Key Table: HumanWare
Help Screen Version
Contents
Notes
Default Bindings
Special Modes
Cursor Functions
Vertical Navigation
Horizontal Navigation
Clipboard Functions
Configuration Functions
Menu Operations
Speech Functions
Keyboard Input
Special Functions
Menu Bindings
Special Modes
Horizontal Navigation
Menu Operations
Notes
There are three display keys at each end of the braille cells. From top to bottom:
The three at the left are named Display1, Display2, and Display3.
The three at the right are named Display4, Display5, and Display6.
Default Bindings
Special Modes
enter/leave help display:
Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot5
Display1+Display2+Display5
enter/leave command learn mode:
Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot3
Display1+Display4+Display5+Display6
enter/leave preferences menu:
Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot3+Dot4
Display1+Display3+Display4
enter/leave status display:
Space+Dot2+Dot3+Dot4
Display2+Display5
set display mode attributes/text:
Space+Dot1+Dot4+Dot5
Display1+Display4+Display5
set display mode attributes: Space+Dot1+Dot4+Dot5+Dot8
set display mode text: Space+Dot1+Dot4+Dot5+Dot7
set screen image frozen/unfrozen:
Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot4
Display1+Display2+Display4
set screen image frozen: Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot4+Dot8
set screen image unfrozen: Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot4+Dot7
describe character: Display3+RoutingKey
show current date and time: Display1+Display5
Cursor Functions
go to screen cursor:
Thumb2+Thumb3
Display2+Display4+Display6
go back after cursor tracking: Display1+Display6
bring screen cursor to character: RoutingKey
bring screen cursor to current line:
Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot3+Dot6
Display1+Display3+Display4+Display6
Vertical Navigation
go up one line:
Thumb2
Display4
go down one line:
Thumb3
Display6
go to top line: Display1+Display4
go to bottom line: Display3+Display6
go to beginning of top line:
Thumb1+Thumb2
Display2+Display4
go to beginning of bottom line:
Thumb1+Thumb3
Display2+Display6
go up to nearest line with different content:
Thumb4+Thumb2
Display5+Display4
go down to nearest line with different content:
Thumb4+Thumb3
Display5+Display6
go up to nearest line with different highlighting: Display2+Display1
go down to nearest line with different highlighting: Display2+Display3
go up to first line of paragraph: Display2+Display5+Display4
go down to first line of next paragraph: Display2+Display5+Display6
go up to previous command prompt: Display2+Display5+Display1+Display4
go down to next command prompt: Display2+Display5+Display3+Display6
go up to nearest line with less indent than character: Display2+Display1+RoutingKey
go down to nearest line with less indent than character: Display2+Display3+RoutingKey
go up to nearest line with different character: Display5+Display4+RoutingKey
go down to nearest line with different character: Display5+Display6+RoutingKey
Horizontal Navigation
go backward one braille window:
Thumb1
Display2
go forward one braille window:
Thumb4
Display5
go to beginning of line: Display1+Display2+Display3
go to end of line: Display4+Display5+Display6
go left one character: Display1+Display3
go right one character: Display4+Display6
place left end of braille window at character: Display6+RoutingKey
Clipboard Functions
start new clipboard at character:
Thumb1+RoutingKey
Display1+RoutingKey
append to clipboard from character:
Thumb2+RoutingKey
Display2+RoutingKey
linear copy to character:
Thumb4+RoutingKey
Display4+RoutingKey
rectangular copy to character:
Thumb3+RoutingKey
Display5+RoutingKey
copy characters to clipboard: RoutingKey+RoutingKey
append characters to clipboard: Display2+RoutingKey+RoutingKey
insert clipboard text after screen cursor:
Thumb1+Thumb4
Space+Dot1+Dot3+Dot4+Dot6
Display1+Display2+Display3+Display4
search backward for clipboard text: Display2+Display4+Display6+Display1
search forward for clipboard text: Display2+Display4+Display6+Display3
save clipboard to disk: Space+Dot1+Dot3+Dot4+Dot6+Dot8
restore clipboard from disk: Space+Dot1+Dot3+Dot4+Dot6+Dot7
Configuration Functions
set autorepeat on/off: Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot3+Dot5
set autorepeat on: Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot3+Dot5+Dot8
set autorepeat off: Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot3+Dot5+Dot7
set text style 6-dot:
Space+Dot2+Dot3+Dot5
Display2+Display3+Display5
set text style 8-dot:
Space+Dot2+Dot3+Dot6
Display2+Display3+Display6
set skipping of lines with identical content on/off: Space+Dot2+Dot4
set skipping of lines with identical content on: Space+Dot2+Dot4+Dot8
set skipping of lines with identical content off: Space+Dot2+Dot4+Dot7
set skipping of blank braille windows on/off: Space+Dot1+Dot2
set skipping of blank braille windows on: Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot8
set skipping of blank braille windows off: Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot7
set sliding braille window on/off: Space+Dot2+Dot4+Dot5+Dot6
set sliding braille window on: Space+Dot2+Dot4+Dot5+Dot6+Dot8
set sliding braille window off: Space+Dot2+Dot4+Dot5+Dot6+Dot7
set track screen cursor on/off: Space+Dot2+Dot3+Dot4+Dot5
set track screen cursor on:
Space+Dot2+Dot3+Dot4+Dot5+Dot8
Display1
set track screen cursor off:
Space+Dot2+Dot3+Dot4+Dot5+Dot7
Display3
set screen cursor visibility on/off: Space+Dot1+Dot4
set screen cursor visibility on: Space+Dot1+Dot4+Dot8
set screen cursor visibility off: Space+Dot1+Dot4+Dot7
set attribute underlining on/off:
Space+Dot1+Dot3+Dot6
Display2+Display3+Display4+Display5
set attribute underlining on: Space+Dot1+Dot3+Dot6+Dot8
set attribute underlining off: Space+Dot1+Dot3+Dot6+Dot7
Menu Operations
restore preferences from disk:
Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot3+Dot4+Dot7
Display1+Display2+Display3+Display5
save preferences to disk:
Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot3+Dot4+Dot8
Display2+Display4+Display5+Display6
Speech Functions
stop speaking: Display3+Display4
speak current line: Display3+Display5
speak from top of screen through current line: Display3+Display5+Display4
speak from current line through bottom of screen: Display3+Display5+Display6
go to current speaking position: Display1+Display3+Display5
set autospeak on/off: Display3+Display4+Display6
Keyboard Input
braille keyboard dot1: Dot1
braille keyboard dot2: Dot2
braille keyboard dot3: Dot3
braille keyboard dot4: Dot4
braille keyboard dot5: Dot5
braille keyboard dot6: Dot6
braille keyboard dot7: Dot7
braille keyboard dot8: Dot8
braille keyboard space: Space
braille keyboard meta: Thumb2
braille keyboard control: Thumb3
type braille dots [7]: Space+Dot7
type braille dots [8]: Space+Dot8
backspace key: Dot7
escape key: Space+Dot2+Dot6
cursor-left key: Space+Dot3
cursor-right key: Space+Dot6
cursor-up key: Space+Dot1
cursor-down key: Space+Dot4
page-up key: Space+Dot2+Dot3
page-down key: Space+Dot5+Dot6
home key: Space+Dot2
end key: Space+Dot5
insert key: Space+Dot3+Dot5
delete key: Space+Dot2+Dot5+Dot6
function key: Space+RoutingKey
function key: Thumb3+Space+RoutingKey
function key: Thumb2+Space+RoutingKey
function key: Thumb2+Thumb3+Space+RoutingKey
enter key: Dot8
tab key: Space+Dot4+Dot5
switch to a specific virtual terminal: Display4+Display5+Display6+RoutingKey
switch to the previous virtual terminal:
Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot3+Dot6+Dot7
Display3+Display4+Display5+Display6
switch to the next virtual terminal:
Space+Dot1+Dot2+Dot3+Dot6+Dot8
Display1+Display2+Display3+Display6
set braille keyboard enabled/disabled: Space+Dot1+Dot3
set braille keyboard enabled: Space+Dot1+Dot3+Dot8
set braille keyboard disabled: Space+Dot1+Dot3+Dot7
Special Functions
remember current braille window position: Display1+Display3+RoutingKey
go to remembered braille window position: Display4+Display6+RoutingKey
restart speech driver: Display2+Display3+Display4
Menu Bindings
Special Modes
enter/leave preferences menu:
Dot8
Thumb2+Thumb3
Horizontal Navigation
go backward one braille window: Thumb1
go forward one braille window: Thumb4
Menu Operations
go up to previous item:
Dot1
Thumb2
go down to next item:
Dot4
Thumb3
go up to first item:
Dot2
Thumb1+Thumb2
go down to last item:
Dot5
Thumb1+Thumb3
select previous choice:
Dot3
Thumb4+Thumb2
select next choice:
Dot6
Thumb4+Thumb3
go to previous menu level: Dot7
restore preferences from disk: Thumb2+Thumb3+Thumb1
save preferences to disk: Thumb2+Thumb3+Thumb4