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November 15, 2018

New Keyboard Shortcuts in Business Central

With the new October release, Microsoft has added a new set of keyboard shortcuts that can facilitate your navigation throughout Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
For example, you can now click on the “Alt+Q” to open the global search to easily search for a new window or report. Please find below the new keyboard shortcuts available.

General

Alt+Q Open Global Search/Tell me
Alt+Up Open tooltip or validation error
Tab Move focus to the next control
Shift+Tab Move focus to the previous control
Alt+Down Arrow Open a drop-down or look up
Alt+Right Arrow See the transactions for calculated value
F5/Ctrl+F5 Refresh/reload page
Esc Close the current page or drop-down.
Navigate and Select Rows
Home/End Go to first/last field
Ctrl+Home/End Go to first/last row
Ctrl+Up/Down Navigate without losing selection
Ctrl+A Select all
Ctrl+Space Toggle row selection
Ctrl/Shift+Click Add the row/rows to the selection
Ctrl+Shift+Home/End Extend selection to first/last row
Shift+Up/Down Add row above/below to selection
Shift+Page Up/Down Add all visible rows above/below to selection
Ctrl+Enter Focus out of the list
Copy and paste
Ctrl+C Copy rows
Ctrl+V Paste rows
F8 Copy field above into current row
Search, filter, and sort
F3 Toggle search
Shift+F3 Toggle filter pane; focus on field filters
Ctrl+Shift+F3 Toggle filter pane; focus on totals filters
Alt+F3 Filter on selected cell value
Shift+Alt+F3 Add filter on selected field
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F3 Reset filters
Report preview
Up/Down Scroll up and down the page
Right/Left Scroll to the right/left
Ctrl+Home/End Go to the first/last page
Page Up/Down Go to the previous/next page

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