Shortcuts for Dialog Boxes and Tables
Several shortcut and screen reader keys are helpful when you are working with dialog boxes, tables, and tables in dialog boxes. A complete list of special keyboard and screen reader shortcuts follows.
| Shortcut Key | Function |
|---|---|
| Alt+4 | Used to dismiss all open dialog boxes or output windows. Output can be retrieved from the Outputs tab in the managers pane. |
| Ctrl+End | With focus on any control in the Expression Builder, this will move the insertion point to the end of the expression. |
| Ctrl+1 | In the Expression Builder, moves focus to the expression edit control. |
| Ctrl+2 | In the Expression Builder, moves focus to the function list. |
| Ctrl+3 | In the Expression Builder, moves focus to the field list. |
Table Shortcuts
Table shortcuts are used for output tables as well as table controls in dialog boxes for nodes such as Type, Filter, and Merge. Typically, you will use the Tab key to move between table cells and Ctrl+Tab to leave the table control. Note: Occasionally, a screen reader may not immediately begin reading the contents of a cell. Pressing the arrow keys once or twice will reset the software and start the speech.
| Shortcut Key | Function |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+W | For tables, reads the short description of the selected roW. For example, "Selected row 2 values are sex, flag, m/f, etc." |
| Ctrl+Alt+W | For tables, reads the long description of the selected roW. For example, "Selected row 2 values are field = sex, type = flag, sex = m/f, etc." |
| Ctrl+D | For tables, reads the short Description of the selected area. For example, "Selection is one row by six columns." |
| Ctrl+Alt+D | For tables, provides the long Description of the selected area. For example, "Selection is one row by six columns. Selected columns are Field, Type, Missing. Selected row is 1." |
| Ctrl+T | For tables, provides a short description of the selected columns. For example, "Fields, Type, Missing." |
| Ctrl+Alt+T | For tables, provides a long description of the selected columns. For example, "Selected columns are Fields, Type, Missing." |
| Ctrl+R | For tables, provides the number of Records in the table. |
| Ctrl+Alt+R | For tables, provides the number of Records in the table as well as column names. |
| Ctrl+I | For tables, reads the cell Information, or contents, for the cell that has focus. |
| Ctrl+Alt+I | For tables, reads the long description of cell Information (column name and contents of the cell) for the cell that has focus. |
| Ctrl+G | For tables, provides short General selection information. |
| Ctrl+Alt+G | For tables, provides long General selection information. |
| Ctrl+Q | For tables, provides a Quick toggle of the table cells. Ctrl+Q reads long descriptions, such as "Sex=Female," as you move through the table using the arrow keys. Selecting Ctrl+Q again will toggle to short descriptions (cell contents). |
| F8 | For tables, when the focus is the table, sets the focus to the column header. |
| Spacebar | For tables, when the focus is the column header, enables column sorting. |