# KEYS BY KEYS

The following table shows OS/2 keys and key combinations and the function they perform. It is not the intent of this section to describe the purpose of all keys, only the function keys and key combinations (both common and secret). Consequently, single keys are not described, such as Tab, Insert, Delete, Home, End, Page Up/Down, etc. For additional information, see the "Keys help" pull-down-choice under "Help" on the action-bar. The "Keys by Function" section of this document lists the same keys as those listed here sorted in a different order.

KEY OR KEY COMBINATION | FUNCTION
--- | ---
Left mouse button + right mouse button (on desktop focus) | Window List
Alt | Access the title bar
Alt + (double-click on icon) | Settings notebook for icon (will not work on minimized icon)
Alt + (key) | Accelerator key. To invoke either an action-bar-choice or pull-down-choice as denoted by a word with a single underlined letter.
Alt + (keypad 1 + 2) | Insert page break (form feed) in text
Alt + (mouse select on icon name) | Rename icon on desktop
Alt + (Up/Down Arrow) | Display drop-down list or drop-down combo box
Alt + Backspace | Undo
Alt + Esc | Switch to next window or full screen
Alt + F1 | Restore damaged OS/2 or undo changes to the desktop. (secret; Enter the key combination when you see "OS/2" in the upper left corner of your screen during boot-up).
Alt + F2 | Displays the name of each driver as it is being loaded during boot-up. (secret; Enter the key combination when you see "OS/2" in the upper left corner of your screen during boot-up).
Alt + F4 | Close active window
Alt + F6 | Switch between a window and a Help window
Alt + F7 | Move window (use arrows to move)
Alt + F8 | Size window (use arrows to size)
Alt + F9 | Minimize window
Alt + F10 | Maximize window
Alt + Home | Switch between DOS window and DOS full screen
Alt + Page Down | Turn to next page in Properties/Settings Notebook
Alt + Page Up | Turn to previous page in Properties/Settings Notebook
Alt + S | Search for a word or phrase in Help topics
Alt + Spacebar | Displays the System menu of the active window
Alt + Tab | Switch to next window
Ctrl + (left arrow) | Move cursor to beginning of preceding word
Ctrl + (right arrow) | Move cursor to end of next word
Ctrl + / | Select all
Ctrl + \ | Deselect all
Ctrl + Alt + Del | Restart the computer (reboot)
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + O | Display list of OS/2 developers (secret; from the Desktop focus)
Ctrl + C | Cancel program (from the OS/2 command prompt)
Ctrl + End | End of data
Ctrl + Esc | Window List
Ctrl + F4 | Close a Help window
Ctrl + H | Viewed Pages - Display a list of all of the topics you have read in a Help session
Ctrl + Home | Beginning of data
Ctrl + Insert | Copy
Ctrl + S | Search (perform)
Ctrl + Spacebar | Select one object, deselect others
Esc | Cancel
F1 | Help
F2 | Save edit session
F3 | Exit; close window (quit)
F4 | Save and close (quit)
F5 | Open a file
F6 | Command dialog
F7 | Rename file (during edit session)
F9 | Undo edit
F10 | Switch to/from menu bar
F11 (in a Help window) | Help index display
Shift + (cursor) | Extended selection
Shift + Alt + Backspace | Redo (undoes last Undo)
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + O | on Desktop focus - shows list of OS/2 developers (secret)
Shift + Ctrl + End | Select text to end of document
Shift + Ctrl + Home | Select text to beginning of document
Shift + Delete | Cut
Shift + End | Select text to end of line
Shift + Esc | System menu
Shift + F8 | Switch between single and multiple selection
Shift + Home | Select text to beginning of line
Shift + Insert | Paste
Shift + Page Down | Select text down one page
Shift + Page Up | Select text up one page
Shift + Tab | Backtab