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Alt+Down Arrow | Open a drop-down list or look up a value for a field. |
Alt+Up Arrow | Show tooltip for a field or a column header of a table. If the field has validation errors, press Alt+Up Arrow to show the validation error. Press Esc or Alt+Up Arrow to close the tooltip. |
Alt+F2 | Show and hide the FactBox pane. |
Alt+Shift+F2 | Shift between Details and Attachments in the FactBox pane. |
Alt+O | Add a new note for the selected record, even if the FactBox pane is not open. |
Alt+Q (Ctrl+Option+Q) | Open the Tell Me window. For more information, see Finding Pages and Information with Tell Me. |
Alt+N | Open a page to create a new record. (Similar to choosing the New and + actions.) |
Alt+Shift+N | Close a newly created page and open a new one to create a new record. Similarly, Alt+F9 posts a document and creates a new one. |
Alt+T | Open the My Settings page. |
Alt+Right Arrow | Look up additional information or underlying values for a field that contains the button. This is used when the usual drop-down button (Alt+Down Arrow) in the same field is used for another purpose. |
Shift+F12 | Open the role explorer, a feature overview. For more information, see Finding Pages with the Role Explorer. |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C | Display information in the company badge. |
Ctrl+Alt+F1 | Open and close the page inspection pane. The page inspection pane shows information about the page, like its source table, fields, filters, extensions, and more. For more information, see Inspecting Pages. |
Ctrl+C | Copy the value of field. If the field is in focus, and you have not selected any text in the field, this will copy the entire value. If you have selected any text in the field, then it will copy the selected text only. |
Ctrl+F1 | Open the Business Central help for the page. |
Ctrl+F12 | Switch between wide and narrow layout view. |
Ctrl+Click | Navigate during personalizing or customizing when the action is highlighted with an arrowhead. For more information, see Personalize Your Workspace. |
Ctrl+F5 | Reload the Business Central application. (Similar to selecting refresh/reload in the browser.) |
F5 | Refresh the data on the current page. Use this to ensure that the data on the page is up-to-date with any changes that others have made while you are working. |
Enter | Enable or access the element or control that is in focus. |
Esc | Close the current page or drop-down list. |
Tab | Move focus to the next control or element on a page, such as actions, buttons, fields, or list headings. |
Shift+Tab | Move focus to the previous control or element on a page, such as actions, buttons, fields, or list headings. |
Y and N | Activate Yes and No buttons in dialogs. This is language-supported. For example, press J in Germany to activate a Ja button. |
Press these keys (in macOS) | To do this in a list view | To do this in a tile view |
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Alt+F7 | Sort the selected column in ascending or descending order. | Not applicable. |
Alt+N | Insert a new line in an editable list, such as the G/L Budgets page. | Same. |
Shift+F10 | Open a menu of options that are available for the selected row. | Same. |
Press these keys (in macOS) | To do this in a list view | To do this in a tile view |
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Ctrl+Home (Fn+Ctrl+Left Arrow) | Select the first row in the list; focus remains in the same column. | Move to the first tile in the first row. |
Ctrl+End (Fn+Ctrl+Right Arrow) | Select the last row in the list; focus remains in the same column. | Move to the last tile in the last row. |
Home (Fn+Left Arrow) | Move to the first field in the row. | Move to the first tile in the row. |
End (Fn+right Arrow) | Move to the last field in the row. | Move to the last tile in the row. |
Enter | Open the record that is associated with the field. Only relevant if a card page is associated with the record. | Opens the record. Only relevant if a card page is associated with the record. |
Ctrl+Enter | Move focus to the next element outside the list. | Move focus to the next element outside the list. |
Page Up (Fn+Up Arrow) | Scroll to display the set rows above the current rows in view. | Scrolls to display the set of tiles above the current tiles in view. |
Page Down (Fn+Down Arrow) | Scroll to display the set rows below the current rows in view. | Scroll to display the set of tiles below the current tiles in view. |
Down Arrow | Move in the same column to the field in the row below. | Move in the same column to the tile in the row below. |
Up Arrow | Move in the same column to the field in the row above. | Move in the same column to the tile in the row above. |
Right Arrow | In a view-only list, move in the same row to the next field to the right. In an editable list, move to the right within the current field. | Move in the same row to the next tile to the right. |
Left Arrow | In a view-only list, move in the same row to the previous field to the left. In an editable list, move to the left within the current field. | Move in the same row to the previous tile to the left. |
Tab | In editable list, move in the same row to the next field to the right. | Not applicable. |
Shift+Tab | In editable list, move in the same row to the previous field to the left. | Not applicable. |
Press these keys (in macOS) | To do this in a list view | To do this in a tile view |
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Ctrl+Click (Cmd+Click) | Extend the selection of rows to include the row that you click. | Not applicable. |
Shift+Click | Extend the selection of rows to include the row that you click and all the rows in between. You can use this after using Ctrl+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Up Down to expand your selection. | Not applicable. |
Ctrl+Up Arrow (Ctrl+Cmd+Up Arrow) | Move focus to the row above and keep the current row selected. | Not applicable. |
Ctrl+Down Arrow (Ctrl+Cmd+Down Arrow) | Move focus to the row below and keep the current row selected. | Not applicable. |
Ctrl+Space Bar (Ctrl+Cmd+Space ) | Extend the selection of rows to include the focused row. You can use this after using Ctrl+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Down Arrow to expand your selection. | Not applicable. |
Ctrl+A | Select all rows. | Not applicable. |
Ctrl+C (Cmd+C) | Copy the selected rows to the Clipboard. | Yes, but only for a single selected tile. |
Ctrl+V (Cmd+V) | Paste the selected rows from the Clipboard into the current page or external document, like Microsoft Excel or Outlook email. You can only do this in editable lists. | Not applicable. |
Shift+Up Arrow | Extend the selection of rows to include the row above. | Not applicable. |
Shift+Down Arrow | Extend the selection of rows to include the row below. | Not applicable. |
Shift+Page Up (Shift+Fn+Up Arrow) | Extend the selection of rows to include all visible rows above the current selection of rows. | Not applicable. |
Shift+Page Down (Shift+Fn+Down Arrow) | Extend the selection of rows to include all visible rows below the current selection of rows. | Not applicable. |
F8 | Copy the field in the same column of the row above, and paste it into the current row. You can only do this in editable lists. Using this shortcut followed by a Tab lets you quickly fill out fields in line items that you want to have the same value as the row above. | Not applicable. |
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F3 | Toggles the search box.
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Shift+F3 | Open and close the filter pane.
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Ctrl+Shift+F3 | Open and close the filter pane.
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Alt+F3 | Toggle filtering to the selected value.
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Shift+Alt+F3 | Open the filter pane and add a filter on the selected column in the list. Focus is on the new filter field which lets start typing the filter criteria right away. This does the same as selecting Filter from the column heading. If there is already a filter on the field, a new filter is added. |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F3 | Reset filters. This does the same as choosing Reset filters in the filter pane, and it applies to field and totals filters. Filters return to the default filters for the current view. If the current view is All, then this is the same as returning to an unfiltered view with all records. |
Ctrl+Enter | Change focus from the filter pane back to the list. |
Press these keys (in macOS) | To do this |
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Alt+F6 | Toggle collapse/expand for the current FastTab or part (sub-page). |
Alt+N | Open a page to create a new record; the same way as choosing the New action. |
Alt+Shift+N | Close a page and open a new one to create a new record; the same way as selecting the OK & New action. |
Alt+Shift+W | Open the current card or document in a new window. For more information, see Multitasking Across Multiple Pages. |
Ctrl+Enter | Save and close the page. |
Ctrl+Down Arrow | Open the next record for an entity. |
Ctrl+Up Arrow | Open the previous record for an entity. |
Ctrl+Insert | Insert a new line in documents. |
Ctrl+Delete | Delete the line, in documents, journals, and worksheets. |
Ctrl+Shift+F12 | Maximize the line items part on a document page. Press the keys again to return to the normal display. For more information, see Focusing on Line Items. |
F6 | Move to the next FastTab or part (sub-page). |
Shift+F6 | Move to previous FastTab or part (sub-page). |
Press these keys (in macOS) | To do this | Remarks |
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Enter | Confirm the value in the current field and go to the next Quick Entry field. | |
Shift+Enter | Confirm the value in the current field and go to the previous Quick Entry field. | |
Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Confirm the value in the current column and go to next Quick Entry field outside the list. This shortcut applies to embedded lists on a page, such as line items on a sales order. It enables you to quickly get out of the list and continue entering data in other fields on the page. |
Press these keys (in macOS) | To do this |
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Ctrl+Home | Open the calendar if closed. Note: This does not work if the date field is in a grid, where Ctrl+Home jumps to the first row. |
Ctrl+Home (Cmd+Home) | Move to the current month, current day. |
Ctrl+Left Arrow (Cmd+Left Arrow) | Move to the previous day. |
Ctrl+Right Arrow (Cmd+Right Arrow) | Move to the next day. |
Ctrl+Up Arrow (Cmd+Up Arrow) | Move to the previous week, same day of the week. |
Ctrl+Down Arrow (Cmd+Down Arrow) | Move to the next week, same day of the week. |
Enter | Select the focused date. |
Ctrl+End (Cmd+End) | Close the calendar and delete the current date. |
Esc | Close the calendar without a selection, keep the current date. |
Page Down | Move to the next month. |
Page Up | Move to the previous month. |
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t | Enter the current date. 'T' stands for 'today'. |
w | Enter the work date. For more information, see Work Date |
Press these keys (in macOS) | To do this |
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Down Arrow | Scroll down the page. |
Up Arrow | Scroll up the page. |
Ctrl+0 (zero) (Cmd+0) | Fits the entire page on the page. |
Ctrl+Home (Cmd+Home) | Go to the first page of the report. |
Ctrl+End (Cmd+Home) | Go to the last page of the report. |
Left Arrow | Scroll to the left when the page is zoomed in so that it is not entirely in view. |
Right Arrow | Scroll to the right when the page is zoomed in so that it is not entirely in view. |
Page Down (Fn+Down Arrow) | Go to the next page of the report. |
Page Up (Fn+Up Arrow) | Go to the previous page of the report. |