Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigating Applications
Because you can use many applications in the Oracle Solaris Desktop, this manual
does not describe the keyboard shortcuts that you can use to navigate all
of the different applications. However, some basic keyboard shortcuts are
common to all applications. Access keys also provide an efficient way to navigate
an application from the keyboard. An access key is identified by an underlined
letter on a menu or control. In some cases, you must press Alt in
combination with the access key to perform an action.
The following table lists the essential keyboard shortcuts that you
can use to navigate applications.
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F10
| Opens the first menu on the application menubar.
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Alt+Access key
| Opens the menu that is associated with the access key.
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Access keys
| Selects the menu item that is associated with the access key.
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Left arrow and right arrow
| Switches focus between the menus on the menubar.
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Up arrow and down arrow
| Moves focus into a menu.
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Esc
| Closes the open menus and give focus to the control that had focus before
the menubar.
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Ctrl+O
| Opens the file selector dialog.
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Ctrl+S
| Opens the Save dialog.
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Ctrl+L
| Opens a Location dialog to enable you to type the name of the file that
you want to open or save.
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Ctrl+P
| Opens a Print dialog, if available.
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Ctrl+C
| Copies highlighted text to the global, application-spanning clipboard.
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Ctrl+X
| Cuts highlighted text to the global, application-spanning clipboard.
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Ctrl+V
| Pastes text from the global, application-spanning clipboard to the current
cursor position.
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