Solaris Advanced User's Guide

Keyboard Equivalents

You can often speed up operations by using a sequence of keystrokes, called keyboard accelerators, that duplicate the operations of the mouse and menus, and of the preconfigured keyboard keys.

The following table lists several command operations and the keyboard equivalents for both SPARC^TM and IA machines.

Note –

The Meta key is the <> key on SPARC keyboards and is obtained on IA keyboards by pressing Ctrl-Alt.

To use a keyboard accelerator, press and hold the first key (Meta or Ctrl-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 system. On an IA system, press and hold Ctrl and Alt together and press X simultaneously.

Table 2–1 Keyboard Accelerators


Operation	Keyboard Equivalent	Action
Again	Meta - a	Repeats the previous operation
Copy	Meta - c	Copies the selection to the clipboard
Cut	Meta - x	Cuts the selection and puts it on the clipboard
Find	Meta - f	Finds the selection to the right of the caret
Help	Help or F1	Displays a help window with context-sensitive help for the object at the pointer location
New	Meta - n	Loads a new file
Open (File)	Meta - o	Opens a file (for example, if you've highlighted a file icon in File Manager)
Open (Window)	Meta - w	Opens an icon or closes a window to an icon
Paste	Meta - v	Copies the clipboard selection to the insertion point
Print	Meta - p	Sends the file to the printer (for example, if you've highlighted a file icon in File Manager)
Props	Meta - i	Displays the property window for the application at the pointer location
Redo	Shift-Meta - p	Undoes an Undo
Save	Meta - s	Saves the current file
Stop	Stop or Esc	Stops the current operation
Undo	Meta - u	Undoes the previous operation