Operating all features by using the keyboard
You can use keys or key combinations to perform operations that can also be done through mouse actions. All menu items can be accessed from the keyboard. In those cases, the keyboard equivalent appears to the right of the menu item, or the shortcut letter is underlined. Some keyboard items also have shortcuts.
To navigate through a window or dialog by using the keyboard instead of the mouse, use the following keyboard shortcuts:
| Navigating through a window or dialog | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Access the window menu | Alt, then down arrow (consecutively) |
| Access the menu bar in a window | Alt+underlined letter or F10 |
| Activate a menu item in the menu bar | Enter |
| Access controls in a dialog | Alt+underlined letter |
| Navigate through the menu bar | Right arrow, left arrow, down arrow, up arrow |
| Move to the next set of controls | Tab or F6 |
| Move to the previous set of controls | Shift+Tab |
| Move within tables | Tab or right arrow, Shift+Tab or left arrow, down arrow, up arrow |
| Move within folders panes | Up arrow, down arrow |
| Expand a folder | Right arrow |
| Collapse a folder | Left arrow |
| Move within list boxes | Up arrow, down arrow |
| Move within combo boxes | Up arrow, down arrow |
| Move to a split bar in a window | F8 |
| Resize a window by using the split bar | Arrow keys |
To perform main tasks in windows by using the keyboard instead of the mouse, use the following keyboard shortcuts:
| Task | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Display Help | F1 |
| Close the active window | Ctrl+W or Alt+F4 |
| Exit the application | Ctrl+Q |
| Cut | Ctrl+X |
| Copy | Ctrl+C |
| Paste | Ctrl+V |
| Ctrl+P | |
| Refresh displayed data | F5 |
| Enter or leave history mode | Ctrl+H |
| Move back in history mode | Alt+left arrow |
| Move forward in history mode | Alt+right arrow |
| Add a new Db2® system in System Overview | Ctrl+N |
| Add a new configuration in Trace Configurations | Ctrl+N |
| Cancel thread in Thread Summary and Details | Del |
| Delete Trace Configuration in Trace Configurations | Del |
| Open Trace Configuration | Ctrl+Alt+N |
| Open Trace Activation | Ctrl+Alt+A |
| Open Exception Processing | Ctrl+Alt+E |
| Open System Overview | Ctrl+Alt+O |
| Open Buffer Pool Analysis | Ctrl+Alt+B |
| Open Db2 command for the active Db2 subsystem | Ctrl+Alt+D |
| Open Statistics Details for the active Db2 subsystem | Ctrl+Alt+S |
| Open System Health for the active Db2 subsystem | Ctrl+Alt+H |
| Open Threads in Lock Conflicts for the active Db2 subsystem | Ctrl+Alt+L |
| Open Locking Conflicts for the active Db2 subsystem | Ctrl+Alt+C |
| Open System Parameters for the active Db2 subsystem | Ctrl+Alt+Y |
| Open Performance Warehouse for the active Db2 subsystem | Ctrl+Alt+P |
| Open Thread Summary for the active Db2 subsystem | Ctrl+Alt+T |
To perform main tasks in dialogs by using the keyboard instead of the mouse, use the following keyboard shortcuts:
| Task | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Confirm a dialog | Enter |
| Cancel a dialog | Esc |
| Activate a button that has the focus | Spacebar or Enter |
| Select and deselect check boxes and radio buttons | Spacebar |
| Navigate within check box and radio button groups | Tab |
| Open combination box menu | Alt+down arrows |
| Close combination box menu | Esc |
| Move up and down in combination box menu | Up arrow, down arrow |
| Activate combination box menu item | Spacebar or Enter |
| Move within a list box | Up arrow, down arrow |
| Activate a list box entry | Enter |
| Move to a tab in a window containing tabbed pages | Ctrl+Up |
| Move between the pages of a window containing tabs if the tab has the focus | Right arrow, left arrow |