Keyboard shortcuts for browsing the process diagram
To browse the process diagram in the web browser window, you can use keyboard shortcuts.
To browse through the process diagram on the right side in the browser window, complete the following steps:
- 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.
- Access the zoom in or zoom out bar in the upper right corner 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.
- Access the process by pressing Tab again.
- 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.
- 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 on the left side of an activity l+d (l key press followed by d key press) Move down the down arrow spinner on the left side of 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 on the left side of an activity r+u (r key press followed by u key press) Move up the up arrow spinner on the right side of an activity r+d (r key press followed by d key press) Move down the down arrow spinner on the right side of 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 on the right side of 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, where 1 is the tag group placed directly above the activity, 2 is the second one, and so on
To browse through the selection area on the left side in the browser window, complete the following steps:
- Access the drop-down list of data variables and tag groups by pressing Tab.
- Select Data by using the up arrow key. Select Tag Groups by using the down arrow key.
- 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 at the top of the browser window, complete the following steps:
- Access the first process in the breadcrumb area by pressing Tab.
- Browse forward in the list of processes by pressing Tab. Browse backwards in the list of processes by pressing Shift+Tab.
- Visualize the diagram of that particular process by pressing Enter on any process entry in the list.
Browse in the New Tag or Tag Group window in Process Designer by using the following shortcut keys:
- Toggle between the text boxes for tag group name and value, the Check if this is a Tag group check box, OK, and Cancel by pressing Tab.
- Select or clear the check box by pressing the space bar.
- Submit or cancel your inputs by pressing Enter on OK or Cancel.