Keyboard shortcuts for browsing the process diagram in a visualization window

You can use the following keyboard shortcuts to browse a process diagram in a visualization window.

Complete the following steps:

  1. Scroll the diagram horizontally by pressing Shift and the right arrow or left arrow key. To scroll the diagram vertically, press Shift and the up arrow or down arrow key.
  2. Access the zoom in or zoom out bar by pressing Tab. To zoom in on the process, press the left arrow key. To zoom out of the process, press the right arrow key.
  3. Access the process by pressing Tab again.
  4. Toggle the swim lanes in the process by using the up arrow and down arrow keys. Then, use the right arrow and left arrow keys to toggle the lane header and first process node in the lane. Toggle among the connections by using the up arrow and down arrow keys. After you select the required connection, use the right arrow and the left arrow keys to browse to the process nodes and select an activity.
    Note: The navigation through the process nodes is not in the order in which they are displayed in the diagram. Instead, the navigation depends on the order in which the user added the nodes in IBM® Process Designer while designing the process.
  5. Browse the data variables or tag groups visible for the activity in the diagram by using the following shortcut keys.
    Table 1. For process activity navigation
    Key combination Function
    For data variables:
    l+u (l key press followed by u key press) Move up the up arrow spinner next to an activity
    l+d (l key press followed by d key press) Move down the down arrow spinner next to an activity
    l+1, 2, or 3 (l key press followed by 1, 2, or 3 key press) Expand or collapse the icon located at the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd position next to an activity
    r+u (r key press followed by u key press) Move up the up arrow spinner next to an activity
    r+d (r key press followed by d key press) Move down the down arrow spinner next to an activity
    r+1, 2, or 3 (r key press followed by 1, 2, or 3 key press) Expand or collapse the icon located at the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd position next to an activity
    For tag groups:
    e Expand and display all the tag groups defined for an activity.
    e+1, 2, 3, and so on Select the tag group located at the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd position and so on.

To browse through the selection area in the browser window, complete the following steps:

  1. Access the drop-down list of data variables and tag groups by pressing Tab.
  2. Select Data by using the up arrow key. Select Tag Groups by using the down arrow key.
  3. Browse the list of check boxes available for the data variables or tag groups by pressing Tab. Inside each check box, press the space bar to toggle the checked or cleared state. Move up and down the list of check boxes by using Tab or Shift+Tab.

To browse through the breadcrumb area in the browser window, complete the following steps:

  1. Access the first process in the breadcrumb area by pressing Tab.
  2. Browse forward in the list of processes by pressing Tab. Browse backwards in the list of processes by pressing Shift+Tab.
  3. Visualize the diagram of that particular process by pressing Enter on any process entry in the list.