Keyboard Shortcuts

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Basic Features

The following table shows the keyboard shortcuts for basic features available on all CA Clarity PPM pages.

The following table shows keyboard shortcuts for actions on CA Clarity PPM pages.

Action	Key Combination	Alternate Accessibility Key Combination
Activate a field editor (for example, a date picker)	Enter	Alt+Enter
Close a popup	Esc	Shift+Esc
Open a tab menu	Enter	Alt+Enter
Move left, right, up, or down in a menu	Left Arrow Right Arrow Up Arrow Down Arrow	Alt+Up Arrow Alt+Down Arrow Alt+Up Arrow Alt+Down Arrow
Select a highlighted menu item	Enter	Alt+Enter
Open a link in a list page	Ctrl+Enter
Select or clear a check box Note: Focus must be on the checkbox.	Space Bar
Expand a hierarchical list Note: Focus must be on the + in the hierarchical list.	Space Bar

The following table shows the keyboard shortcuts for lists.

Action	Mode	Keyboard Combination
Switch between edit and display mode in a list	Display, Edit	Enter
Move from cell to cell through a list (grid)	Display	Left Arrow Right Arrow Up Arrow Down Arrow
Move to different areas within a list: portlet icons, column headers, body of list, buttons	Display	Tab (Forward) Shift+Tab (Back)
Switch to display mode	Edit	Esc or Enter
Move left or right within a cell	Edit	Left Arrow Right Arrow
Move from editable cell to editable cell	Edit	Tab (Forward) Shift+Tab (Back)
Move to the end of a row Note: If the action is on a TSV row, repeat the keyboard combination to leave the TSV section.	Edit	Ctrl+Right Arrow
Move to the beginning of a row	Edit	Ctrl+Left Arrow
Page up or down	Display, Edit	Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow
Move to the top or bottom of a list Note: If the action is in a TSV cell, repeat the keyboard combination to leave the TSV section.	Display, Edit	Ctrl+Up Arrow Ctrl+Down Arrow
Open a drop-down list or a date selector	Edit	Enter
Move through selection items in a drop-down	Edit	Up Arrow Down Arrow
Select a highlighted value in a drop-down or a date selector	Edit	Enter
Highlight a date in a date selector	Edit	Down Arrow
Add a new line in a long text area	Edit	Ctrl+Enter

The following table shows the keyboard shortcuts for time-scaled value cells in a list.

Action	Key Combination	Alternate Accessibility Key Combination
Select a TSV row	Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow
Select a TSV column	Shift+Ctrl+Down Arrow
Select a single cell to the left or right of the current cell	Shift+Right Arrow Shift+Left Arrow
Select a single row above or below the current cell	Shift+Up Arrow Shift+Down Arrow
Copy a TSV cell	Ctrl+c
Paste a TSV cell	Ctrl+v
Cut a TSV cell	Ctrl+x
Undo a cut, copy, or paste operation	Ctrl+z