Quick Reference

Organize and Manage Consoles

• To tart a new console: Ctrl+N / Run “START”
• To close a console: Run “EXIT” / Click close icon on the top-right of the console / Mouse middle click the console tab
• Click layout tools on toolbar: Change the count and position of panes
• Ctrl+1/2/3/4: Change current focused pane
• Ctrl+Tab: Shift focused tab within a single pane
• Drag tab to another pane's tab area: Change the owner pane
• Run “TITLE”: Change the title of tab
• Ctrl+Enter: Full screen mode
• Alt+F4: Close the application including all command prompts
• “File” -> “Preference” -> “General”: Define your actions when double click on tabs. The actions are presented as a set of commands, one per line
• Click icon on system tray: Minimize to system tray / Restore from it
• Run “CLS”: Clear the complete content
• To Collapse / Expand a section: Click Outlining Margin on section line / Double click section line on console

Logs and History

1. “File” -> “Save Log As” or “Save” button on toolbar: Save the output of your current console to another file
2. "File” -> “Open Logs Folder” or “Log” button on toolbar: go directly to your logs folder and find your history. You need to remove them manually
3. “File” -> “Preference” -> “Auto Save”: Customize log file name

Text Editing and Find

1. Use mouse to select text, double click to select a word
2. Ctrl + Left / Right: Skip words
3. Ctrl + Shift + Left / Right: Select words
4. Select some words, drag it and drop anywhere: append the selection as new command. If the selection includes return / new line, the command will be executed right after you drop it.
5. Ctrl + F: Activate search tool and set focus to the input box
6. Input some words in search toolbar and press ENTER: Apply keywords find to all consoles
7. Use double quotation marks for phrases when input in search toolbar
8. Click word find button: Find the next occurrence
9. Press SHIFT when click word find button: Find the previous occurrence

26.Press ALT when Select Text: Column selection mode

Quick Launch Toolbar

1. “File” -> Preference” -> “Quick Launch”: Customize a toolbar for your frequently used commands or applications
2. Icon N: Launch in New console
   Icon C: Launch in Current console
   Icon W: Launch as a Windows application

Q&A

Q: Why I didn't see my Quick Launch Toolbar?
A: Need to define at least a tool first.

Q: Sometimes other Shells like Cygwin do not work. Color setting of Cygwin doesn't work.
A: They did not have consistent stream output. Supporting non-consistent stream output and transfer colors from console windows are our future functionalities.

Q: Something is wrong with my stored layout perspective, how can I reset it?
A: Close PowerCmd and delete the file “perspective” under PowerCmd program files folder.