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General keyboard shortcuts (Windows)

You can use these keyboard shortcuts to navigate, cancel an operation, and display information in your database file.

 

To	Press
Cancel an operation or dialog box	Esc
Click a selected button or popover button on a layout with the keyboard	Space bar
Close a dialog box	Esc
Close certain dialog boxes without confirmation and discard changes	Shift-Esc
Close a file or window	Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4
Close all files or windows	Ctrl+Alt+W
Exit or quit FileMaker Pro	Alt+F4 or Ctrl+Q
Open FileMaker Pro Help	F1
Open a file	Ctrl+O
Use a specified account name and password to open a file	Shift key while opening the file
Open a remote file	Ctrl+Shift+O
Open the Manage Database dialog box	Ctrl+Shift+D
Open the Find/Replace dialog box	Ctrl+Shift+F
Open the Manage Layouts dialog box	Ctrl+Shift+L
Open the Field Picker dialog box	Ctrl+K
Add a new field in the Field Picker dialog box	Ctrl+Enter
Open the Layout pop-up menu	F2
Print	Ctrl+P
Print without the Print dialog box	Ctrl+Alt+P
Reorder items in a list box, such as Script steps, Fields, Parts	Ctrl+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Down Arrow
Save	(By default, FileMaker Pro saves your record data automatically.)
Sort	Ctrl+S
Undo the last command	Ctrl+Z
Open the Manage Scripts dialog box	Ctrl+Shift+S
Save a script	Ctrl+S
Perform one of the first ten scripts listed in the Scripts menu	Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+0
Create a new record, request, or layout	Ctrl+N
Delete a record, request, or layout	Ctrl+E
Delete a record without confirmation	Ctrl+Shift+E
Duplicate a record, request, or layout object	Ctrl+D
Save a layout	Ctrl+S

Navigation keyboard shortcuts

You can use these keyboard shortcuts to move through fields, records, find requests, and layouts.

Note  Your database designer might have changed the keyboard shortcuts for moving though fields. For more information, consult your database designer or see Setting the keys for exiting a field.

 

To move to	Press
Next object (field, button, or tab)	Tab
Previous object (field, button, or tab)	Shift+Tab
Next record, request, layout, or page	Ctrl+Down Arrow or Shift+PgDn
Previous record, request, layout, or page	Ctrl+Up Arrow or Shift+PgUp
Next tab (When a tab is selected)	Right Arrow
Previous tab (When a tab is selected)	Left Arrow

Window display keyboard shortcuts

You can use these shortcuts in all database modes to scroll through your document and arrange windows on your screen.

 

To	Press
Cascade document windows	Shift+F5
Close a window	Ctrl+Shift+F4
Cycle through document windows Note  Does not apply to “scripting” windows	Ctrl+Tab
Cycle to the previous document window	Ctrl+F6
Cycle to the next document window	Ctrl+Shift+F6
Resize window; full screen or previous size	Ctrl+Alt+Z
Scroll the document down	PgDn
Scroll the document up	PgUp
Scroll the document to the left	Ctrl+PgUp
Scroll the document to the right	Ctrl+PgDn
Show/hide the status toolbar	Ctrl+Alt+S
Tile (arrange) document windows horizontally	Shift+F4
Zoom document larger	F3
Zoom document smaller	Shift+F3

Paste, select, and replace values keyboard shortcuts

You can use keyboard shortcuts to enter values into a field, replace values, select objects, and move items in a list.

 

To insert	Press
The current date	Ctrl+ - (hyphen)
The current time	Ctrl+;
The current time and date in a timestamp field	Ctrl+;
The current user name	Ctrl+Shift+N
Information from the index	Ctrl+I
Information from the last visited record	Ctrl+' (apostrophe)
Information from the last record and move to the next field	Ctrl+Shift+' (apostrophe)
Merge fields	Ctrl+M

 

To paste	Press
Text from the Clipboard	Ctrl+V
Text without styles	Ctrl+Shift+V

 

To	Press
Replace a field's value	Ctrl+ =
Select all fields	Ctrl+A
Select multiple objects	Shift-click each object, or drag the arrow pointer to make a box that includes the objects Note  To select only the objects enclosed within the selection box, press Ctrl while dragging.
Select objects of the same type when an object is selected	Ctrl+Shift+A
Select items in a list	Up Arrow, Down Arrow
Move a selected item in a list	Ctrl+Up Arrow, Ctrl+Down Arrow