Keyboard Functions

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Table A-1

Function	Key Engraving (US Keyboard)	Description
Activation	Select, spacebar, or Control+space bar	Starts the action associated with a component (for example, an action choice).
Backspace	Backspace	Deletes one character to the left of the cursor or the current selection.
Backtab	Shift+Tab or Backtab	Moves the cursor to the previous field. The cursor is positioned either on the previous choice in that field or on the currently set choice in that field. The cursor moves from right to left and bottom to top. At the top-leftmost field, the cursor moves to the bottom-rightmost field. Within a text-entry field, backtab moves the cursor to the character position defined by the previous tab stop.
Beginning of data	Control+Home	Moves the cursor to the top-leftmost position in the current field.

Table A-1 (Continued)

Function	Key Engraving (US Keyboard)	Description
Beginning of line	Home	Moves the cursor to the leftmost choice in a group of choices, or to the beginning of the current line in a text-entry field.
Cancel	Esc or Cancel	Removes the window without applying any changes that were not previously applied in that window.
Cancel direct manipulation	Esc or Cancel	Cancels the direct manipulation operation.
Clear	Delete or no assignment1	Removes selected element or group of elements from window without compressing the space previously occupied by the element or group of elements.
Close	Alt+F4	Closes active window.
Context-sensitive help	F1, Shift+F1, Help	Displays context-sensitive help for the element relative to the current context, such as the cursor position or the process currently in progress.
Copy	Control+C, Control+Insert	Produces a duplicate of the selected element or group of elements and places it on the clipboard.
Cut	Control+X, Shift+Delete	Removes the selected element or group of elements to the clipboard.
Default action	Enter, Return	If the cursor is on a component that can be activated, performs that action. If the cursor is on a component that does not support activation performs the default action for that window.
Delete next character	1 Delete	Deletes the next character in text.
Delete previous character	Backspace	Deletes the previous character in text.
Delete selection	1 Delete	Removes a selected element or group of elements and, when appropriate for the window, compresses the space it occupied.

Table A-1 (Continued)

Function	Key Engraving (US Keyboard)	Description
Deselect all	Control+ Backslash	Removes selected-state emphasis from all elements in the active window.
Display drop- down list or drop-down combination box	Alt+down arrow	Displays or removes the list for the drop-down list or the drop-down combination box.
End of data	Control+End	Moves the cursor to the bottom-rightmost position in the current field.
End of line	End	Moves the cursor to the rightmost choice in a group of choices, or to the end of the current line in a text-entry field.
Extend selection to beginning of data	Control+Shift +Home	Extends the selection to the beginning of the data.
Extend selection to beginning of the line	Shift+Home	Extends the selection to the beginning of a line.
Extend selection down	Shift+down arrow	Extends the selection down a line.
Extend selection to end of data	Control+Shift+ End	Extends the selection to the end of the data.
Extend selection to end of line	Shift+End	Extends the selection to the end of a line.
Extend selection to the left	Shift+left arrow	Extends the selection to the left.
Extend selection down one page	Shift+Page Down	Extends the selection down a page.

Table A-1 (Continued)

Function	Key Engraving (US Keyboard)	Description
Extend selection to the left one page	Control+Shift+ Page Up	Extends the selection a page to the left.
Extend selection to the right one page	Control+Shift+ Page Down	Extends the selection a page to the right.
Extend selection up one page	Shift+Page Up	Extends the selection up one page.
Extend selection down one paragraph	Control+Shift+ down arrow	Extends the selection down one paragraph.
Extend selection up one paragraph	Control+Shift+ up arrow	Extends the selection up one paragraph.
Extend selection to the right	Shift+right arrow	Extends the selection to the right.
Extend selection	Shift+spacebar, Control+Shift+ spacebar	Extends the selection to the cursor position (not valid in text).
Extend selection up	Shift+up arrow	Extends the selection up a line.
Extend selection word left	Control+Shift+ left arrow	Extends the selection one word to the left.
Extend selection word right	Control+Shift+ right arrow	Extends the selection one word to the right.
Help (Overview help)	F2 (in a Help window)	Displays a brief overview of each action, task, or both, that a user can perform within the window.

Table A-1 (Continued)

Function	Key Engraving (US Keyboard)	Description
Help index	F11 (in a Help window)	Displays an alphabetic listing of help topics for an object or a product.
Help	F1	Displays context-sensitive help for the item that contains the cursor
Hide	Alt+F9	Removes the window and all associated windows from the screen.
Keyboard help	F9 (in a Help window)	Displays a listing of all the key assignments for an object or a product.
Maximize	Alt+F10	Enlarges the window to its largest possible size.
Minimize	Alt+F9	Reduces the window to its smallest possible size and removes all of the windows associated with that window from the screen.
Move	Alt+F7	Allows a user to move a window to a different location.
Move cursor	Arrow keys or Control+arrow keys	Moves the cursor left, right, up, or down. At the last choice, the cursor wraps. For example, at the bottom-most choice, the cursor wraps to the top-most choice to the right.
Move cursor to and from menu bar	F10	Moves the cursor from within a window to its menu bar or from the menu bar to within the window.
Move cursor to the next field	Tab or Control+Tab	Moves the cursor to the next field.
Move cursor to the previous field	Shift+Tab or Control+Shift+ Tab	Moves the cursor to the previous field.
Move cursor to the next associated window (within a window family)	Alt+F6	Moves the input focus to the next window within a window family.

Table A-1 (Continued)

Function	Key Engraving (US Keyboard)	Description
Move cursor to the previous associated window (within a window family)	Alt+Shift+F6	Moves the input focus to the previous window within a window family.
Move cursor forward between unassociated windows	Alt+Esc	Moves the input focus forward between the groups of associated windows displayed from different objects (if more than one object is displayed by an object).
Move cursor between window families	Alt+Tab	Moves the input focus between open, but not hidden, window families.
Move cursor backwards between window families	Alt+Shift+Tab	Moves the input focus backwards between open, but not hidden, window families.
Move cursor to another window pane	F6	Moves the cursor in a clockwise direction from one window pane to the next.
New line	Enter or Return	Moves the cursor to the next line of text in replace mode or adds a new line in text in insert mode.
Page down	Page Down	A scrolling action that displays information below the currently visible window area.
Page left	Control+Page Up	A scrolling action that displays information to the left of the currently visible window area.
Page right	Control+Page Down	A scrolling action that displays information to the right of the currently visible window area.
Page up	Page Up	A scrolling action that displays information above the currently visible window area.

Table A-1 (Continued)

Function	Key Engraving (US Keyboard)	Description
Paragraph down	Control+down arrow	A scrolling action that displays one paragraph below the currently visible window area.
Paragraph up	Control+up arrow	A scrolling action that displays one paragraph above the currently visible window area.
Paste	Control+V or Shift+Insert	Copies the contents of the clipboard into the window at the specified location.
Pop-up menu	Shift+F10	Displays a pop-up menu for the indicated element or group of selected elements.
Redo	Shift+Alt+Bac kspace	Reverses the effect of the last applied undo action.
Refresh now	F5, Control+R	Updates the window to reflect the underlying data.
Restore	Alt+F5	Returns the window to the size it was and the position it was in before the user minimized or maximized the window.
Select all	Control+Slash	Selects all elements in active window.
Select element on which cursor is positioned	Spacebar (if it is not assigned to any other function) or Control+ spacebar	Selects element on which cursor is positioned.
Size	Alt+F8	Allows a user to change the size of the window.
Space	spacebar or Shift+spacebar	Inserts a space in text.

Table A-1 (Continued)

Function	Key Engraving (US Keyboard)	Description
Tab	Tab	Moves the cursor to the next field. The cursor is positioned either on the first choice in that field or on the currently set choice in that field. The cursor moves from left to right and top to bottom. At the bottom-rightmost field, the cursor moves to the top-leftmost field. Within a text-entry field, Tab moves the cursor to the character position defined by the next tab stop or resets the tab.
Toggle between insert and replace modes in text entry	Insert	Toggles between insert and replace modes.
Toggle in or out of keyboard add mode when in extended selection mode	Shift+F8	Toggles in or out of keyboard add mode when extended selection is provided for a view. The initial deselection is bypassed and the new selected objects are added or removed from the current group of selected objects.
Tutorial	Shift+F2 (in a Help window)	Displays online educational information.
Undo	Alt+Backspace , Control+Z	Reverses the action of the most recently performed user action.
Using help	Shift+F10 (in a pop-up window)	Displays help information that describes how to use the help facility.
Window list	Control+Esc	Displays the window list window from the window menu.

Table A-1 (Continued)

Function	Key Engraving (US Keyboard)	Description
Window menu	Alt + Spacebar or Shift+Esc	Displays window menu.
Word left	Control+left arrow	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the word to the left of the cursor.
Word right	Control+right arrow	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word to the right of the cursor.

Table A-2

Choice	Mnemonic	Location
About	A	Help menu
Clear	E	Edit menu
Close	C	File menu and Window menu
Copy	C	Edit menu
Copy Link	K	Edit menu
Copy To	C	Selected menu
Cut	T	Edit menu
Delete	D	Object-type menu and Edit menu
Deselect All	L	Edit menu
Exit	X	File menu
Find	F	Edit menu
Icon	C	View menu
Include	I	View menu

Table A-2 (Continued)

Choice	Mnemonic	Location
Index	I	Help menu
Keyboard	K	Help menu
Lower	L	Window menu
Maximize	X	Window menu
Minimize	N	Window menu
Mouse	M	Help menu
Mouse and Keyboard	M	Help menu
Move	M	Window menu
Move To	M	Selected menu
New	N	File menu
Occupy All Workspaces	A	Window menu
Occupy Workspace	O	Window menu
On Item	O	Help menu
Open	O	File menu
Overview	V	Help menu
Paste	P	Edit menu
Paste Link	L	Edit menu
Print	P	File menu
Promote	M	Edit menu
Properties	P	Selected menu
Put in Workspace	T	Selected menu
Redo	R	Edit menu
Reference	R	Help menu
Refresh	E	View menu
Reselect	R	Edit menu
Restore	R	Window menu

Table A-2 (Continued)

Choice	Mnemonic	Location
Save	S	File menu
Save as	A	File menu
Select All	S	Edit menu
Select Pasted	A	Edit menu
Size	S	Window menu
Sort	S	View menu
Table of Contents	C	Help menu
Tasks	T	Help menu
Tutorial	L	Help menu
Undo	U	Edit menu
Unoccupy Workspace	U	Window menu
Using Help	U	Help menu
View Help	TBD	View menu (object-oriented)

Table A-3

Element	Space bar	Enter key
menu	Activates current item	Activates current item
pushbutton	Activates button	Performs default action if default action exists for the window containing the element
text field	Adds a space	Performs default action if default action exists for the window containing the element
list item	Selects current item	Performs default action if default action exists for the window containing the element
icon	Selects	Performs default action if default action exists for the window containing the element