn to previous page in Properties/Settings Notebook

Ctrl Key

Shortcut Action Help Image
Ctrl + a
Ctrl + /
Select every object on the desktop
Ctrl + d
Ctrl + \
Unselect every object on the desktop
Ctrl + v Paste
Ctrl + x Cut
Ctrl + z Undo
Ctrl + Esc Bring up the Window List
Ctrl + Home Beginning of data
Ctrl + End End of data
Ctrl + Insert
Ctrl + c
Copy
Ctrl + 🢀 (Left Arrow) Move cursor to beginning of preceding word
Ctrl + 🢂 (Right Arrow) Move cursor to end of next word
Ctrl + Alt + Del Boot: Restart the computer on boot
GUI: Calls CAD application

Shift Key

Shortcut Action Help Image
Shift + Esc Switch to the program icon (top left) of the foreground windows
Shift + F9 Rename icon on desktop / Edit object title
Shift + F10 Bring up the pop-up menu for the foreground application

Function Keys

Shortcut Action Help Image
Esc Cancel
F1 Open help
F2 Save and edit session
F3 Exit close window (quit)
F4 Save and close (quit)
F5 Refresh now / Refresh icons on window
F6 Command dialog
F7 Rename file (during edit session)
F10 Switch to/from menu bar
F11 (in a Help window) Help index display