Desktop interaction quick reference

Keyboard

BREAK key functions

On some keyboards, the BREAK key is marked PAUSE. If your keyboard has neither key, see Beginners FAQ:Hardware Support for how to configure another key as BREAK.

ALT key functions

You can generate any character on the keyboard (and quite a few that aren’t on the keyboard) by holding down the Alt key and typing the character code on the numeric keypad. For example, Alt-163 would produce a £ symbol with the Latin1 alphabet.

Some special characters can also be produced by pressing Alt and a letter key. The following shortcuts are available with the Latin1 alphabet:

Accented letters can be generated by pressing Alt and one of the characters [ ] ; ’ , . / followed by the letter you want the accent applied to. The following shortcuts are available with the Latin1 alphabet:

Keyboard shortcuts – Desktop

Keyboard shortcuts – Applications

¹ Some applications use Ctrl-U to delete the current line.

Keyboard shortcuts – Filer

Keyboard shortcuts – NetSurf

Macro keys

Three keys on the bottom row of the keyboard (the two “flag” keys and the “menu” key) can be configured to perform predetermined actions. This is done via Configure > Keyboard which allows you to assign a command to each of the keys. For example, you can set a key to open a directory or run an application by dragging the appropriate icon to the input field on the Keyboard configuration window.

Mouse

General

Window interactions

Icon	Name	Functions
	Back	Select-click Push to back Adjust-click Pull to front Shift-Select-click Push back by one window Shift-Adjust-click Pull forward by one window
	Close	Select-click Close window Adjust-click Close window and open/front parent Shift-Select-click Iconise the window Shift-Adjust-click Open/front parent window Ctrl-Alt-Select-click Close all windows (except those that have unsaved data)
	Title bar	Select-click Pull to front Select-drag Pull to front and move window Adjust-drag Move window without changing window order
	Iconise	Select-click Iconise the window Adjust-click Iconise the window (identical to Select-click) Ctrl-Alt-Select-click Iconise all windows
	Toggle size	Select-click Toggle between full size and last size Adjust-click Toggle size without changing window order Shift-Select-click Toggle size without obscuring icon bar Shift-Adjust-click Toggle size without obscuring icon bar or changing window order
	Scroll arrow	Select-click Scroll in direction of arrow Adjust-click Scroll in opposite direction of arrow
	Scrollbar well	Select-click Scroll large amount (one page / window) Adjust-click Scroll large amount in opposite direction
	Scrollbar slider	Select-drag Scroll window in one axis Adjust-drag Scroll window up, down, left and right
	Resize	Select-click Pull to front Select-drag Pull to front and adjust size Adjust-drag Adjust size without changing window order

Filer interactions

² “Double-click and hold” needs to be enabled via Configuration > Filer.

Icon bar interactions

• Hovering the mouse at the very bottom of the screen will temporarily bring the icon bar to the front if it’s hidden behind other windows.
• If there are too many icons on the icon bar for them to all fit on screen at once, hovering the mouse at either end of the icon bar will scroll it in the corresponding direction.
• Dragging a file to a device icon will send it to that device.
• Dragging a file to an application will open it in that application.
• Dragging a file to an empty space on the icon bar has the same effect as double-clicking on the file (i.e. the file will be run/opened as appropriate).