Keyboard shortcuts for the Portal

The following shortcuts are generally available for the Portal Portal.

Keyboard shortcuts can be performed on selected items. Selected items can be identified by the focus in the program.

Shortcut

Action

Alt + J

 

 

Shows previously displayed fact sheets and hierarchy levels in backward direction.

Use the keyboard shortcut Shift + Alt + J for Mozilla Firefox® instead of Alt +J.

Alt + K

Shows previously displayed fact sheets and hierarchy levels in forward direction.

Use the keyboard shortcut Shift + Alt + K for Mozilla Firefox® instead of Alt +K.

Down arrow

Opens the focused drop-down menu, selects the first menu item, and jumps down through the menu items.

Enter

Invokes the action of the selected menu item.

Esc

Closes the drop-down menu.

Left arrow

Closes the submenu of a menu item.

Right arrow

Opens the submenu of a menu item.

Shift + tab

Focuses the previous control, such as Portal Portal, Find Search, a menu, or an input field, that you can select with the Enter key, open with the Down arrow or Up arrow keys (menus) or enable with the Space key (check boxes).

In Edit mode for users with Contribution license privileges, jumps from one input field to the previous one.

Space

Opens a menu and selects the first menu item.

Invokes the action of a selected item, for example, My favorites.

Tab

Focuses the next control, such as Portal Portal, Find Search, a menu, or an input field, that you can select with the Enter key, open with the Down arrow or Up arrow keys (menus) or enable with the Space key (check boxes).

In Edit mode for users with Contribution license privileges, jumps from one input field to the next.

Up arrow

Opens the drop-down menu, selects the last menu item, and jumps up through the menu items.