Toolbar

The toolbar located at the top of the 86Box window (right below the menu bar) has two purposes: it provides quick actions for the emulated machine on its left hand side, and displays status information on its right hand side.

pause run Pause/resume execution

Pause emulation of the machine. Press again to resume emulation. You can alternatively press Ctrl+Alt+F1 (customizable) to pause or resume emulation.

Note

Emulation is automatically paused when the emulated machine enters ACPI sleep mode.

fast_forward Fast forward

Run the emulated machine at the highest speed your host system can handle. Press again to return to normal speed. You can alternatively press Ctrl+Alt+F (customizable) to control this option.

Note

When fast forwarding, all emulated audio is automatically muted to prevent distortion.

hard_reset Hard reset

Force a reset of the emulated machine. Requires confirmation, which can be disabled by checking the Don’t show this message again box. You can alternatively press Ctrl+Alt+F12 (customizable) to hard reset.

acpi_shutdown ACPI shutdown

Send a power button press to the emulated machine. Only available on machines with ACPI soft power off support.

send_cad send_cae Press Ctrl+Alt+Del/Ctrl+Alt+Esc

Send a Ctrl+Alt+Del (left-most icon) or Ctrl+Alt+Esc (right-most icon) key combination to the emulated machine. You can alternatively press Ctrl+F12 to send a Ctrl+Alt+Del combination, or Ctrl+F10 to send Ctrl+Alt+Esc; both key combinations are customizable.

settings Settings

Open the Settings window to configure the emulated machine.

take_screenshot copy_screenshot Take/copy screenshot

Take a screenshot of the emulated display. The left-most icon saves the screenshot as a .png image in the screenshots subdirectory found in the emulated machine’s directory, which can be opened with the Open screenshots folder option in the Tools menu, while the right-most icon copies the image to the host system’s clipboard instead. You can alternatively press Ctrl+F11 to take a screenshot to file; the key combinations for all screenshot commands are customizable.

Status area

The right hand side of the toolbar displays status information, such as:

  • Emulation speed in percentage. If this number stays consistently below 100%, your host system is not keeping up with emulating the configured hardware.

  • Mouse state (captured or released) if a mouse is enabled.

  • Pause indicator if emulation is paused.