Keyboard shortcuts: Difference between revisions

From OLPC
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (wikifying local links)
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
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 [[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 [[OLPC Human Interface Guidelines/The Sugar Interface/Input Systems#Keyboard Shortcuts|HIG]].

Please see [[Cheat_codes|Cheat Codes]] for buttons to press during boot.




{|border=1 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=3 style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; border: 1px #666666 solid; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
{|border=1 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=3 style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; border: 1px #666666 solid; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
!style="background:#cccccc;"|Keystroke!!style="background:#cccccc;"|Description
!style="background:#cccccc;"|Keystroke!!style="background:#cccccc;"|Description

|-style="background: #e9e9e9;"
|colspan="2"|'''Startup (as of q2c28)'''
|-
|X Gamepad Button
|Toggles the state of secure booting (if the machine is configured for secure booting, this key makes it not-secure and vice-versa). To get the [[Forth Lesson 0|Open Firmware ok prompt]], you have to be in not-secure state, and then press the [[Esc key]] during the countdown.
|-
|Check Gamepad Button
|Turns on additional boot progress reports - text and additional icons. Also makes Linux startup text visible.
|-
|O Gamepad Button
|Boots from backup OS image, for system recovery.
|-
|Rotate Button (below direction pad)
|Shows the UL warning screen while booting.
|-
|Right D-Pad Button
|Try it out.
|-
|X and Check (tick) Gamepad Buttons
|If an [[Autoreinstallation image]] is present, skip upgrade, just writing an activation lease to USB key and boot. (If your XO doesn't have a check or tick key, use the 'O' key instead)
|-
|X and Square Gamepad Buttons
|If an [[Autoreinstallation image]] is present, wipes user directory, performing a factory-fresh install. (Appropriate for upgrading machines straight from the factory)
|-


|-style="background: #e9e9e9;"
|-style="background: #e9e9e9;"

Revision as of 17:29, 5 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.

Please see Cheat Codes for buttons to press during boot.


Keystroke Description
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
Ctrl-alt-erase Restart Sugar
X(top-left)-frame(top-right)-right arrow-fn Recallibrate touchpad (aka Four finger salute) Fn should be pressed last