Hotkeys

This article list the keyboard shortcuts available on PCSX2 and provide links to information on how to edit them.

Introduction

Hotkeys allows quick acces to certain functions of the emulator from the keyboard. They can be used to quickly save/load states, time acceleration or test different interlacing modes.

Hotkey list

F1 - Save state.
F2 - Change state slot (Press F2 while holding SHIFT to cycle state slot backwards).
F3 - Load state (With SHIFT - from backup).
F4 - Frame Limiter Type (cycling Normal, Off and Value).
F5 - Toggle De-Interlacing Modes.
F6 - Adjust Aspect Ratio (cycling stretch, 4:3 and 16: 9).
F7 - Pixel Noise modes for GSdx.
F8 - Screenshot (saved in snaps folder).
F9 - Hardware/Software Renderer toggle for GSdx.
F12 - Video Capture for GSdx (press twice to end video capture).
TAB - Turbo On / Off (while holding SHIFT: slow montion mode).
Page Up - FXAA toggle for GSdx.
Home - Togge GSdx external shader.

Editing Keyboard shortcuts

PCSX2 also supports overriding the hotkeys set by using a custom made ini file (PCSX2_keys.ini). For instructions on how to do it, visit this link.