Keyboard shortcuts
In the web client for IBM® Engineering Requirements Management DOORS® Next, you can use keyboard shortcuts to work with requirements artifacts.
In many instances, if you hover over a toolbar icon, the keyboard shortcut for the icon is shown.
For example, in a text-based editor, if you hover over the Bullets icon,
Ctrl+Shift+B is shown as the shortcut.
Tip: When you are in edit mode in a text editor,
press Alt+0 to show a window that lists many common keyboard shortcuts.
The following tables list the keyboard shortcuts that are in various places in the web
interface.
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl and click | Selects artifacts in non-sequential order. |
| Shift and click | Selects a range of artifacts. |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Period (.) | Enables an object to be moved by using the Arrow keys. In the sketching editor, select an object, press the period key (.), and move an object by using the Arrow keys. After you move an object, press Enter to finalize the movement. |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Arrow keys | Moves the focus between shapes. |
| Ctrl+/ and Ctrl+\ | If a shape is selected, moves the focus between connected lines. If a connected control point is selected on a line, changes the connected anchor point around the shape. |
| Ctrl+| (or Ctrl+Shift+\) | Connects two selected shapes. |
| Alt+drag | Selects a group of elements within a container shape. |
| Alt+Minus sign (-) | Starts drag select for a group of elements within a container shape. |
| Alt+M | Toggles the display of the minimap window. |
| Alt+P | Displays the properties dialog box for the selected shape or line. |
| Del | Performs the delete operation. |
| Ctrl+M | Creates a comment for the selected shape or line. |
| Ctrl+Period (.) or Ctrl+Comma (,) | Cycles the control point selection around the selected shape or line. |
| Ctrl+Arrow keys | Moves the selected shape, line, or control point to a new position. |
| Enter | Selects or deselects the shape or line that has focus. |
| Ctrl+Enter | Adds a new item to the wireframe container. |
| Shift+Enter | Selects multiple shapes or lines. |
| Shift+F10 | Displays the context menu for selected shape or line. |
| Alt+G | Groups-selected items. |
| Alt+U | Ungroups previously grouped items. |
| Ctrl+D | Duplicates the selected item. |
| Ctrl+A | Selects all items. |
| Ctrl+Z | Performs the undo operation. |
| Ctrl+Y | Performs the redo operation. |
| Ctrl+C | Performs the copy operation. |
| F2 | Edits text for a shape or line. |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Esc | Closes the editor window, list, or menu. Also moves from the submenu in a menu to the parent menu item. |
| Enter | Selects an editor function from the toolbar, list, or menu. This shortcut is equivalent to pressing OK in a window. |
| Shift+F10 | Opens the menu for an element. |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Home | Jumps to the beginning of the line. |
| Alt+F10 | Jumps to the editor toolbar. |
| Alt+Esc | Jumps to the editor text area. |
| Ctrl+Home | Jumps to the beginning of the document. |
| End | Jumps to the end of the line. |
| Ctrl+End | Jumps to the end of the document. |
| PgDn | Scrolls down the document, approximately by the length of the editing area. |
| PgUp | Scrolls up the document, approximately by the length of the editing area. |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Enter | Ends a paragraph and starts a new one. |
| Shift+Enter | Adds a line break. |
| Backspace or Del | Deletes a character. |
| Ctrl+Backspace or Ctrl+Del | Deletes a word. |
| Ctrl+A | Selects all the contents of a document. |
| Shift+Arrow | Selects text by letters. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Arrow | Selects text by words. |
| Shift+Home | Selects text from the cursor to the beginning of the line. |
| Shift+End | Selects text from the cursor to the end of the line. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Home | Selects text from the cursor to the beginning of the document. |
| Ctrl+Shift+End | Selects text from the cursor to the end of the document. |
| Shift+PgDn | Selects text of approximately the length of the editing area, starting from the cursor and going down. |
| Shift+PgUp | Selects text of approximately the length of the editing area, starting from the cursor and going up. |
| Select text and Ctrl+Right click | Selects text and enables editing and spelling check in rich-text artifacts. |
| Ctrl+Z | Performs the undo operation. |
| Ctrl+Y | Performs the redo operation. |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Shift+Alt+Right Arrow | Moves an artifact to a higher level in the hierarchy. |
| Shift+Alt+Left Arrow | Moves an artifact to a lower level in the hierarchy. |
| Ctrl+K, Ctrl+Alt+K, or Ctrl+Shift+K | Creates an artifact and adds it after, below, or before the current row. |
| Ctrl+E, Ctrl+Alt+E, or Ctrl+Shift+E | Adds an existing artifact after, below, or before the current row. |
| Ctrl+Enter, Ctrl+Alt+Enter, or Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Creates a similar artifact after, below, or before the current row. |
| Alt+Shift+B | Opens the Open Base Artifact menu option. |
| Ctrl+U, Ctrl+Alt+U, or Ctrl+Shift+U | Uploads a new artifact after, below, or before the current row. |
| Ctrl+X | Cuts the artifact and places it on the clipboard. |
| Ctrl+C | Copies the artifact to the clipboard. |
| Ctrl+V | Pastes the artifact after the selected row. |
| Tab or Shift+Tab | Saves the row and moves the focus to the view mode of that cell. |
| Return | Opens a cell for editing. |
| Del | Removes the artifact. |
| Ctrl+M | Adds a comment to the artifact. |
| Ctrl+Shift+M | Shows all the comments for the artifact. |
| Alt+F10, Esc | Moves the focus to the edit toolbar or to the text field when editing module text inline. |
| Alt+1 | Gives focus to the Type menu of the edit toolbar when editing module text inline. |
| Alt+2 | Gives focus to the Edit menu of the edit toolbar when editing module text inline. |
| Alt+3 | Gives focus to the Style menu of the edit toolbar when editing module text inline. |
| Alt+4 | Gives focus to the Color menu of the edit toolbar when editing module text inline. |
| Alt+5 | Gives focus to the Alignment menu of the edit toolbar when editing module text inline. |
| Alt+6 | Gives focus to the List/Table menu of the edit toolbar when editing module text inline. |
| Alt+7 | Gives focus to the Insert menu of the edit toolbar when editing module text inline. |
Tip: While you are editing a row in a module, the following keyboard
shortcuts can be used. In each case, before you use the shortcut, unsaved changes in the row are saved.
- Ctrl+E, Ctrl+Alt+E, or Ctrl+Shift+E
- Ctrl+Enter, Ctrl+Alt+Enter, or Ctrl+Shift+Enter
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, and Down Arrow | Navigates among the cells in the artifact. |
| Ctrl+Enter | Creates new artifact. |
| Enter | Opens the selected artifact for editing. |
| Ctrl+click artifact name link | Opens the artifact in a new tab. |
| Shift+click artifact name link | Opens the artifact in a new window. |
| Alt+Shift+H | Opens the artifact history. |
| Ctrl+X | Duplicates the selected artifact. |
| Ctrl+C | Copies the artifact to the clipboard. |
| Shift+Tab | Moves the focus out of the inline editor to the cell. |
| Delete or Ctrl+Backspace | Removes the artifact. |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Tab | Moves the cursor focus to elements in the filter window. |
| Shift+Down Arrow | Expands the edit menu  when the cursor focus is on the menu. |
| Space bar | Selects a check box that has the focus of the cursor. |
| Enter | Runs a selected filter. |
| Up Arrow and Down Arrow | Moves from the header of each filter section. At any section heading or in the adjacent sidebar, press the Spacebar to expand or collapse the section. |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Up Arrow and Down Arrow | Moves the focus within the links explorer. |
| Right Arrow | If a node is expanded, the Right Arrow moves the focus to a child node. If the node is collapsed, the Right Arrow expands the node. |
| Plus sign (+) | If the node has child nodes that are not expanded, the plus sign expands the node. |
| Minus sign (-) | Collapses a node. |
| Left Arrow | Moves from a node to a parent node. |
| Ctrl+N | Adds a link to the node. If quick create mode is enabled, this shortcut creates an artifact. |
| Ctrl+D | Deletes a node. |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Alt+0 | Displays a hover window in the text editor that lists the keyboard shortcuts. |
| Alt+F10 | Enters the toolbar or the tab list of the currently open window. |
| Tab or Right Arrow | Moves to the next toolbar icon, menu option, window element, or window tab. |
| Tab or Down Arrow | Moves to the next list or menu option. |
| Shift+Tab or Left Arrow | Moves to the previous toolbar icon, menu option, window element, or window tab. |
| Shift+Tab or Up Arrow | Moves to the previous list or menu option. |
| Space or Enter | Activates a toolbar icon, menu option, list option, or a window tab after it is selected. This shortcut can also navigate through the submenu of a menu, if one is available. |
| Alt+Shift+M |
Toggles the collapsed or expanded state of the sidebars on the current page. |
| Right Arrow and Left Arrow | Resizes the width of the sidebar. To resize the width, select the vertical boundary and then use the Right and Left arrows to resize the sidebar. |