Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use your keyboard and mouse to quickly accomplish many tasks in Bento. To find the shortcuts for common menu commands, look in the menus (or see the menu shortcuts listed here). To complete an action, press the shortcut keys in the order shown.

Action	Shortcut
Working with Form View
Show or hide form tools	Option-Command-C
Move to next field	Tab
Move to previous field	Shift-Tab
Rename form	Double-click form name.
Select multiple fields	Click outside the first field, then drag the selection rectangle through the other fields you want to select.
Extend field selection	With fields selected, Shift-click or Command-click to add or remove items from the selected set of fields.
Select all fields	Command-A
Deselect all fields	Shift-Command-A
Select/deselect checkmark in checkbox field	Select the checkbox field, then press the Space bar.

Working with Table View When One Cell is Selected
Edit a value	Option-Return
Save and move to next cell	Return
Add a carriage return in a text field	Command-Return
Move to cell above	Up arrow
Move to cell below	Down arrow
Move to next field	Tab
Move to previous field	Shift-Tab

Working with Table View When One or More Cells are Selected
Extend selection upward	Shift-up arrow
Extend selection downward	Shift-down arrow

Working with Table View When Records are Selected
Select a record	Click the row number. The entire record is selected.
Select multiple records	Select one record, then Shift-click another record to select all records in between.
Extend record selection	With records selected, Command-click record to add a record to selection, if it is not selected, or to remove a record from selection, if it is selected.
Move to record above	Up arrow
Move to record below	Down arrow

Working with Records
Add record	Command-N
Duplicate record	Shift-Command-D
Delete record (Library) Remove record (Collection)	Command-Delete
Go to next record	Command-right bracket (])
Go to previous record	Command-left bracket ([)
Go to first record	Option-Command-left bracket ([)
Go to last record	Option-Command-right bracket (])

Working with Text and Objects
Select all text within a field being edited	Command-A
Deselect all text within a field being edited	Shift-Command-A
Cut	Command-X
Copy	Command-C
Paste	Command-V
Duplicate	Command-D
Delete	Delete
Check spelling	Command-semicolon (;)
Show spelling window	Command-colon (:)
Show special characters window	Option-Command-T

General
Create library from template (opens New Library dialog)	Command-L
Create library from Template Exchange	Option-Command-L
Create collection	Shift-Command-N
Create Smart Collection	Option-Command-N
Add field	Control-N
Show or hide Advanced Find	Command-F
Quick Look selected item	Command-Y
In table view, send email to one or more selected email addresses	Shift-Command-M
Use search field	Option-Command-F
Show table view	Command-1
Show grid view	Command-2
Show split view (table/form or grid/form)	Command-3
Show form view (repeat shortcut to move to next form)	Command-4
Show or hide libraries and fields pane	Command-5
Move to next area of main window	Control-Option-right arrow
Move to previous area of main window	Control-Option-left arrow
Show or hide summary row	Command-6
Import file	Shift-Command-I
Export current library or collection	Shift-Command-E
Print current library or collection in the current view	Command-P
Print labels from the current library or collection	Shift-Command-P
Undo last action	Command-Z
Redo last undone action	Shift-Command-Z
Open window	Command-0 (zero)
Close window	Command-W
Minimize window	Command-M
Show preferences	Command-comma (,)
Lock encrypted fields	Shift-Command-L
Show Bento Help menu	Shift-Command-question mark (?)
Hide Bento	Command-H
Hide other windows	Option-Command-H
Quit Bento	Command-Q