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Here's a reference of the hotkeys you can use with the MiSTer. Hotkeys are useful at saving time and there are some hotkeys which do things you can only do with a keyboard or gamepad. Some of these hotkeys only work in the Main Menu core, others will work inside emulators as part of the gameplay, and some will work in all instances.

In any core, with OSD closed

Hotkey	Description
++f12++	Open or close the Menu/On-Screen Display
++alt+f12++	Open core select menu
++win+prtsc++	Take a screenshot (upscaled)
++shift+win+prtsc++	Take a screenshot (raw output)
++lctrl+lalt+ralt++	Press "User" button, usually resets current core, same function as IO board button
++lshift+lctrl+lalt+ralt++	Full Reboot/Reset, same as IO add-on board Reset button
Controller: Button + OSD button	Turn on/off turbo/autofire for the pressed button
Controller: Direction + OSD Button	Set rate of turbo/autofire in milliseconds (ms)

With the OSD open, in any core

Hotkey	Description
++f12++	close OSD
++f11++	Pair Bluetooth controller
Left	Go to information screen (shows currently selected INI file and volume)
Right	System screen (change core, set filters, gamma, etc...)
Controller: Back + R/L/D/U	Select Alternate INI file if defined (Default/Alt1/Alt2/Alt3)
Controller: Select	Expands submenus in the OSD when highlighted

In the Main Menu core only

Hotkey	Description
++f1++	Switch background type (static, wallpaper, color bars, black)
++f2++	Hide / Show core dates
++f9++	Open Linux terminal / command line interface, use F12 to go back to menu

Core-specific hotkeys

Core	Hotkey	Description
Many Computer Cores	++win+f12++	Open the OSD