Workplace Shell Keys


For


OS/2

The following workplace shell keys are alternatives to using the mouse in OS/2. They provide accessibliity through the speed and ease of the keyboard. They are also good for getting any user out of scrapes, when for some reason a mouse isn't available.

Not all functions available using the mouse have a hot key alternative, but those that do are listed below.


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                                       08/16/92

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Startup Tasks:

Alt+F1                  Restore default desktop
Ctrl+Shift+F1           Inhibit auto-start features

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)

Desktop Tasks:

arrow keys              Move among objects on desktop
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O        Display beach scene with credits

when the desktop is active and no objects are selected:

Shift+F10               Display the pop-up menu for the desktop
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+F10               Display the pop-up menu for the window
Alt+Space               Display cacaded menu for window functions
 or Shift+Esc            in pop-up menu for 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
Alt+Home                Switch between DOS full screen and window mode
Alt+Ins[ert]            Create a new object and place it in the clipboard

when no objects are selected:

Shift+F10               Display help about using help

Icon View Window Tasks:

arrow keys              Move among objects in the window

Text Window Tasks:

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
Del[ete]                Clear
Ctrl+F                  Find
Ctrl+right arrow        Move cursor to beginning of next word
Ctrl+left arrow         Move cursor to beginning of previous word

see also Text Field Tasks

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+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

Object Tasks:

Space Bar               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+F10               Display pop-up menu for a selected object
Enter                   Open a selected object

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

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
Del[ete]                Delete character to right of cursor
Backspace               Delete character to left of cursor
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+(any)             Select text

Numeric Field Tasks:

Page Up                 Increase value
Page Down               Decrease value

Hidden List Field Tasks:

Alt+down arrow          Display hidden list

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:

Ctrl+Alt+PrtSc          Release parallel port
                        This can 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.


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