Keyboard reference
Every keyboard shortcut on the dashboards: moving and closing widgets, menus, the widget picker, tabs, the Calculator and the Sheet.
Widget menu
- To open the widget menu, click the widget menu button (⋯), right-click the widget, or press Shift+F10 or the menu key.
- ArrowDown and ArrowUp move the highlight. Enter selects the item.
- Type the first letters of an item to move the highlight to it.
- Escape closes the menu and returns focus to the button.
The Layout menu uses the same keys. ArrowDown on the Layout button opens the menu.
Widget picker
Escape closes the picker that + Add widget opens. When a dialog is open, Escape closes the dialog first.
Names
When you rename a tab or type a layout name under Save as new…:
- Enter saves the name.
- Escape keeps the old tab name, or cancels the layout save.
An empty layout name is not accepted. Type a name and press Enter again.
Tabs
On a focused tab:
- Ctrl+Left moves the tab one place left. Ctrl+Right moves it one place right. On the first or last tab the key in that direction does nothing.
- F2 renames the tab.
- Shift+F10 or the menu key opens the tab menu.
Calculator
- When the list of function names is open under the formula, ArrowDown and ArrowUp move the highlight.
- Tab or Enter inserts the highlighted name in the formula. Escape closes the list.
- In the payment solver, ArrowDown and ArrowUp move between the five fields. Enter solves.
For the functions, see the function reference.
Sheet
When a cell is selected:
- The arrow keys move to the next cell. Shift with an arrow key selects a range.
- Enter or F2 edits the cell. Typing a character starts an edit with that character.
- Delete or Backspace clears the cell or the range.
- Escape clears the range selection.
When a cell is in edit mode:
- Enter saves the entry and moves down. Tab saves it and moves right.
- Escape discards the entry.
In the formula bar, Enter saves the entry. Escape restores the previous entry of the cell. The list of function names uses the same keys as in the Calculator.
Widgets on a dashboard
The table below lists the keys that move, focus and close widgets on any
dashboard page. A key written with Arrow works with all four arrow
keys, and the widget moves in the direction of the arrow. On a Mac,
Cmd+Z works as well as Ctrl+Z.
These keys have no effect while you type in a field, a cell or the formula bar. They also have no effect while a dialog or the widget picker is open. When a menu is open, Escape closes only the menu. Ctrl+Tab is handled by the browser.
| chord | effect |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Alt+Arrow | Make the widget 40 pixels wider or taller (Right, Down) or narrower or shorter (Left, Up), down to its smallest size. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Arrow | Push the widget against the side of the page the arrow points to. |
| Ctrl+Shift+G | Arrange every widget in rows from the top left. |
| Ctrl+Z | Reopen the widget you closed last; the last ten come back newest first. |
| Shift+Alt+Arrow | Move the widget 8 pixels the way the arrow points. |
| Shift+Arrow | Move the widget 40 pixels the way the arrow points. |