Keyboard Shortcuts

By pressing a certain key combinations, you can perform actions that normally need a mouse. To use a keyboard shortcut, press and hold one or more qualifier keys and then press the last key of the shortcut.

Startup

Bootloader

• Enter: Open the Boot Options menu.
• Esc: Open the bootloader menu.
• Space: Open bootloader Command Prompt.

Kickstart

• Help: Hold to open the Early Startup Menu.
• Ctrl: Hold to open Amiga Shell.
• Ctrl + D: Abort Startup-Sequence.

Workbench

• Shift: Hold to skip startup modules.
• Alt: Hold to skip startup modules.

Common Shortcuts

• Left-Amiga + M: Flips through each open screen.
• Left-Amiga + N: Flips to the Workbench screen.
• Left-Amiga + V: Activates the leftmost button in a requester.
• Left-Amiga + B: Activates the rightmost button in a requester.
• Amiga + Arrows: Moves the mouse pointer.
• Amiga + Shift + Arrows: Moves the mouse pointer faster.
• Amiga + Right-Alt: Performs a right mouse button click.
• Amiga + Left-Alt: Performs a left mouse button click.

Project

• Amiga + N: Create a new file.
• Amiga + O: Open a file.
• Amiga + S: Save the current document.
• Amiga + A: Open a Save As... requester for saving a file.
• Amiga + P: Print the current document.
• Amiga + Q: Quit application.

Editing

• Amiga + X: Cut the selected item and copy it to the clipboard.
• Amiga + C: Copy the selected item to the clipboard.
• Amiga + V: Paste the contents of the clipboard into the current document or application.
• Amiga + M: Select all items.
• Amiga + U: Undo the previous command.
• Amiga + Z: Redo – reverse the undo command.

Search and Replace

• Amiga + F: Open the Find window for searching the current documentation.
• Amiga + .: Find the next occurrence of the item previously found.
• Amiga + R: Open the Replace window for searching and replacing items.

Information

• Amiga + ?: Display information about the application.
• Help: Open the context sensitive help.

Shell

• Ctrl + C: Stop the currently running Shell program.
• Ctrl + D: Stop the currently running AmigaDOS script.
• Ctrl + \: Close the current Shell window.

• Amiga + L: Load command history.
• Amiga + A: Save command history.
• Amiga + Z: Clear command history.
• Amiga + K: Close the current Shell.
• Amiga + <: Flip to the previous Shell.
• Amiga + >: Flip to the next Shell.

Workbench

• Right-Amiga + Open Drawer: Closes parent window when opening the drawer.
• Right-Amiga + Close Gadget: Closes all open drawers.
• Shift + Zoom Gadget: Enlarges a drawer window to full screen.
• Shift + Drag Window: Forces window to stay withing the Workbench screen while dragging.
• Ctrl + Alt + Drag Window Frame: Resizes a window from any edge or corner.
• Ctrl + Amiga + Drag Window: Allows you to drag a window by clicking it anywhere.
• Left-Amiga + Drag Screen: Moves or drags down a screen by clicking it anywhere.
• Amiga + B: Toggle between windowed and windowless desktop.
• Amiga + E: Execute a command.

Drawers

• Amiga + N: Create a new drawer.
• Amiga + K: Close the selected drawer.
• Amiga + A: Select the current drawer contents.
• Amiga + Z: Deselect the current drawer contents.
• Amiga + .: Arrange the current drawer's icons by columns.
• Amiga + 6: Arrange the current drawer's icons by name.
• Amiga + 7: Arrange the current drawer's icons by date.
• Amiga + 8: Arrange the current drawer's icons by size.
• Amiga + 9: Arrange the current drawer's icons by type.
• Amiga + -: Do not show hidden files and directories.
• Amiga + +: Show all files and directories, except .icon files.
• Amiga + 0: Show or hide .icon files.
• Amiga + T: Show or hide thumbnails.
• Amiga + 1: View the current drawer content as icons.
• Amiga + 2: View the current drawer content as a list and sort the list by name.
• Amiga + 3: View the current drawer content as a list and sort the list by date.
• Amiga + 4: View the current drawer content as a list and sort the list by size.
• Amiga + 5: View the current drawer content as a list and sort the list by type.
• Amiga + !: Toggle between ascending and descending listing order.
• Amiga + F: Search the current drawer.

Icons

• Amiga + O: Open the currently selected icon.
• Amiga + C: Duplicate the curently selected icon.
• Amiga + R: Rename the currently selected icon.
• Amiga + I: Show information about currently selected file or drawer.
• Amiga + S: Save the currently selected icon's position.
• Amiga + U: Forget the currently selected icon's position.
• Amiga + L: Place the currently selected icon on the desktop.
• Amiga + P: Put the currently selected desktop icon back to its home drawer.
• Amiga + D: Delete the currently selected icon.