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OS/2 Workplace Shell Keys                                       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.