| KEY OR KEY COMBINATION | FUNCTION |
| Left mouse button + right mouse button (on desktop focus) | Window List |
| Alt | Access the title bar |
| Alt + (double-click on icon) | Settings notebook for icon (will not work on minimized icon) |
| Alt + (key) | Accelerator key. To invoke either an action-bar-choice or pull-down-choice
as denoted by a word with a single underlined letter. |
| Alt + (keypad 1 + 2) | Insert page break (form feed) in text |
| Alt + (mouse select on icon name) | Rename icon on desktop |
| Alt + (Up/Down Arrow) | Display drop-down list or drop-down combo box |
| Alt + Backspace | Undo |
| Alt + Esc | Switch to next window or full screen |
| Alt + F1 | Restore damaged OS/2 or undo changes to
the desktop. (secret; Enter the key combination when you see "OS/2" in the
upper left corner of your screen during boot-up). |
| Alt + F2 | Displays the name of each driver as it
is being loaded during boot-up. (secret; Enter the key combination when you see "OS/2"
in the upper left corner of your screen during boot-up). |
| Alt + F4 | Close active window |
| Alt + F6 | Switch between a window and a Help window |
| Alt + F7 | Move window (use arrows to move) |
| Alt + F8 | Size window (use arrows to size) |
| Alt + F9 | Minimize window |
| Alt + F10 | Maximize window |
| Alt + Home | Switch between DOS window and DOS full screen |
| Alt + Page Down | Turn to next page in Properties/Settings Notebook |
| Alt + Page Up | Turn to previous page in Properties/Settings Notebook |
| Alt + S | Search for a word or phrase in Help topics |
| Alt + Spacebar | Displays the System menu of the active window |
| Alt + Tab | Switch to next window |
| Ctrl + (left arrow) | Move cursor to beginning of preceding word |
| Ctrl + (right arrow) | Move cursor to end of next word |
| Ctrl + / | Select all |
| Ctrl + \ | Deselect all |
| Ctrl + Alt + Del | Restart the computer (reboot) |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + O | Display list of OS/2 developers (secret; from the Desktop focus) |
| Ctrl + C | Cancel program (from the OS/2 command prompt) |
| Ctrl + End | End of data |
| Ctrl + Esc | Window List |
| Ctrl + F4 | Close a Help window |
| Ctrl + H | Viewed Pages - Display a list of all of the topics you have read in a Help session |
| Ctrl + Home | Beginning of data |
| Ctrl + Insert | Copy |
| Ctrl + S | Search (perform) |
| Ctrl + Spacebar | Select one object, deselect others |
| Esc | Cancel |
| F1 | Help |
| F2 | Save edit session |
| F3 | Exit; close window (quit) |
| F4 | Save and close (quit) |
| F5 | Open a file |
| F6 | Command dialog |
| F7 | Rename file (during edit session) |
| F9 | Undo edit |
| F10 | Switch to/from menu bar |
| F11 (in a Help window) | Help index display |
| Shift + (cursor) | Extended selection |
| Shift + Alt + Backspace | Redo (undoes last Undo) |
| Shift + Ctrl + Alt + O | on Desktop focus - shows list of OS/2 developers (secret) |
| Shift + Ctrl + End | Select text to end of document |
| Shift + Ctrl + Home | Select text to beginning of document |
| Shift + Delete | Cut |
| Shift + End | Select text to end of line |
| Shift + Esc | System menu |
| Shift + F8 | Switch between single and multiple selection |
| Shift + Home | Select text to beginning of line |
| Shift + Insert | Paste |
| Shift + Page Down | Select text down one page |
| Shift + Page Up | Select text up one page |
| Shift + Tab | Backtab |