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The Ctrl key has a solid diamond on it (♦);
The Ctrl key has a solid diamond on it (♦);
The Alt key has an open diamond on it (♢);
the Alt key has an open diamond on it (♢);
the Esc key has a white × inside a black circle (●);

the Tab key has an arrow and a bar on it (⟶|).


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|Ctrl-q
|Ctrl-q
|Quit
|Quit activity
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|Ctrl-Esc
|Quit activity
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|Alt-Enter
|Toggle full-screen mode
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|Alt-Space
|Toggle tray visibility (works in Browse but not in Record)
|-
|-
|Ctrl-u
|Ctrl-u
|View source
|View source in Browse
|-
|-
|Fn-Space
|Fn-Space
|View source
|View source (system wide, although not enabled yet)
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|-
|Ctrl-alt-erase
|Ctrl-Alt-Erase
|Restart Sugar
|Restart Sugar
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|-
|Alt-1
|Alt-1
|Screen shot saved to Journal
|Screen capture saved to Journal
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|Ctrl-Alt-F1 (F1 is the Neighborhood key)
|Console 1
|-
|Ctrl-Alt-F2 (F2 is the Friends key)
|Console 2
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|Ctrl-Alt-F3 (F3 is the Home key)
|X Windows
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|-
|Esc-Frame-Right Arrow-Fn (the four corners keys on the keyboard)
|X(top-left)-frame(top-right)-right arrow-fn
|Recallibrate touchpad (aka [[Four finger salute]]) [[Image:Four finger salute.jpg|120px|'''Fn''' should be pressed last]]
|Recalibrate touchpad (AKA [[Four finger salute]]) [[Image:Four finger salute.jpg|120px|'''Fn''' should be pressed last]]


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Revision as of 09:34, 11 December 2007

  This page is monitored by the OLPC team.

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 a list of boot options.

The Ctrl key has a solid diamond on it (♦); the Alt key has an open diamond on it (♢); the Esc key has a white × inside a black circle (●); the Tab key has an arrow and a bar on it (⟶|).

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)
Ctrl-q Quit activity
Ctrl-Esc Quit activity
Alt-Enter Toggle full-screen mode
Alt-Space Toggle tray visibility (works in Browse but not in Record)
Ctrl-u View source in Browse
Fn-Space View source (system wide, although not enabled yet)
Ctrl-Alt-Erase Restart Sugar
Alt-1 Screen capture saved to Journal
Ctrl-Alt-F1 (F1 is the Neighborhood key) Console 1
Ctrl-Alt-F2 (F2 is the Friends key) Console 2
Ctrl-Alt-F3 (F3 is the Home key) X Windows
Esc-Frame-Right Arrow-Fn (the four corners keys on the keyboard) Recalibrate touchpad (AKA Four finger salute) Fn should be pressed last