CabinetOSButtons and shortcuts
The essentials are on the console too: Settings, About, How to.
Buttons are named by position, Xbox style: A is the bottom face button (Cross on PlayStation, B on Nintendo), B the right one, X the left one, Y the top one.
Everywhere in the menus
| Button | Does |
|---|---|
| D-pad | Move. Hold to repeat. |
| A | Select |
| B | Back |
| L1 / R1 | Previous / next of Home, Library, Search, Settings |
| L2 / R2 | In a system’s games: previous / next letter |
| Start | The Power menu (Sleep, Restart, Power off, Switch to Steam) |
| Up from the top row | The top bar |
When the screen has dimmed or turned off, the first press only wakes it.
Screen by screen
Top bar. Left and Right move along it and change the screen below. A on the name at the right opens the list of people. Down goes back into the screen.
Home. Left and Right along a row, Up and Down between rows. A on the first game resumes it; A on any other opens its page.
Library. A on Platforms or Collections switches tab; A on a tile opens it.
A game’s page. A on Play or Download. Up reaches the heart, then Right the trophy. Down reaches Continue from; Left and Right pick a state.
Search. Type on the keyboard. Start goes to the results, Down comes back to the keyboard, B goes to Home.
Settings. Up and Down pick a section on the left. Right or A goes into it, Left or B comes back. On a row with a value, Left and Right change it and A steps through it.
PIN pad. A presses a key, X deletes a digit, B cancels.
In a game
| Button | Does |
|---|---|
| L3 + R3 (both sticks pressed) | The pause menu, in every game |
| Power button | The Power menu, with Resume first |
| Hold HOME (Wii Remote, Wii games) | The pause menu |
| Hold Select (Remote Play device) | The pause menu |
The Home (Guide) button is never passed to a game.
In-game shortcuts
Off to start with: Settings, Controllers, In-game shortcuts. The shortcut button is Home (Guide). To use another, press Shortcut button in the same list and then the button you want; it is remembered for that kind of pad.
| Shortcut | Does |
|---|---|
| Tap the shortcut button | Opens or closes the pause menu |
| Hold it + R1 | Save state |
| Hold it + L1 | Load the newest state |
| Hold it + R2 (hold) | Fast forward, about four times speed |
| Hold it + L2 (hold) | Rewind, up to about 15 seconds |
| Hold it + X (left face button) | Screenshot, also with the pause menu open |
State, rewind, fast forward and screenshot shortcuts work in the built-in emulators. In Switch, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360 and Wii U games only the tap works; use the pause menu for the rest.
The on-screen keyboard
| Button | Does |
|---|---|
| A | Type the key |
| X | Delete |
| Y | Shift (one letter) |
| Start | Done |
| B | Cancel |
Left and Right wrap around the rows. show reveals a password. Some fields
add keys of their own, such as .local and :8080 for a server address. A USB
keyboard types into the same field.
A USB keyboard
| Key | Does |
|---|---|
| Arrows | D-pad |
| Return, Space | A |
| Backspace | B |
| Escape | Back; the Power menu at the top; the pause menu in a game (built-in emulators except PS2); cancels a download in progress |
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L1 and R1 (not in Search, where they are typed) |
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L2 and R2 (letter jump) |
| In a game: Z, X, Return, Right Shift | The bottom and right face buttons, Start and Select (built-in emulators except PS2) |
A mouse works too: point and click.
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