OS/2 FAQ

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 or Shift+Esc	Display cacaded menu for window functions 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

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

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.