Shortcuts for standard interface elements

Focus navigation
Tool tips
Menu bar and context menus
Buttons
Toggle buttons
Check boxes
Radio buttons
Sliders
Text fields and text areas
Spinner fields
Combo boxes
Trees
Tables
Tree Tables
Scroll panes
Split panes
Tabbed panes
Dialog boxes
Modeless dialog boxes

Focus navigation

KeyAction
TAB Moves focus to the next element or to the first member of the next group of elements.
CTRL‑TAB Moves focus to the next element or to the first member of a group of elements when the current element accepts the TAB key, as in text fields, tables, and tabbed panes.
SHIFT‑TAB Moves focus to the previous element or to the last element in the previous group of elements.
Arrow keys Moves focus between individual elements of a group of elements, for example, within menu items in a menu or between tabs in a tabbed pane.

Tool tips

KeyAction
CTRL‑F1 Displays the tool tip for the element.
ESC, CTRL‑F1 Hides the tool tip.

Menu bar and context menus

KeyAction
F10 Moves focus to the menu bar and opens the first menu.
SHIFT‑F10 Displays context menu. Context menus are provided for the Station tree table, for the MiniMUF table, for the Map pane, and for all text fields and combo boxes.
ESC Hides the context menu.

Buttons

KeyAction
Spacebar Activates the button.

Toggle buttons

KeyAction
Spacebar Toggles the button on or off.

Check boxes

KeyAction
Spacebar Selects or clears the check box.

Radio buttons

KeyAction
Spacebar Selects the radio button.

Sliders

For example, the frequency spread slider on the Query toolbar.

KeyAction
Arrow keys Changes the value.
HOME Moves to the left or to the top value.
END to the right or to the bottom value.

Text fields and text areas

KeyAction
CTRL‑RIGHT Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.
CTRL‑LEFT to the beginning of the previous word.
HOME to the beginning of the field.
END to the end of the field.
ENTER, RETURN Submits text entry. For example, in the case of the text fields of the combo boxes on the Query toolbar, runs a new query.
SHIFT‑HOME Extends selection to the beginning of a line.
SHIFT‑END to the end of a line.
SHIFT‑LEFT one character to the left.
SHIFT‑RIGHT one character to the right.
SHIFT‑CTRL‑RIGHT to the next word.
SHIFT‑CTRL‑LEFT to the previous word.
CTRL‑Z Undoes the last change.
CTRL‑Y Redoes or repeats the last change.
CTRL‑X Cuts selected text into Clipboard.
CTRL‑C Copies selected text into Clipboard.
CTRL‑V Pastes text from the Clipboard, replacing the currently selected text.
DELETE Deletes the selected text.
CTRL‑A Selects all text.
CTRL‑\ Deselects all text.

Spinner fields

KeyAction
UP Increments the current value.
DOWN Decrements the current value.

Combo boxes

KeyAction
DOWN, ALT‑DOWN Opens the combo box menu.
UP, DOWN Moves selection within the list when it is displayed.
ENTER, RETURN Closes the menu and enters the selected item into the combo box text field, if the combo box is editable, otherwise sets the selected item as the displayed item.
CTRL‑ENTER Closes the menu and appends the selected item to the text in the combo box text field, if the combo box is editable, otherwise sets the selected item as the displayed item.
ESC, ALT‑UP Closes the menu.

Trees

KeyAction
RIGHT Expands the node that has focus.
LEFT Collapses the node that has focus.
UP Moves focus up one node.
DOWN down one node.
HOME to the first node.
END to the last node.
PAGE UP Moves up one view.
PAGE DOWN down one view.
CTRL‑PAGE UP left one view.
CTRL‑PAGE DOWN right one view.
CTRL‑A, CTRL‑/ Selects all nodes.
CTRL‑\ Deselects all nodes.
SHIFT‑DOWN Extends selection down.
SHIFT‑UP up.
SHIFT‑HOME to the first node.
SHIFT‑END to the last node.
SHIFT‑PAGE UP up one view.
SHIFT‑PAGE DOWN down one view.
CTRL‑SHIFT‑PAGE UP left one view.
CTRL‑SHIFT‑PAGE DOWN right one view.

Tables

KeyAction
SHIFT‑ENTER Moves focus up one cell.
ENTER down one cell.
SHIFT‑TAB left one cell.
TAB right one cell.
UP Clears current selection and moves focus up one cell.
DOWN down one cell.
PAGE UP Scrolls and moves focus to the first visible cell in the current column up one view.
PAGE DOWN down one view.
CTRL‑PAGE UP left one view.
CTRL‑PAGE DOWN right one view.
HOME Moves focus and the view to the first cell in the current row.
END to the last cell in the current row.
CTRL‑HOME to the first cell in the current column.
CTRL‑END to the last cell in the current column.
CTRL‑A Selects the entire table.
SHIFT‑UP Extends selection up one row.
SHIFT‑DOWN down one row.
SHIFT‑LEFT left one column.
SHIFT‑RIGHT right one column.
SHIFT‑HOME to the beginning of the row.
SHIFT‑END to the end of the row.
CTRL‑SHIFT‑HOME to the beginning of the column.
CTRL‑SHIFT‑END to the end of the column.
SHIFT‑PAGE UP up one view.
SHIFT‑PAGE DOWN down one view.
CTRL‑SHIFT‑PAGE UP left one view.
CTRL‑SHIFT‑PAGE DOWN right one view.

Tree tables

KeyAction
CTRL‑RIGHT Expands selected rows.
CTRL‑LEFT Collapses selected rows.

Scroll panes

KeyAction
UP Moves up one line.
DOWN down one line.
PAGE UP up one view.
PAGE DOWN down one view.
CTRL‑HOME to the beginning of the data.
CTRL‑END to the end of the data.
CTRL‑PAGE DOWN right one view.
CTRL‑PAGE UP left one view.

Split panes

KeyAction
TAB, F6 Moves focus between split panes and gives focus to the last element that had focus.
F8 Moves focus to the splitter bar.
Arrow keys, HOME, END Moves the splitter bar when it has focus.

Tabbed panes

KeyAction
Arrow keys Moves focus between the tabs.
CTRL‑DOWN Moves focus from a tab to its pane.
CTRL‑UP Moves focus from a pane to its tab.
CTRL‑PAGE DOWN Moves to the next pane.
CTRL‑PAGE UP Moves to the previous pane.

Dialog boxes

KeyAction
ENTER, RETURN Activates the default dialog box button, marked with a thick etched border, even if the button does not have focus. If the default dialog box button is an OK button, applies the changes that you made and hides the dialog box.
ESC Activates the Cancel or the Close button, even if the button does not have focus. Activating the Cancel button hides the dialog box without saving the changes that you made. Activating the Close button saves the changes that you made and hides the dialog box.

Modeless dialog boxes

A modeless dialog box does not block access to its owner Radio Explorer window. For example, the Find dialog box is modeless.

KeyAction
ALT‑F6 Moves focus into or out of the dialog box.

See also
About using shortcut keys
Print a list of shortcut keys
General shortcuts in Radio Explorer
Shortcuts for online help viewer