Hotkeys and CLI

Supported keyboard shortcuts, command-palette actions and launch arguments.

Arsenal handles supported ASUS keyboard events, offers an in-app command palette and accepts launch arguments. Function-key positions differ by laptop model.

In-app shortcuts

Key	Action
`Ctrl` + `K`	Open the command palette in the main window.
`Esc`	Dismiss the palette or Quick Panel.
`Enter`	Run the selected palette result.
`↑` / `↓`	Move through palette results.

Command palette

Search for an indexed setting, page or action. Some results navigate to a page; others run an action immediately, such as selecting a performance mode. Read the result before activating it.

Balanced CPU 62° GPU 45° BAT 80%

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Find a setting

Home

Performance

Display & graphics

Battery

Devices

Lighting

Automation

Drivers

ROG Zephyrus G16

Model GU605 · Home

Live telemetry and the controls you use most

CPU

62°C24 W

Usage 48%

Graphics

45°C8 W

RTX 4070 Laptop GPU

Cooling

2400 rpm

GPU fan 1800 rpm

Battery

80%

Discharge 12.4 W

Controls

Your selected controls, in the order you want them on Home.

Edit controls

Performance mode

Applied to the BIOS and the Windows power mode

SilentBalancedTurbo

GPU mode

Standard · RTX 4070 Laptop available to apps

EcoStandardUltimateOptimized

Charge limit

Holds the battery below a set level

80%

Refresh rate

Choose the panel rate without leaving Home

60 Hz165 Hz

Keyboard backlight

Step through the lighting levels from Home

OffLowMediumHigh

Illustrative navigation. Ctrl + K opens the command palette in the main window.

Laptop function keys

Supported ASUS events include performance-mode cycling, keyboard brightness, display brightness, touchpad and microphone controls. Use the symbols on your keyboard; there is no universal Fn-key map across supported models.

The ROG/Armoury Crate key and extra macro-key behavior depend on the model and saved mappings. The current Windows pages do not include a general-purpose macro-key editor. Floating feedback also depends on your notification settings.

Fn lock

Advanced → Fn lock changes the default function-row behavior on supported keyboards.

Launch arguments

Use these when starting Arsenal. If it is already running, an ordinary second launch opens the existing main window and exits; it does not forward the requested page or action. The separate charge action can run alongside the main app.

Argument	Action on a fresh launch
`--startup`, `--minimized`, `-m`	Start in the tray without the main window.
`--quick`	Open Quick Panel.
`--settings`	Open Settings.
`--setup`	Open the setup wizard.
`cpu`, `gpu`, `uv`	Open Performance.
`services`	Open Advanced.
`--stop-asus-services`, `--start-asus-services`	Open Advanced and request the service action.
`colors`	Open Display and start ASUS colour-profile installation.
`autoupdate`	Request an Arsenal update check.
`charge`	Apply the saved charge limit and startup backlight, then exit.

Examples

Arsenal.exe --startup
Arsenal.exe --quick
Arsenal.exe --settings

For overlay movement, scale and display-mode shortcuts, see Hardware overlay.