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This page provides a listing of the agreed upon shortcuts for the system at large and for various controls within the activities, which should be referenced for consistency across them. For a high level philosophical on the usage of various modifier keys, please refer to the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Sugar_Interface/Input_Systems#Keyboard_Shortcuts HIG].
This page provides a listing of the agreed upon shortcuts for the system at large and for various controls within the activities, which should be referenced for consistency across them. For a high-level philosophical on the usage of various modifier keys, please refer to the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Sugar_Interface/Input_Systems#Keyboard_Shortcuts HIG].


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|Shift-Ctrl-Tilde
|Shift-Ctrl-Tilde
|Cycle backward through running instances of the current activity
|Cycle backward through running instances of the current activity
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|Ctrl-c
|Copy to clipboard
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|Ctrl-v
|Paste from clipboard
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|Ctrl-x
|Cut (and copy to clipboard)
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|Alt-c
|Quit
|-
|Ctrl-u
|View source
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|Fn-Space
|View source


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Revision as of 20:23, 1 October 2007

This page provides a listing of the agreed upon shortcuts for the system at large and for various controls within the activities, which should be referenced for consistency across them. For a high-level philosophical on the usage of various modifier keys, please refer to the HIG.

Keystroke Description
Startup
X Gamepad Button Interrupts boot, providing the Open Firmware ok prompt. You may have to press the Esc key during the countdown (q2c25).
O Gamepad Button Boots from backup OS image, for system recovery. (not yet in a stable build)
Left D-Pad Button Turns off "pretty boot" in firmware following q2c27; enables pretty boot in earlier builds.
Right D-Pad Button Try it out.
X and Check Gamepad Buttons Skip upgrade, just writing an activation lease to USB key and boot. (If your XO doesn't have a check key, use the 'O' key instead)
X and Square Gamepad Buttons Wipes user directory, performing a factory-fresh install. (Appropriate for upgrading machines straight from the factory)
Sugar/System
Ctrl-Tab Cycle forward through running activities
Shift-Ctrl-Tab Cycle backward through running activities
Ctrl-Tilde Cycle forward through running instances of the current activity
Shift-Ctrl-Tilde Cycle backward through running instances of the current activity
Ctrl-c Copy to clipboard
Ctrl-v Paste from clipboard
Ctrl-x Cut (and copy to clipboard)
Alt-c Quit
Ctrl-u View source
Fn-Space View source