Keyboard shortcuts for the dashboard views

You can use the keyboard to navigate the grids and Tree panes in the dashboard views.

To highlight cells in the grid, use the Tab key till the grid is selected and highlighted, and then use the Down Arrow key to enter the grid cells. Use the UP Arrow, Down Arrow, Right Arrow and Left Arrow keys to navigate through the grid cells. Use the Tab key to get out of the grid.

To access hyperlinks and icons (that perform functions) inside of a grid, press Alt+Enter to put the hyperlinks into focus and execute their functions.

To navigate the check boxes and icons (controls) within a grid, press Ctrl+Enter to put a control in focus. You can then press the Spacebar to select or deselect controls. If you want to navigate away from a control is in focus, press Enter.

The same thing applies to Tree panes. Tab to the tree and when it is highlighted, use the Down Arrow key to enter into the tree. The Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys navigate you through the nodes, while the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys collapse and expand the nodes. The Spacebar executes hyperlinks inside the tree.

The following tables contain the shortcuts and their functions.

Navigating Tree panes

Keyboard shortcuts for Tree panes
Shortcut Function
Tab Moves you inside a Tree pane and highlights it.
Down Arrow Press the Down Arrow to select the first node in the tree. Pressing it again moves you one node down in the Tree pane.
Up Arrow Moves you to one node up in the Tree pane.
Left Arrow Expands the contents of a node.
Right Arrow Collapses the contents of a node.
Spacebar Select a hyperlink in the Tree pane.

Navigating grids

Keyboard shortcuts for grids
Shortcut Function
Tab Moves you inside and outside a grid.
Down Arrow Press the Down Arrow to select the first cell in the grid. It then moves you one cell down in the grid.
Up Arrow Moves you one cell up in the grid.
Left Arrow Moves you one cell left in the grid.
Right Arrow Moves you one cell right in the grid.
Alt+Enter Highlights and executes the function of a hyperlink or an icon.
Ctrl+Enter Highlights a check box, a radio button or a button.
Sapcebar Selects a check box or a radio button, and executes the action of a button.
Enter Moves you away form the selected check box, radio button, or button.

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