diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4991f2f..134f3eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ Line:
 - F6: Toggle between NTSC color TV and green phosphor monochrome monitor
 - F7: Show the video mode and a split screen with the views for NTSC color TV, page 1, page 2 and extra info.
 - F10: Cycle character generator code pages. Only if the character generator ROM has more than one 2Kb page.
+- Ctrl-F10: Show the charater map for the current character generator page.
 - F11: Toggle on and off the trace to console of the CPU execution
 - F12: Save a screen snapshot to a file `snapshot.png`
 - Pause: Pause the emulation
@@ -181,8 +182,6 @@ Only valid on SDL mode
         rom file for the disk drive controller (default "<internal>/DISK2.rom")
   -diskb string
         file to load on the second disk drive
-  -dumpChars
-        shows the character map
   -fastChipSlot int
         slot for the FASTChip accelerator card, -1 for none (default 3)
   -forceCaps
diff --git a/apple2main.go b/apple2main.go
index 4598bdf..f4c0e2a 100644
--- a/apple2main.go
+++ b/apple2main.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package izapple2
 
 import (
 	"flag"
-	"os"
 
 	"github.com/ivanizag/izapple2/storage"
 )
@@ -115,10 +114,6 @@ func MainApple() *Apple2 {
 		"traceHD",
 		false,
 		"dump to the console the hd/smarport commands")
-	dumpChars := flag.Bool(
-		"dumpChars",
-		false,
-		"shows the character map")
 	model := flag.String(
 		"model",
 		"2enh",
@@ -306,11 +301,5 @@ func MainApple() *Apple2 {
 	// a.AddRomX()
 	// a.AddCardLogger(4)
 
-	if *dumpChars {
-		a.cg.Dump()
-		os.Exit(0)
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	return a
 }
diff --git a/characterGenerator.go b/characterGenerator.go
index 1122803..dfc750e 100644
--- a/characterGenerator.go
+++ b/characterGenerator.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package izapple2
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/ivanizag/izapple2/storage"
 )
@@ -73,49 +72,3 @@ func (cg *CharacterGenerator) getPixel(char uint8, row int, column int) bool {
 	value := bits >> uint(bit) & 1
 	return value == 1
 }
-
-func (cg *CharacterGenerator) dumpCharRaw(char int) {
-	base := int(char) * 8
-	fmt.Printf("Char: %v\n---------\n", char)
-	for i := 0; i < 8; i++ {
-		fmt.Print("|")
-		b := cg.data[base+i]
-		for j := 0; j < 8; j++ {
-			if (b>>uint(j))&1 == 1 {
-				fmt.Print("#")
-			} else {
-				fmt.Print(" ")
-			}
-		}
-		fmt.Println("|")
-	}
-	fmt.Println("---------")
-}
-
-func (cg *CharacterGenerator) dumpChar(char uint8) {
-	fmt.Printf("Char: %v\n---------\n", char)
-	for row := 0; row < 8; row++ {
-		fmt.Print("|")
-		for col := 0; col < 7; col++ {
-			if cg.getPixel(char, row, col) {
-				fmt.Print("#")
-			} else {
-				fmt.Print(" ")
-			}
-		}
-		fmt.Println("|")
-	}
-	fmt.Println("---------")
-}
-
-// Dump to sdtout all the character maps
-func (cg *CharacterGenerator) Dump() {
-	pages := len(cg.data) / charGenPageSize
-	for p := 0; p < pages; p++ {
-		cg.setPage(p)
-		for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
-			cg.dumpChar(uint8(i))
-			//cg.dumpCharRaw(int(i))
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/frontend/a2sdl/main.go b/frontend/a2sdl/main.go
index 977d57a..f51d88a 100644
--- a/frontend/a2sdl/main.go
+++ b/frontend/a2sdl/main.go
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ func sdlRun(a *izapple2.Apple2) {
 
 		if !a.IsPaused() {
 			var img *image.RGBA
-			if kp.showPages {
+			if kp.showCharGen {
+				img = screen.SnapshotCharacterGenerator(a)
+				window.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%v character map", a.Name))
+			} else if kp.showPages {
 				img = screen.SnapshotParts(a, screen.ScreenModeNTSC)
 				window.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%v %v %vx%v", a.Name, screen.VideoModeName(a), img.Rect.Dx()/2, img.Rect.Dy()/2))
 			} else {
diff --git a/frontend/a2sdl/sdlKeyboard.go b/frontend/a2sdl/sdlKeyboard.go
index 4b9160a..7aca842 100644
--- a/frontend/a2sdl/sdlKeyboard.go
+++ b/frontend/a2sdl/sdlKeyboard.go
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ type sdlKeyboard struct {
 	a          *izapple2.Apple2
 	keyChannel *izapple2.KeyboardChannel
 
-	showPages bool
+	showPages   bool
+	showCharGen bool
 }
 
 func newSDLKeyBoard(a *izapple2.Apple2) *sdlKeyboard {
@@ -100,7 +101,11 @@ func (k *sdlKeyboard) putKey(keyEvent *sdl.KeyboardEvent) {
 	case sdl.K_F9:
 		k.a.SendCommand(izapple2.CommandDumpDebugInfo)
 	case sdl.K_F10:
-		k.a.SendCommand(izapple2.CommandNextCharGenPage)
+		if ctrl {
+			k.showCharGen = !k.showCharGen
+		} else {
+			k.a.SendCommand(izapple2.CommandNextCharGenPage)
+		}
 	case sdl.K_F11:
 		k.a.SendCommand(izapple2.CommandToggleCPUTrace)
 	case sdl.K_F12:
diff --git a/screen/snapshotsDebug.go b/screen/snapshotsDebug.go
index ce6811b..d095770 100644
--- a/screen/snapshotsDebug.go
+++ b/screen/snapshotsDebug.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package screen
 
 import (
 	"image"
+	"image/color"
 )
 
 // SnapshotParts the currently visible screen
@@ -127,3 +128,21 @@ func doubleWidthFilter(in *image.RGBA) *image.RGBA {
 	}
 	return out
 }
+
+// SnapshotCharacterGenerator shows the current character set
+func SnapshotCharacterGenerator(vs VideoSource) *image.RGBA {
+	text := make([]uint8, textLines*text40Columns)
+	for l := 0; l < textLines; l++ {
+		for c := 0; c < text40Columns; c++ {
+			text[text40Columns*l+c] = 0x20 + 0x80 // Space
+		}
+	}
+
+	for l := 0; l < 8; l++ {
+		for c := 0; c < 32; c++ {
+			text[text40Columns*(2*l+4)+c+4] = uint8(l*32 + c)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return renderText(vs, text, nil, color.White)
+}