Keyboard shortcuts

ScummVM supports various in-game keyboard and mouse shortcuts, and since version 2.2.0 these can be manually configured in the Keymaps tab, or in the configuration file.

For game-specific controls, see the wiki entry for the game you are playing.

Default shortcuts are shown in the table.

Shortcut

Description

Ctrl+F5

Displays the Global Main Menu

Cmd+q

Quit (macOS)

Ctrl+q

Quit (Linux/Unix)

Alt+F4

Quit (Windows)

Ctrl+z

Quit (other platforms)

Ctrl+u

Mutes all sounds

Ctrl+m

Toggles mouse capture

Ctrl+Alt and 9 or 0

Cycles forwards/backwards between graphics filters

Ctrl+Alt and + or -

Increases/decreases the scale factor

Ctrl+Alt+a

Toggles aspect ratio correction on/off

Ctrl+Alt+f

Toggles between nearest neighbor and bilinear interpolation (graphics filtering on/off)

Ctrl+Alt+s

Cycles through stretch modes

Alt+Enter

Toggles full screen/windowed mode

Alt+s

Takes a screenshot

Ctrl+F7

Opens virtual keyboard (if enabled). This can also be opened with a long press of the middle mouse button or wheel.

Ctrl+Alt+d

Opens the ScummVM debugger