Difference between revisions of "Special Keys"

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|width="100px"|'''ALT-ENTER'''||Switch to [[dosbox.conf/render|full-screen]] (and back).
 
|width="100px"|'''ALT-ENTER'''||Switch to [[dosbox.conf/render|full-screen]] (and back).
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|'''ALT-PAUSE'''||Pause emulation.
 
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|'''CTRL-F1'''||Show the [[KeyMapper|keymapper]] configuration screen,
 
|'''CTRL-F1'''||Show the [[KeyMapper|keymapper]] configuration screen,
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|'''CTRL-F12'''||Increase DOSBox [[dosbox.conf/cpu|cycles]] ([[Changing CPU cycles|speeds up]] the emulation).
 
|'''CTRL-F12'''||Increase DOSBox [[dosbox.conf/cpu|cycles]] ([[Changing CPU cycles|speeds up]] the emulation).
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|'''ALT-F12'''||Unlock speed (turbo button).
 
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These default bindings are also documented in the README file accompanying the software.
  
 
== Language Keys ==
 
== Language Keys ==

Revision as of 10:45, 14 May 2009

Note: These are the default keybindings. They can be changed using the keymapper.

ALT-ENTER Switch to full-screen (and back).
ALT-PAUSE Pause emulation.
CTRL-F1 Show the keymapper configuration screen,
CTRL-F4 Update cached information about mounted drives. Useful if you changed something on a mounted drive outside of DOSBox. Also cycles through disk images mounted using IMGMOUNT.
CTRL-F5 Save a screenshot (goes to capture folder).
CTRL-ALT-F5 Start/Stop recording of AVI video. NOTE: You may well have some problems with this, please see Recording Video for more information.
CTRL-F6 Start/Stop recording sound output to a wave file (goes to capture folder).
CTRL-ALT-F7 Start/Stop recording of OPL commands.
CTRL-ALT-F8 Start/Stop the recording of raw MIDI commands.
CTRL-F7 Decreases frameskip.
CTRL-F8 Increases frameskip.
CTRL-F9 Kill (close) DOSBox.
CTRL-F10 Capture/Release the mouse (if you need to use the mouse within DOSBox).
CTRL-F11 Decrease DOSBox cycles (slows down the emulation).
CTRL-F12 Increase DOSBox cycles (speeds up the emulation).
ALT-F12 Unlock speed (turbo button).

These default bindings are also documented in the README file accompanying the software.

Language Keys

When a keyboard layout is loaded:

CTRL+ALT+F2 Switch between foreign layout and US layout.
LEFT-ALT+RIGHT-SHIFT Activate dual layouts (for some keyboards, e.g. GK codepage 869 and RU codepage 808).
LEFT-ALT+LEFT-SHIFT Deactivate dual layouts.

For OS X you have to use additionally + [Applekey] for the same result For Linux you have to use additionally + [win] for the same result