Keyboard Operation

Common operations on and within windows using the keyboard are presented in this section. On some systems, the keyboard may be emulated on a part of the display and is then usually operated by the mouse.

A list of common key combinations and shortcuts together with a description of their associated action is given in the following table:

^C

Close window and discard any changes

^D

Destroy window unconditionally

cr

Activate current element or item

Tab

Go to next input element or hyperlink

Shft-Tab

Go to previous input element or hyperlink

Esc

Complete a prefix (if supported)

Left

Move cursor or scroll left

Right

Move cursor or scroll right

Up

Move cursor or selection bar up

Down

Move cursor or selection bar down

^Left

Drag content left

^Right

Drag content right

^Up

Drag content up

^Down

Drag content down

Home

Move cursor or scroll to start of line

End

Move cursor or scroll to end of line

PgUp

Move cursor or selection bar one page up

PgDn

Move cursor or selection bar one page down

^Home

Erase to start of line

^End

Erase to end of line

^PgUp

Go to start of document or list

^PgDn

Go to end of document or list

Alt-Left

Move window left

Alt-Right

Move window right

Alt-Up

Move window up

Alt-Down

Move window down

Alt-Home

Move window to left edge of screen

Alt-End

Move window to right edge of screen

Alt-PgUp

Move window to top edge of screen

Alt-PgDn

Move window to bottom edge of screen

Alt-KP5

Center window on screen

Alt-P

Push window behind all others

Alt-H

Display a context dependent help page

Alt-M

Invoke the "Main Menu"

Alt-S

Invoke the "Setup Menu"

Alt-W

Invoke the "Windows Menu"

Alt-U

Activate the "Topbar Menu"

Special keys: ^ = Control, Alt- = Alt, Shft- = Shift, cr = Return (^M), Tab = Tabulator (^I), Esc = Escape.

Cursor and navigation keys: Left, Right, Up, Down, Home, End, PgUp, PgDn, KP5.

Dragging has the same effect as moving the cursor or selection bar and scrolling the content underneath it in the same manner at the same time, thus resulting in a movement of the whole line or document together with the cursor or selection bar.