Keyboard Shortcuts

To help you work faster and more effectively, you can use keyboard shortcuts as an alternative to the mouse. They are supported for:

• All lists with toolbars and context-menu entries.
• Input fields in dialogs.
• The script editor.
• Cells in editable tables that contain Cut, Copy and Paste buttons.

This topic provides the list of all keyboard shortcuts available in the Automic Web Interface.

Browser Shortcuts

• F5 refreshes the content displayed in the Automic Web Interface (lists, editors, monitors, etc.).

  It has the same effect as pressing the Refresh button on the toolbar.

• Ctrl + R and Cmd + R have the same effect as F5.
• Ctrl + F Opens the browser search.
• Ctrl + P Opens the print dialog.
• Ctrl + Z Undoes the last typing.
• Ctrl + Arrow Up + Z Redoes the last typing.
• Ctrl + Tab Switches to the next browser tab.
• Ctrl + Arrow Up + Tab Switches to the previous browser tab.
• Ctrl + Number Switches to the X browser tab.

Shortcut Keys in Lists

Instead of toolbar buttons or right-click functions you can use the following shortcut keys:

• Del

  Deletes the selected item (object, row, etc.).

• Enter

  • Opens the selected item.
  • In the Process Monitoring perspective, it opens the list of Executions of the selected task.

• +

  Depending on the list that is currently active, this opens the Add Object, Add User, or Add User Group dialog.

• Ctrl + A

  Selects all the items on the active list.

• Shift + Arrow Up or Down

  Selects multiple rows in bulk.

Shortcut Keys in Dialogs

• Enter

  Confirms your input. It is the same as clicking the OK button.

• Tab

  Jumps to the next input field.

• Shift + Tab

  Jumps to the previous input field.

• Esc

  Cancels the operation. It is the same as clicking the Cancel button.

Shortcut Keys in the Script Editor

The following shortcut keys provide quick access to functions:

• Ctrl + A

  Selects the entire script.

• Ctrl + C

  Copies the selected text.

• Ctrl + X

  Cuts the selected text.

• Ctrl + V

  Pastes the copied or cut text.

• Ctrl + S

  Saves the changes.

• Ctrl + Y

  Redoes the last undone modification.

• Ctrl + Z

  Undoes the last action.

See Working with the Script Editor.

Shortcut Keys in Editable Tables

You can select the content of a cell and cut or copy it and them paste it in another cell:

• Ctrl + C

  Copies the selected cell content.

• Ctrl + X

  Cuts the selected cell content.

• Ctrl + V

  Pastes the cell content.

See Working with Tables.