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The main reason for this arrangement is that the arrow keys are not ergonomic to use with a right-handed mouse. During the early days of gaming, this was not a problem as the mouse was not used; the arrow keys controlled both movement ↑ ↓ as well as looking around ← →, with strafing done using modifier keys (usually Alt + ← →).
Alt + right arrow key. View the next folder. Alt + left arrow key (or Backspace) View the previous folder. Alt + up arrow. Move up a level in the folder path. CTRL + Shift + N. Create a new folder ...
The keys have been dubbed previous page and next page, accordingly. The arrow keys and the scroll wheel can also be used to scroll a document, although usually by smaller incremental distances. Used together with a modifier key, such as Alt, ⌥ Opt, ^Ctrl or a combination thereof, they may act the same as the Page keys.
Shortcut Action; Navigate to the left tab [Navigate to the right tab ] Start a new email conversation N: Go to the inbox M: Go to Settings ; Search
Alt+F3 then M then Arrow Keys. Alt+Mouse / Alt+F7 then Arrow Keys. Resize the focused window Alt+Space then S [notes 10] then Arrow Keys. ↵ Enter to save new size and Esc to cancel Alt+F3 then S then Arrow Keys: Alt+F8 then Arrow Keys / Alt+Right Mouse Button [notes 11] Ctrl+x, then ^ vertically
On a standard computer keyboard, Archy uses the Alt keys as Leap keys, Backquote (`) as a Document character and Tilde (~) as a Page character. The cursor can still be moved forward and back by one character using the Left and Right arrow keys, and the text can be scrolled up and down by one line using the Up and Down arrow keys.
This did not work for characters not in the Windows Code Page (such as box-drawing characters). The new Alt+0### combination (which prefixes a zero to each Alt code), produces characters from the newer "Windows code pages." [a] For example, Alt+ 0 1 6 3 yields the character £ (symbol for the pound sterling) which is at 163 in CP1252. [2] [b]
In its original design, Scroll Lock was intended to modify the behavior of the arrow keys. When the Scroll Lock mode is on, the arrow keys scroll the contents of a text window instead of moving the cursor. [1] [2] In this usage, Scroll Lock is a toggling lock key like Num Lock or Caps Lock, which have a state that persists after the key is ...