====================================== Workbench (AmigaOS) keyboard shortcuts ====================================== First published at 5/24/2020 on https://defkey.com/workbench-amigaos-shortcuts AmigaOS is a operating sistem of Amiga and AmigaOne personal computer. It was initally released on July 1985. Workbench (AmigaOS) has 72 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Workbench menu -------------- Amiga + B Switch on or off the backdrop feature of the Workbench root window Amiga + E Execute a command Amiga + ? Opens the About requester with version info etc. Amiga + Q Quit Workbench Window menu ----------- Amiga + K Closes the selected drawer window Amiga + A Selects the contents in the selected window Amiga + Z Clears the selection Amiga + . Cleans up the window contents by column Amiga + 6 Cleans up the window contents by name Amiga + 7 Cleans up the window contents by date Amiga + 8 Cleans up the window contents by size Amiga + 9 Cleans up the window contents by type Amiga + - Shows only files with an associated icon in the selected window's drawer Amiga + + Show All Files in the selected window's drawer (even files with no associated icon) Amiga + 1 Displays files in icon mode (the default) Amiga + 2 Displays files by name, sorted in alphabetical order Amiga + 3 Displays files by name, sorted by date (older to more recent) Amiga + 4 Displays files by name, sorted by size (smaller to bigger) Amiga + 5 Displays files by name, sorted by Type (directories first, then files) Amiga + F Runs the Find utility allowing you to search for files Icons menu ---------- Amiga + O Open selected file(s) Amiga + C Clone selected file(s) Amiga + R Rename selected file(s) Amiga + I Displays all information on the selected icon(s) Amiga + S Stores the position(s) of the selected icon(s) Amiga + U Clears the stored position(s) of the selected icon(s) Amiga + L Moves the selected file(s) from its/their location(s) to the desktop Amiga + P Puts the selected left out file(s) back in its/their original place(s) Amiga + D Deletes the selected file(s) directly Mouse - System shortcuts ------------------------ Amiga + Left Alt Same as clicking left mouse button Amiga + Right Alt Same as clicking right mouse button Amiga + Arrow keys Moves mouse pointer Amiga + Shift + Arrow keys Moves mouse pointer in larger steps Five additional Amiga system functions also have keyboard shortcuts: LeftAmiga + N Workbench screen to front LeftAmiga + M Front screen to back LeftAmiga + B Requester OK (leftmost gadget) LeftAmiga + V Requester Cancel (rightmost gadget) LeftAmiga + SelectionButton Drag the screen whether the pointer is on the title bar or not Mouse qualifiers ---------------- RightAmiga + Left click (click Close Gadget) Closes all open drawer windows Shift + Left click (click Zoom gadget) Maximizes a window to full screen without covering the Workbench title bar Shift + Left click + Move the mouse (drag window) Forces window to stay within the WB screen (when "Off-screen windows dragging" is enabled in Prefs/GUI) Ctrl + Alt + Left click + Move the mouse (drag window frame) Resizes a window from any edge or corner Ctrl + Amiga + Left click + Move the mouse (drag window) Moves a window by clicking it anywhere (except active text editors) LeftAmiga + Left click + Move the mouse (drag screen) Moves or drags down a screen by clicking it anywhere. This can be redefined in Prefs/GUI, where you can also change other aspects of screen dragging Mouse substitution ------------------ LeftAmiga + N Flips to the Workbench screen LeftAmiga + V Activates the leftmost button in a requester. LeftAmiga + B Activates the rightmost button in a requester with more than one button Amiga + Arrow keys Moves the pointer Amiga + Shift + Arrow keys Moves the pointer faster Amiga + Right Alt Performs a RMB (right mouse button) click Amiga + Left Alt Performs a LMB (left mouse button) click Standard menu shortcuts ----------------------- These shortcut keys are used by many programs, therefore it is worth learning. Project menu: Amiga + O Open... Amiga + S Save Amiga + A Save As... Amiga + P Print Amiga + ? About... (not listed in the official standard, but anyway almost always used) Amiga + Q Quit Edit menu: Amiga + X Cut Amiga + C Copy Amiga + V Paste Amiga + Z Undo Boot modifier keys ------------------ Help (hold during bootup) Early Startup Menu Left click + Right click (hold during bootup) Early Startup Menu Scroll Lock (on PC keyboard, hold during bootup) Early Startup Menu Ctrl (hold during bootup) System boot without Startup-Sequence Middle click (hold during bootup) System boot without Startup-Sequence Shift Boot without starting anything from the WBstartup drawer Alt Boot without starting anything from the WBstartup drawer AltGr Boot without starting anything from the WBstartup drawer Note: The system doesn't determine whether it should start with or without WBStartup until the Workbench is actually being loaded. Therefore you need to keep pressing Alt or Shift key until you see Workbench screen appear. Special shell keys ------------------ Ctrl + C Break signal. It will make a shell program stop immediately Ctrl + D Similar to Ctrl + C, except that it breaks a running AmigaDOS script. Normally, a Ctrl + C will break the currently executing command, but if it is running as part of a script, this will just let the next command in the script run Ctrl + \ Exit the shell. It does the same as hitting the close gadget or typing EndCLI as a command Source: amigaos.net Last modified on (UTC): Sunday, May 24, 2020 Defkey © All rights reserved.