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FS-UAE Amiga Emulator
Keyboard shorcuts
The following keyboard shortcuts are available by default. Mod means Cmd on OS X and Alt on other platforms, but it can be re-configured as another key. See the "modifier key" section for more information.
Note: The shortcuts are mapped against keys on a English keyboard, so on international keyboards, the key (symbol) you have to press may in some cases be different (but same physical key).
- Use F12 to enter the FS-UAE on-screen menu.
- Use Mod+F or Mod+Return to toggle full-screen mode.
- Use Mod+Z or F11 to cycle through zoom modes.
- Use Mod+B to toggle extra visible border.
- Use Mod+S or Print Scrn to save a screenshot of the current Amiga frame to the desktop (or chosen screenshots location).
- Use Mod+Q or Mod+F4 to quit.
- Use Mod+D to activate (console) debugger.
Input control:
- Use Mod+G to release or acquire the input grab. You can also use the middle mouse button, or enter the menu.
- Use Mod+K to enable full keyboard emulation. This disables the modifier key to make it usable in emulation. In order to disable full keyboard emulation you need to press AltMod+K. This will usually be F12+K. Please see the "alternative modifier keys" section.
- Use Mod+Up when you need to press Amiga cursor up and joystick emulation is enabled. Similar for Mod+Down, Mod+Left and Mod+Right.
Emulation control:
- Use Mod+W to toggle warp mode (no frame limit, no audio). This does not affect the emulation accuracy, it only removes the pauses between generating frames.
- Use Mod+R to perform a soft reset.
- Use Mod+T to perform a hard reset.
- Use Mod+P or Pause to toggle pause mode.
- Use Mod+C to activate cartridge (Action Replay, ...).
Volume control:
- Use Mod+, to decrease FS-UAE volume.
- Use Mod+. to increase FS-UAE volume.
- Use Mod+M to mute FS-UAE (press again to unmute).
- Use Mod+N to mute floppy sounds (press again to unmute).
Disk swapper:
- Use Prev (multimedia key) to go backward through the swap list.
- Use Next (multimedia key) to go forward through the swap list.
- Use Play (multimedia key) to insert the currently selected
swap list entry into
DF0.
RTG graphics control (shortcuts are subject to change)
- Use Mod+F9 to toggle chipset/RTG display.
* Use Mod+1 to switch to chipset display.* Use Mod+2 to switch to RTG display (if any).
FIXME:
- Tab – toggle chat function.
- Ctrl+F10 – Toggle performance graphs / FPS display (There are two FPS numbers shown, SYS: actual video output frame rate. EMU: emulated video frame rate).
- Alt+Tab (or Cmd+Tab) – Switch to another window / release input grab.
Note: It is possible to customize the keyboard shortcuts. See input mapping.
Modifier Key
The modifier key is the key used to trigger special keyboard shortcuts. The default modifier key is Cmd on OS X and Alt on all other operating systems. From now on, we will refer to the modifier key as Mod.
Note: You can specify another key with the modifier_key option.
Since Mod is used to trigger special actions, this key is not directly usable for Amiga emulation. This means that -- unless you have overridden the modifier key -- you will not be able to use this key alone to trigger the Amiga "Left Alt" key. The solution to this is to enable full keyboard emulation when you need it by pressing Mod+K.
Note: On OS X you'll have problems with the "Left Amiga" key instead.
Alternative modifier keys
The F12 and F11 are always available as modifier keys. This is useful when full keyboard emulation is enabled since the normal modifier keys is then disabled. The Amiga does not have either F11 or F12, so this does not interfere with the emulation.
Note: On many laptops the function keys can only be used while pressing Fn. If this is the case on your keyboard, you need to hold this key as well when you are asked to use a function key.
Function keys in OS X
On OS X, using a function key (if necessary in combination with Fn) may trigger a desktop function such as the "Dashboard" instead. So in order to be able to use for example F12 you may need to add another modifier key such as Cmd into the mix so OS X will not recognize the key combination. For example Cmd+F12 will not trigger the "Dashboard", but will still open the FS-UAE menu, since FS-UAE allows F12 to be used with any modifier.
Depending on your keyboard setup, you may even have to press Fn+Cmd+F12. This is getting a bit ridiculous, so what you can do instead is one or more of the following:
- Avoid the use of function keys where possible. You can use Cmd-based shortcuts instead for most purposes.
- Alter OS X keyboard settings so function keys can be used without Fn.
- Alter OS X preferences and disable the desktop shortcut for the function key you want to use, for example F12.
- Use a gamepad to open/close the FS-UAE menu.
- If you do not want to alter OS X settings, but still want to be able to
open/close the FS-UAE menu using a single key press, you can use
input mapping to assign
action_menuto a keyboard key. You should choose a key which you do not need to use for Amiga emulation.
The f12 key isnt opening the menu, is there any way to fix this?
BTW I’m running fs-UAE on a dell laptop running Xubuntu.
I assume you’ve tried the Fn+F12 combination?
Hi – could you please free up the alt-key completely for the amiga programs themselves, i.e. not use it in any combination for the emulator? Some Amiga games need the alt-key and cannot be played properly right now (e.g. Silent Service II). Second, a shortcut for kicking a disk out and pushing it in again would be nice, since some Amiga games at least one Amiga game (Railroad Tycoon) needs this, if you want to save the game.
I already answered this, see your previous question (also, if you provided a real e-mail addresses, you would have gotten an e-mail notification about the answer…)
Hi, I use WinUAE to play some of my old Amiga music demos, but the Function keys don’t work. If I press F5 (for example) on my keyboard, it doesn’t press F5 in the demo. Have I got a setup wrong?
My WinUAE version is 3.6.1, running on Windows 10.
Thanks 🙂
This is the FS-UAE site, not WinUAE 😉 My best guess is that you need to combine with an Fn key or something on your keyboard. If that doesn’t work, the support forum for WinUAE is http://eab.abime.net/forumdisplay.php?f=5.
Thank you very much, I’ll give that a try 🙂
What is the default for Action Reply freeze ?
https://fs-uae.net/docs/faq
doesn’t work anymore now fs-uae has been updated..as t did work fine previously..
Must you now have modifier key in config ? As happens, when you issue the commands (by default) F12+A (or fn+F12+A) on Mac OS, all it does it just “fits to window” removing 4:3 black bars. on new stable version.
Hi, the shortcut was changed to Mod+C (Alt+C, F12+C Cmd+C).
Hello! I would like to use Windows key in the same way as the default F12. That means:
Windows – Enter/exit menu mode.
Windows+ Q – Quit the emulator.
Windows+ F – Toggle full-screen mode.
…. and so on
Is that possible? Thanks!
Yes, using
modifier_key = key_lsupershould work!Thanks! It seems to work like a charm, except that just pressing Windows key (with no other key) does not open the action menu. Yet, great solution! Thanks!
Hello,
I don’t know if this is the correct place to ask but here is my issue.
On a laptop I am running Amilator/FS-UAE. Two different configs : OS 1.3 & OS 3.9.
What I don’t understand is the following :
– On OS 1.3 the arrows keys cannot be used natively, I have to press first the modifier key.
– In the other hand, on OS 3.9 the arrows keys can be used natively (without pressing the modifier key).
Both configs are the same (except for the HardFile and ROM image).
I would be please to use the arrow keys on OS 1.3 without pressing the modifier key (as with OS 3.9). How can this be achieved ?
Hi, please check the joystick port settings. The most common reason for arrow/cursor keys not working is because they are used for joystick emulation. Please sure that “Keyboard” is not being used for any of the joystick ports. Either set joystick port to none, insert “nothing” into the ports, or plug in a real gamepad/joystick.
Thank you for your answer. You did a perfect hit with it.
The joystick emulation was effectively turned on (I don’t know how as there is no options regarding this in my OS 1.3 configuration file) and now that I turned it off, the arrow keys can be used natively without pressing the modifier key first !
Thank you. 🙂
Thank you for your answer.
i have added the entry ” joystick_port_1_mode = nothing ” in my configuration file and now the arrow keys can be used without pressing the modifier key. 🙂
So pressing Alt on my laptop should trigger an Alt press on the Amiga? It’s not happening as far as I can tell, but Ubuntu’s Unity does grab Alt for the HUD so maybe that’s causing the problem.
That could be, try in fullscreen to avoid desktop’s intercepting the keys. But also, Alt is used as the shortcut modifier key, so you need to press Alt+K to enable full keyboard emulation, then Alt will work as expected (F12+K to go back). There is an option to start with full keyboard emulation enabled on startup if you prefer (
full_keyboard = 1).Full Keyboard Emulation solves the problem. But then I can’t find a way to go fullscreen. Is it possible to do both? 🙂
When full keyboard emulation is enabled, you can use F12 as shortcut modifier instead of Alt 🙂
Wuhoo! Thanks Frode 🙂
Is there a way to map something from a joystick to quit fs uae? or do I need to map that in the OS and have a dedicated button for alt-F4?
You can add something like this to a config or advanced settings in FS-UAE Launcher:
joystick_0_button_0 = action_quitHi,
Is there a way to remap the F12 key? The reason for that is I don’t have F11 and F12 on my keyboard (F1 ~ F10 only).
I’m using linux, so probably I can play around with the system. Still, if the FS-UAE offers this it would be more convenient.
Regards,
AK
Hi, if you upgrade to the development version, the default modifier key is now (Left) Alt (in addition, F12 still works).