Shortcuts & Hotkeys

Line-editing

If you want to:	Press this key:
Move the cursor left one position	<-- (left arrow key)
Move the cursor right one position	--> (right arrow key)
Move the cursor to the beginning of the line	Home
Move the cursor to the end of the line	End
Delete the character to the left of the current cursor position	Backspace or Rubout
Delete the character at the current cursor position	Del
Delete all characters on the current line	Ctrl -U
Toggle between insert mode and typeover mode (default is insert)	Ins Note that if you're in typeover mode and you submit a line, you'll be returned to insert mode.
Submit a line of input	Enter

`pterm`

If you want to:	Press:
Copy selected text to the clipboard.	Ctrl -Alt -X
Paste selected text from the clipboard.	Ctrl -Alt -V or Ctrl -right mouse button
Repeat a command.	/\ (up arrow key) or \/ (down arrow key)
Scroll through commands.	Ctrl -Alt -/\ or Ctrl -Alt -\/

Text field

If you want to:	Press:
Cut selected text.	Ctrl -X or Ctrl -Alt -X
Copy selected text to the clipboard.	Ctrl -C or Ctrl -Alt -C
Paste selected text from the clipboard.	Ctrl -V or Ctrl -Alt -V or Ctrl -right mouse button

Window

If you want to:	Press:
Move the window to the front.	Alt -F2
Move the window to the back.	Alt -F3
Close the window.	Alt -F4 or Double-click the window menu button.
Restore the window to previous size if it has been maximized.	Alt -F5 or Double-click the title bar.
Move the window.	Alt -F7
Resize the window (use the mouse or cursor keys to choose the new size).	Alt -F8
Minimize the window.	Alt -F9
Maximize the window.	Alt -F10 or Double-click the title bar.
Display the window menu.	Alt -Space
Close the window menu.	Esc

Workspace

If you want to:	Press:
Move back window to the front of the window stack.	Alt -Esc
Cycle through the windows.	Alt -Shift -Esc
Cycle through the applications.	Alt -Tab
Cycle in reverse order though the applications.	Alt -Shift -Tab
Cycle through consoles.	Ctrl -Alt -1...9
Display the Desktop Menu.	Alt -Enter

Other hotkeys

If you want to:	Press:
Exit Photon.	Ctrl -Alt -Shift -Backspace

Before entering this command, make sure that no applications or utilities are running on your computer. If there are, files may be left open. Moreover, if you reboot when a critical update is in progress, it's possible that the filesystem would require maintenance.