C Keyboard Commands for the SDM Web GUI

You can use the following keyboard commands and shortcuts to navigate and operate the SDM Web GUI.

Navigate between screen elements

Action Keyboard Command Behavior
Navigate forward between screen elements. Tab Navigate top to bottom and left to right between tab groups.
Navigate backwards between screen elements. Shift+Tab Navigate bottom to top and right to left between tab groups.

Navigate within screen elements

Action Keyboard Shortcut Behavior
Navigation within a tab group. Up Arrow or Down Arrow Highlight the component in the direction of the arrow.

Navigate drop-down lists

Action Keyboard Shortcut Behavior
Trigger a drop-down list. Up Arrow or Down Arrow Highlight the option item in the direction of the arrow. When the drop-down is not open, expand the drop-down list.
Select a drop-down element Enter Select the highlighted choice from the drop-down list.
Close the drop-down list Esc Collapse the drop-down list. When the drop-down is closed, do nothing.
The focus on drop-down list Tab In Move the focus to the previous or next selected item.

When the focus is on a row in a table

Keyboard Shortcut Behavior
Tab When the focus is on a row and the row is actionable, Tab moves the focus to the next the actionable button.
Shift + Tab When the focus is on a row and the row is actionable, Shift+Tab moves the focus to the previous the focusable field.
Up Arrow Move the focus to the next row.
Down Arrow Move the focus to the previous row.
Space To scroll on the rows of the table

Move a scroll bar in a table

Action Keyboard Shortcut Behavior
Scroll Up Arrow or Down Arrow Moves the scroll bar in the direction of the arrow.
Scroll Space To scroll on the rows of the table.

When the focus is on a button

Keyboard shortcut Behavior
Enter or Space Push the button or Toggle the button or Open the menu depends on type of button.
Esc Closes the menu.

When the focus is on a check box

Keyboard Shortcut Behavior
Space Toggles the check box. When the check box is unselected, it will select it and vice versa.
Tab Sets the focus to the next the focusable check box in the check box set.
Shift+Tab Sets the focus to the previous focusable check box in the check box set.

When working with input number elements

Keyboard Shortcut Behavior
Enter or Tab Submit the value you typed in the input field.
Tab In Set the focus to input. Show user assistance text. This may be inline or in a note window depending upon the theme and property settings.

When working with other input elements

Action Keyboard shortcut Behavior
When the focus is on input password element Tab In Set the focus to the input.
When the focus is on input text element Tab In Set the focus to the input.
When the focus is on input time element Down Arrow or Up Arrow Increases or decreases the value of the focused time segment (hours/minutes/seconds).
When the focus is on input time element Tab In Set the focus to the input.

When the focus is on menu item

Keyboard shortcut Behavior
Enter or Space Invoke the focused menu item's action.
Up Arrow Move the focus to the previous menu item.
Down Arrow Move the focus to the next menu item.
Esc Close the menu.

When working with single-select elements

Action Keyboard shortcut Behavior
When the focus is on a single-select option item Enter Select the highlighted choice from the drop-down.
When the focus is on a single-select input field Enter Set the input text as the value.
When the focus is on a single-select drop-down Up Arrow or Down Arrow Highlight the option item on the drop-down list in the direction of the arrow.
When the focus is on a single select drop-down Esc Collapse the drop-down list.
On Tab in single select Tab In Set the focus to the Select.

When the focus is on list items

Keyboard shortcut Behavior
Up Arrow Moves the focus to the previous visible list item.
Down Arrow Moves the focus to the next visible list item.