Capitalism Lab Shortcut Keys
Shortcut keys for navigating reports, controlling game speed, browsing lists and managing the city map.
Game Control
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| 0 - 5 | Game speed: 0-pause, 1-slowest, 5-fastest |
| O | Option menu |
| S | Save game menu |
| Ctrl-S | Quick save the current game into file “QuickSave.SAV” |
| L | Load game menu |
Reports
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| I | Information Center |
| C | Corporation summary report |
| D | Corporate details report |
| P | Product summary report |
| R | Product detail report |
| F | Firm summary report |
| E | Person report |
| G | Goal report |
| T | Cities report |
Function Keys
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| F1 | Manufacturer’s guide |
| F2 | Farmer’s guide |
| F3 | Software report when Digital Age DLC is enabled |
| Ctrl-M | Manager’s guide |
| F4 | Stock market |
| F5 | Event Tracker |
| F6 | Open the Firm Financial Report |
| F7 | Open Library Plan Library while viewing the firm detail screen |
| F7 | Score Report while NOT viewing the firm detail screen |
| F8 | Show/hide the “My Firms” filter on and off |
| F9 | View the current game settings |
| F10 | Open the Corporate Details report |
| F11 | Financial Actions |
| Ctrl-F12 | You can now capture the screen in Capitalism Lab by pressing CTRL + F12. The game will save the current screen as a PNG file and then display a confirmation message showing the file’s location. |
Map, Firm, and Window Controls
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| H | Show headquarters details |
| Tab | Switch between government mode and corporation mode when you are the mayor of the city |
| Tab | Press Tab key in Product Detail Report to open the search product window |
| Q | Go back to the previously selected firm |
| M | Show/hide mini-map window |
| W | Show/hide world map window |
| V | Show/hide the News Log window |
| N | Set newspaper display options |
| , | Farthest zoom |
| . | Medium zoom |
| / | Closest zoom |
| Left Arrow Key | Previous city |
| Right Arrow Key | Next city |
| Up | Previous firm |
| Down | Next firm |
| ALT + Arrow Keys | Scroll the city map. Alternatively, you may move the mouse towards any edge of the screen to scroll the city map. |
| Space | Open the firm detail window of the current selected firm. If no firm is currently selected, it will automatically select the next available firm within the current filter. If a firm is already selected, it will show the next firm within the current filter. |
| ESC | Exit the current screen |
Keys for Setting Display and Control
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl-O | Toggle the display of corporate logos on the city view |
| Ctrl-E | Disable and enable edge scrolling. The city map will scroll when the mouse cursor touches the edge of the game screen. |
| [ | Decrease the Skip Frames When the Mouse is Idle setting by 1 |
| ] | Increase the Skip Frames When the Mouse is Idle setting by 1 |
| { | Reset Skip Frames When the Mouse is Idle to zero |
| } | Set Skip Frames When the Mouse is Idle to the maximum of 30 |
Increasing or decreasing a number with the [+][−] icons
| Action | Increase | Decrease |
|---|---|---|
| Click | Left-click to increase | Left-click to decrease |
| Hotkey | + or = | − |
| Faster rate | Right-click | |
| 10× speed | Hold SHIFT while clicking | |
| 100× speed | Hold CTRL while clicking | |
Browsing records within list boxes
Use PgDn and PgUp, or the Up and Down keys, to browse records in a list box. Home and End jump to the top and bottom.
These keys are context sensitive. Where a screen has several list boxes, position the mouse cursor inside the one you mean — the key you press acts on that list box.
On the Products report, for instance, put the cursor in the product list box and use PgDn, PgUp, Up and Down to move through the products.
To select a different corporation for the report, put the cursor in the corporation list box instead.
And to browse the main product list, move the cursor there instead.
Other shortcuts
- Corporate Detail Report – Products page: double-click a product to open its Product Detail report.
- Product Summary Report: double-click a product image to open its Product Detail report.