Keyboard Configuration

RePlay OS was designed with joysticks and gamepads as first-class citizens. While several computer emulators are supported, the system's primary target is arcade machines and video game consoles. Consequently, computer support is limited to gamepad/joystick compatibility, with the keyboard serving only as a fallback method for UI navigation and specific internal features, which are detailed in the table below:

Default UI Key Mapping

Key	Description
Up Down	Used for moving up and down through the menus
Left Right	Used for jumping forward and backward thorugh the menu pages
Page Up Page Down	Used for jumping forward and backward to the next letter thorugh the menu pages
Backspace	Used to navigate to the previous menu or screen
Return	Used for starting games, choosing options, and accessing menus
R Shift L Shift	Functions as the gamepad Select button
Space	Functions as the gamepad Start button
Tab	Hotkey for opening MAME native config menu
C	Hotkey for adding time credits when Coin-Op mode is enabled
H	Hotkey for system halt (useful for taking real photos)
S	Hotkey for taking screenshots
F1	Hotkey for opening/closing the UI menu
Esc	Hotkey for exiting the UI to the Linux command prompt