Keys in the graphical frontends
During the graphical emulation, you can use special key combinations from
the following table to change modes. By default the modifier is Ctrl-Alt
(used in the table below) which can be changed with -display
suboption
mod=
where appropriate. For example, -display sdl,
grab-mod=lshift-lctrl-lalt
changes the modifier key to Ctrl-Alt-Shift,
while -display sdl,grab-mod=rctrl
changes it to the right Ctrl key.
- Ctrl-Alt-f
Toggle full screen
- Ctrl-Alt-+
Enlarge the screen
- Ctrl-Alt--
Shrink the screen
- Ctrl-Alt-u
Restore the screen’s un-scaled dimensions
- Ctrl-Alt-n
Switch to virtual console ‘n’. Standard console mappings are:
- 1
Target system display
- 2
Monitor
- 3
Serial port
- Ctrl-Alt-g
Toggle mouse and keyboard grab.
In the virtual consoles, you can use Ctrl-Up, Ctrl-Down, Ctrl-PageUp and Ctrl-PageDown to move in the back log.