Grok keymappings for Windows keyboards
Posted on September 9th, 1997 by shacker
If you have a 104-key Windows keyboard, you may find the documentation in the Be User’s Guide a little off the mark. While most of the mappings are the same as for 101-key keyboards, a few of them are different. Here’s an updated map:
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Cross-Platform Keyboard Equivalencies and Functions |
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Windows PC Key Label (104 keys) |
Standard PC Key Label (101 keys) |
Macintosh Key Label |
BeOS Key Name |
BeOS Function |
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Alt (either side) |
Alt (either side) |
Command (either side) |
Command |
Used with other keys as a shortcut to Tracker actions, and to selecting application menu shortcuts directly, but not for pulling down menus. a.k.a. the „trigger“ key. |
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Ctrl (left) |
Ctrl (left) |
Control |
Control |
Used for emacs-style keybindings in Terminal and BeMail. e.g. Left Control+C stops the running Terminal job and Left Ctrl+E jumps to the end of a line in BeMail. |
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Ctrl (right) |
Ctrl (right) |
Option |
Option |
Used to type special characters such as symbols and accented characters in supporting applications. e.g. Right Ctrl+ J in StyledEdit yields the triangular delta symbol: D |
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Menu key |
No equivalent |
? |
? |
Used to pull down application menus. e.g. Edit menus can be accessed with Menu+E. Other keyboards must use Ctrl+Esc to activate the first menu, then arrow keys to navigate. |
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Left Windows key |
Ctrl (right) |
Option |
Option |
Advanced text navigation in some apps. e.g. Win + left or right arrow moves cursor one word at a time in editors like Eddie and Pe. |
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Right Windows key |
No equivalent |
? |
Unused. |
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Enter |
Enter |
Return |
Enter |
Used to „commit“ a typed entry or to act on a selected file, as a shortcut for clicking on-screen buttons, and opening files. Hitting Enter on a selected item is equivalent to double-clicking it. |
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Esc |
Esc |
Esc |
Escape |
Used as a shortcut to clicking Cancel in many panels, and to dismiss open pulldown menus. |
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Tab |
Tab |
Tab |
Tab |
Used to cycle through multiple fields, e.g. to move between fields in a dialog box or between links on a Web page. |
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(arrows) |
(arrows) |
(arrows) |
arrows keys |
Used to move the cursor in text documents, to scroll through lists and menus, and to move the cursor wherever vertical and/or horizontal motion is required. |
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Shift |
Shift |
Shift |
Shift |
Used to select text in documents (in conjunction with other navigation keys), and to augment other actions, e.g. to select multiple files in Tracker. |