Keyboard shortcuts for text components

You can use keys or key combinations to navigate text components in the IBM Director Console interface.

Text fields

Action Shortcut
Navigate into the text field Alt+Character accelerator key (if defined)
Navigate forward out of the text field Tab
Navigate backward out of the text field Shift+Tab
Navigate to the previous or next character Left arrow or Right arrow
Navigate to the previous or next word Ctrl+Left arrow or Ctrl+Right arrow
Navigate to the beginning or end of a field Home or End
Submit an entry Enter
Select all text in the field Ctrl+A
Clear the selection Arrow keys
Extend the selection to the left or right one character Shift+Left arrow or Shift+Right arrow
Extend the selection to the beginning or end of the field Shift+Home or Shift+End
Extend the selection to the next or previous word Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow or Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow
Copy the selected text Ctrl+C
Cut the selected text Ctrl+X
Paste from the clipboard Ctrl+V
Delete the previous or next character Backspace or Delete

Text areas

Action Shortcut
Navigate into the text area Tab or Alt+Character accelerator key (if defined)
Navigate forward out of the text area Ctrl+Tab
Navigate backward out of the text area Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Navigate up or down one line Up arrow or Down arrow
Navigate to the left or right one character Left arrow or Right arrow
Navigate to the beginning or end of a line Home or End
Navigate to the previous or next word Ctrl+Left arrow or Ctrl+Right arrow
Navigate to the beginning or end of the text area Ctrl+Home or Ctrl+End
Navigate up or down one block PgUp orPgDn
Navigate to the left or right one block Ctrl+PgUp or Ctrl+PgDn
Extend the selection up or down one block Shift+PgUp or Shift+PgDn
Extend the selection to the left or right one block Ctrl+Shift+PgUp or Ctrl+Shift+PgDn
Select all text in the text area Ctrl+A
Clear the selection Arrow keys
Extend the selection up or down one line Shift+Up arrow or Shift+Down arrow
Extend the selection to the left or right Shift+Left arrow or Shift+Right arrow
Extend the selection to the beginning or end of the line Shift+Home or Shift+End
Extend the selection to the beginning or end of the text area Ctrl+Shift+Home or Ctrl+Shift+End
Extend the selection to the previous or next word Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow or Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow
Copy the selected text Ctrl+C
Cut the selected text Ctrl+X
Paste from the clipboard Ctrl+V
Delete the previous or next character Backspace or Delete
Insert a line break Enter
Insert a tab Tab

Text panes

Action Shortcut
Navigate into the text pane Tab
Navigate forward out of the text pane Ctrl+Tab
Navigate backward out of the text pane Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Navigate up or down one line Up arrow or Down arrow
Navigate to the left or right one component or character Left arrow or Right arrow
Navigate vertically up or down one block PgUp orPgDn
Navigate to the beginning or end of a line Home or End
Navigate to the previous or next word Ctrl+Left arrow or Ctrl+Right arrow
Navigate to the beginning or end of the text pane Ctrl+Home or Ctrl+End
Navigate to the left or right one block Ctrl+PgUp or Ctrl+PgDn
Select all text in the text pane Ctrl+A
Extend the selection up or down one line Shift+Up arrow or Shift+Down arrow
Extend the selection to the beginning or end of the line Shift+Home or Shift+End
Extend the selection to the beginning or end of the text pane Ctrl+Shift+Home or Ctrl+Shift+End
Extend the selection to the left or right Shift+Left arrow or Shift+Right arrow
Extend the selection vertically up or down one block Shift+PgUp or Shift+PgDn
Extend the selection to the left or right one block Ctrl+Shift+PgUp or Ctrl+Shift+PgDn
Extend the selection to the previous or next word Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow or Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow

Editor panes

Action Shortcut
Navigate to the next or previous HTML link or other focusable element Tab or Shift+Tab
Navigate out of a focusable element that accepts a tab Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Active Enter
Active an hyperlink Ctrl+Spacebar
Navigate to the next or previous hyperlink Ctrl+T or Ctrl+Shift+T
Navigate in of the editor pane Tab
Navigate forwards out of the editor pane Tab
Navigate backwards out of the editor pane Shift+Tab
Navigate up or down one line Up arrow or Down arrow
Navigate to the left or right one component or character Left arrow or Right arrow
Navigate vertically up or down one block PgUp or PgDn
Navigate to the beginning or end of a line Home or End
Navigate to the previous or next word Ctrl+Left arrow or Ctrl+Right arrow
Navigate to the beginning or end of the editor pane Ctrl+Home or Ctrl+End
Navigate to the left or right one block Ctrl+PgUp or Ctrl+PgDn
Select all text in the editor pane Ctrl+A
Extend the selection up or down one line Shift+Up arrow or Shift+Down arrow
Extend the selection left or right one component or character Shift+Left arrow or Shift+Right arrow
Extend the selection to the beginning or end of a line Ctrl+Home or Ctrl+End
Extend the selection to the beginning or end of the editor pane Ctrl+Shift+Home or Ctrl+Shift+End
Extend the selection vertically to up or down one block Shift+PgUp or Shift+PgDn
Extend the selection to the previous or next word Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow or Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow
Extend the selection to the left or right one block Ctrl+Shift+PgUp or Ctrl+Shift+PgDn
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