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Keyboard shortcuts
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| F12 | Suspend desktop and access the command line |
| Shift-F12 | Bring icon bar to front/back of window stack |
| Ctrl-F12 | Open a Task Window |
| Shift-Ctrl-F12 | Shut down the machine |
| Alt-Break | Brings up the application termination dialogue |
Keyboard
BREAK key functions
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Break | Cancel an action (e.g. stop printing a file) |
| Alt-Break | Brings up the application termination dialogue |
| Ctrl-Break | Reboot |
| Shift-Break | Reboot to command line |
ALT key functions
You can generate any character on the keyboard (and quite a few that aren’t on the keyboard) by holding down the Alt key and typing the character code on the numeric keypad. For example, Alt-163 would produce a £ symbol with the Latin1 alphabet.
Some special characters can also be produced by pressing Alt and a letter key. A full list cannot be given for copyright reasons, but a few minutes experimentation should allow the user to construct a list for themselves.
A few accented letters can be generated by pressing Alt and one of the characters [ ] ; ’ , . / followed by the letter you want the accent applied to. This table lists the available accented characters for the Latin1 alphabet.
| Key combination | Accent | Characters affected |
|---|---|---|
| Alt [ | Acute | aeiouy |
| Alt ] | Grave | aeiou |
| Alt ; | Diaeresis (Umlaut) | aeiouy |
| Alt ’ | Circumflex | aeiouwy |
| Alt , | Tilde | ao |
| Alt . | Overring | a |
| Alt / | Cedilla | c |
Keyboard shortcuts – Desktop
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| F12 | Suspend desktop and access the command line |
| Shift-F12 | Bring icon bar to front/back of window stack |
| Ctrl-F12 | Open a Task Window |
| Shift-Ctrl-F12 | Shut down the machine |
Keyboard shortcuts – Applications
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| F1 | Help |
| F2 | Load file |
| Shift-F2 | Insert file |
| Ctrl-F2 | Close current window |
| F3 | Save file |
| F4 | Find / Search and replace |
| F5 | Go to (line) |
| F8 | Undo |
| F9 | Redo |
| Ctrl-A | Select all |
| Ctrl-C | Copy selection to clipboard |
| Ctrl-K | Delete selection without affecting the clipboard |
| Ctrl-U | Delete current line |
| Ctrl-V | Paste selection from clipboard |
| Ctrl-X | Cut selection to clipboard |
| Ctrl-Z | Clear selection |
Keyboard shortcuts – Filer
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Return | Open/run selection |
| Backspace | Open parent directory |
| Ctrl-A | Select All |
| Ctrl-F | Cycle display format |
| Ctrl-R, | Rename |
| Alt-click name | |
| Ctrl-S | Cycle sort order |
| Ctrl-W | Set current directory |
| Escape, | Clear selection |
| Ctrl-Z | |
| Ctrl-K | Delete selection |
| Shift-Tab | Switch to next filer window |
| Ctrl-Tab | Switch to previous filer window |
| Ctrl-F2 | Close window |
Keyboard shortcuts – NetSurf
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl-Q | Zoom out |
| Ctrl-W | Zoom in |
| Ctrl-R | Reload current page |
| Ctrl-S | Save current page |
| Ctrl-F | Search on current page |
| Ctrl-N | Open a new window |
| F2 | Enter a new URL |
| Ctrl-U | Clear current content of URL input bar while it has focus |
Macro keys
Three keys on the bottom row of the keyboard (the two “flag” keys and the “menu” key) can be configured to perform predetermined actions. This is done via Configure > Keyboard which allows you to assign a command to each of the keys. For example, you can set a key to open a directory or run an application by dragging the appropriate icon to the input field on the Keyboard configuration window.
Mouse
Window interactions
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Close |
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Title bar |
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Iconise |
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Toggle size |
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Scroll arrow |
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Scrollbar well |
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Scrollbar slider |
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Resize |
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Icon bar interactions
- Hovering the mouse at the bottom of the screen will temporarily bring the icon bar to the front if it’s hidden behind other windows.
- If there are too many icons on the icon bar for them to all fit on screen at once, hovering the mouse at either end of the icon bar will scroll it in the corresponding direction.
- Files can be dragged to the icon bar as an alternative method of running/opening them.
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