These are the default keybindings. They can be changed using the keymapper.
Note: If you're using a Mac and are having trouble with the function keys, you may need to set your F keys to function as function keys. You can do this by going to System Preferences > Keyboard, going to the Keyboard area, and checking the 'Use all F1, F2, etc' box.
Key | Action |
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ALT-ENTER | Switch to full-screen (and back). |
ALT-PAUSE (ALT-F16 on OS X) | Pause emulation. |
CTRL-F1 | Show the keymapper configuration screen, |
CTRL-F4 | Update cached information about mounted drives. Useful if you changed something on a mounted drive outside of DOSBox. Also cycles through disk images mounted using IMGMOUNT. |
CTRL-F5 | Save a screenshot (goes to capture folder). |
CTRL-ALT-F5 | Start/Stop recording of AVI video. NOTE: You may well have some problems with this, please see Recording Video for more information. |
CTRL-F6 | Start/Stop recording sound output to a wave file (goes to capture folder). |
CTRL-ALT-F7 | Start/Stop recording of OPL commands. |
CTRL-ALT-F8 | Start/Stop the recording of raw MIDI commands. |
CTRL-F7 | Decreases frameskip. |
CTRL-F8 | Increases frameskip. |
CTRL-F9 | Kill (close) DOSBox. |
CTRL-F10 | Capture/Release the mouse (if you need to use the mouse within DOSBox). |
CTRL-F11 | Decrease DOSBox cycles (slows down the emulation). |
CTRL-F12 | Increase DOSBox cycles (speeds up the emulation). |
ALT-F12 | Unlock speed (turbo button). |
Keyboard Shortcuts: (Ordered left to right as if looking down at the keyboard) Hard Reset: Ctrl+Cmd+Power. Hard Shut Down: Ctrl+Option+Cmd+Power Craig. Restart Your Mac. First, restart your computer. The most straightforward way is to hold down the.
These default bindings are also documented in the README file accompanying the software.
Mac Hotkeys Cheat Sheet
Language Keys
When a keyboard layout is loaded:
CTRL+ALT+F2 | Switch between foreign layout and US layout. |
LEFT-ALT+RIGHT-SHIFT | Activate dual layouts (for some keyboards, e.g. GK codepage 869 and RU codepage 808). |
LEFT-ALT+LEFT-SHIFT | Deactivate dual layouts. |
For OS X you have to use additionally + [Applekey] for the same result
INS key is [Fn] + M on OS X.
Discord Hotkeys For Mac
For Linux you have to use additionally + [win] for the same result