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* Slightly improved the wording on the Welcome page * Corrected some wrong HTML tags here and there * Improvements on the Bug Reports page * Added paragraph on file panels on the general GUI page * Added Filesytem Layout page * Added Boot Loader page (kernel boot options) * Added Keyboard Shortcuts page (also moved the paragraph about default command key there) * Prepared index pages for Applications, Preferences, Demos and Desktop Applets git-svn-id: file:///srv/svn/repos/haiku/haiku/trunk@28389 a95241bf-73f2-0310-859d-f6bbb57e9c96
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<title>Shortcuts and key combinations</title>
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<div class="title">Shortcuts and key combinations</div>
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<a href="contents.html">Contents</a>
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Previous: <a href="tracker-add-ons.html">Tracker Add-Ons</a>
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Next: <a href="deskbar.html">Deskbar</a>
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<p>By default, Haiku's option key, to invoke commands from menus for example, is not the usual <tt>CTRL</tt> key, but <tt>ALT</tt> instead. This has historical reasons, because the BeOS was inspired somewhat by MacOS. After you get used to it, it actually feels better as e.g. <tt>ALT+C</tt> and <tt>ALT+V</tt> is reached more conveniently on the keyboard and these commands seemlessly integrate into the <acronym title="Bourne Again Shell">bash</acronym> shell of the Terminal.
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</p><p>In any case, you can switch to the maybe more familiar <tt>CTRL</tt> key in the <i>Menu</i> preferences. The user guide will always describes the default configuration with the option key being <tt>ALT</tt>.
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<h2><a name="general">General shortcuts</a></h2>
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<p>Here's a table of many of the most commonly used shortcuts that are always awailable, even if there isn't a corresponding menu:
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</p><p><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
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<tr><td><tt>ALT+Fx</tt></td><td width="25"></td><td> Switch to <a href="workspaces.html">Workspace</a> X (<tt>Fx</tt> is the function key corresponding to that workspace).</td></tr>
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<tr><td><tt>CTRL+TAB</tt></td><td width="25"></td><td> Hold it to brings up the <a href="twitcher.hml">Twitcher</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><tt>CTRL+ALT+DEL</tt></td><td width="25"></td><td> Open the <a href="teammonitor.html">Team Monitor</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><tt>ALT+ESC</tt></td><td width="25"></td><td> Enter the menu bar (leave with <tt>ESC</tt>).</td></tr>
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<tr><td><tt>ALT+C</tt></td><td></td><td> Copy selection to clipboard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><tt>ALT+X</tt></td><td></td><td> Cut selection to clipboard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><tt>ALT+V</tt></td><td></td><td> Paste the clipboard's contents.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><tt>ALT+W</tt></td><td></td><td> Close the current window.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><tt>ALT+Q</tt></td><td></td><td> Close the whole application.</td></tr>
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</table>
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</p>
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<h2><a name="tracker-navigation">Shortcuts for Tracker navigation</a></h2>
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<p>Additionally to the general shortcuts, here are more for navigating with Tracker:
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</p><p><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
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<tr><td><tt>ALT+CURSOR-UP</tt></td><td width="25"></td><td> Open parent folder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="onelinetop"><tt>ALT+CURSOR-DOWN or RETURN</tt></td><td></td><td> Open selected folder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><tt>WIN-KEY</tt></td><td></td><td> Holding it while opening a folder will automatically close the parent folder. This also works when navigating with the mouse.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><tt>right MENU-KEY</tt></td><td></td><td> Open the Deskbar menu (leave with <tt>ESC</tt>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td><tt>ALT+Z</tt></td><td></td><td> Undo the last action. The undo history is only limited by the available memory. Note, that this only works for actions on the file itself, changed attributes and permission settings can't be undone. Also, once a file is removed from </i>Trash</i> it's gone for good.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><tt>ALT+SHIFT+Z</tt></td><td></td><td> Redo the action you just reverted with <tt>ALT+Z</tt></td></tr>
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</table>
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</p>
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<h2><a name="other-combos">Other key combinations</a></h2>
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<p>You can add or remove items to/from a selection by holding down a modifier key while clicking on a entry (or file in case of Tracker).
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</p><p><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
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<tr><td><tt>SHIFT</tt></td><td width="25"></td><td> This will select everything between the first selected item and the one you click on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><tt>ALT</tt></td><td></td><td> Adds or removes the item you're clicking on from the selection.</td></tr>
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</p><p>In a Tracker window, if you just start typing, Tracker scrolls to and selects the file that best fits your incremental search. If there's no file starting with your typed letters, files that contain the search string anywhere in their name or other displayed attributes are selected. This search is <i>not</i> case-sensitive.<br>
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The letters you type appear at the bottom-left, where normally the number of items are listed. After a second it reverts back and you could start a new incremental search.
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<p>
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<a href="contents.html">Contents</a>
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Previous: <a href="tracker-add-ons.html">Tracker Add-Ons</a>
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Next: <a href="deskbar.html">Deskbar</a>
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