Keyboard shortcuts
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 (⟶|);
- the Tilde key has a tilde on it (~);
- the Frame key has an open rectangle on it (☐);
- the F1 key is the same as the Neighborhood view key (
); - the F2 key is the same as the Friends view key (
); - the F3 key is the same as the Home view key (
).
| 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. 
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