Although the operations you do not require extensive use of OpenWindows menus and the mouse, in some cases you can speed up these operations by using a sequence of keystrokes, called keyboard accelerators, that duplicate the operations of the mouse and menus, and of the pre-configured keyboard keys.
The following table lists several command operations and the keyboard equivalents for both SPARC and IA-based machines.
The Meta key is the <> key on SPARC keyboards and is obtained on IA keyboards by pressing Ctrl-Alt.
To carry out a keyboard accelerator operation, press and hold the first key (Meta or Control-Alt together) and type the second key. For example, to cut selected text, press and hold the Meta key and press X on a SPARC sytem; on an IA system, press and hold Control and Alt together and press X simultaneously
Table 1-1 Keyboard Accelerators
Operation |
Keyboard Equivalent |
Action |
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Meta - a |
Repeats the previous operation |
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Meta - c |
Copies the selection to the clipboard |
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Meta - x |
Cuts the selection and puts it on the clipboard |
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Meta - f |
Finds the selection to the right of the caret |
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Help or F1 |
Displays a help window with context-sensitive help for the object at the pointer location |
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Meta - n |
Loads a new file |
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Meta - o |
Opens a file (for example, if you've highlighted a file icon in File Manager) |
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Meta - w |
Opens an icon or closes a window to an icon |
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Meta - v |
Copies the clipboard selection to the insertion point |
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Meta - p |
Sends the file to the printer (for example, if you've highlighted a file icon in File Manager) |
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Meta - i |
Displays the property window for th application at the pointer location |
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Shift-Meta - p |
Undoes an Undo |
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Meta - s |
Save the current file |
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Stop or Esc |
Stops the current operation |
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Meta - u |