Keyboard shortcuts

Collection of all keyboard shortcuts in Vertec

Product line

Standard

Expert

Operating mode

CLOUD ABO

ON-PREMISES

Modules

Services & CRM

Budget & Phases

Purchases

Resource Planning

Business Intelligence

Created: 28.05.2009

Updated: 01.09.2023 | Keyboard operation of fields in separate section

Use these function keys and keyboard shortcuts to comfortably move around in Vertec:

Keyboard shortcuts for managing tabs

Abbreviation	Function	Cloud App and Desktop App
Ctrl+T	Open a new tab	x
Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4	Close the current tab	x
Ctrl+Tab	Select the next tab	x
Ctrl+Shift+Tab	Select the previous tab	x
Ctrl+9	Select the last tab	x

Tabs in the Web App

In the Web App, the Vertec views are shown in individual browser tabs. Management of the tabs refers to the browser, which basically does not know anything about Vertec. For example, “Open a new tab” simply creates a new (blank) tab in the browser.

Keyboard shortcuts in general

Abbreviation	Function	Cloud App and Desktop App	Web App
F4	Activate breadcrumb input field	x
F7	Standard view	x	x
F8	Resource Planning	x	x
F9	Activate BI view	x	x
F10	Activate favorites	x	x
F11	Activate history	x	x
F6, F12	Activate global search	x	x
Ctrl+F	Activate search input field		x
Context menu – key	Wherever you would click the right mouse button, you can also press the context menu key on your keyboard after you set the focus on the relevant location.	x	x
Script text	Several keyboard shortcuts are available to move the script text in the Script Editor. See the article Script Editor.	x	x

Keyboard operation in lists

Abbreviation	Function	Cloud App and Desktop App	Web App
→, ←	Navigate to the next/previous cell in the row	x	x
Ctrl+←, Home	Navigate to the first cell of the row. Edit cell: Place the cursor at the beginning of the text in the cell	x	x
Ctrl+→, End	Navigate to the last cell of the row Edit cell: Place the cursor at the end of the text in the cell	x	x
↑, ↓	Navigate to the cell of the previous/next row	x	x
Ctrl+↑	Navigate to the cell of the first row Selection cell: open selection	x	x
Ctrl+↓	Navigate to the cell of the last row Selection cell: open selection	x	x
PageUp, PageDown	Scroll up / down one page	x	x
Ctrl+Home	Navigate to the first cell of the first row (top left)	x	x
Ctrl+End	Navigate to the last cell of the last row (bottom right)	x	x
Tab	Navigate to the next cell with TabStop. Navigate from the last cell of the row to the first cell of the next row. Navigate from the last cell of the last row to the first cell of the first row (exception: if the focus is in the last cell of the row to be added, leaving it generates a new entry, then the first cell of the new row to be added is focused).	x	x
Shift+Tab	Navigate to the previous cell with TabStop. Navigate from the first cell of the row to the last cell of the previous row. Navigate from the first cell of the first row to the last cell of the last row.	x	x
Shift+↓, Shift+↑	Expand selection from the active row down / up	x	x
Enter	Open detail in a new tab Selection cell: apply input Edit cell: apply input and exit edit mode	x	x
Ctrl+Enter	Open detail in a new tab	x	x
Shift+Enter	Open detail in a new window	x
Ctrl+F	Search in the sorted or first column	x
Ctrl+Space	Works only in the services entry list: Starts/Stops the timer of the selected row	x	x
Double-click	Double-clicking a cell opens the row object in a new tab.	x	x
Context menu – key	Wherever you would click the right mouse button, you can also press the context menu key on your keyboard after you set the focus on the relevant location.	x	x

Keyboard operation of fields

Input fields (text boxes)

In the input fields (TextBox), a distinction is made between the navigation mode and the editing mode.

When selecting the field, it is in navigation mode. To edit the content, the editing mode can be activated with the following variants:

Type a text. This replaces the existing (selected) text.
Click with the mouse in the cell, this places the cursor at a specific position in the text.
Use the following keyboard shortcuts:

Abbreviation	Function	Cloud App and Desktop App	Web App
F2, Shift+F2	Open/Close zoom pop-up	x	x
Ctrl+←, Home	Place the cursor at the start of the text in the cell	x	x
Ctrl+→, End	Place the cursor at the end of the text in the cell	x	x
Shift+↓, Shift+↑	Expand selection from the active row down / up	x	x
Enter	Apply input and complete edit mode	x	x

Selection fields (combo boxes, reference boxes, DatePicker)

Drop-down lists ( ComboBox ), reference boxes ( ReferenceBox ) and calendar fields ( DatePicker ) can be operated with the keyboard as follows:

Abbreviation	Function	Cloud App and Desktop App	Web App
Ctrl+↑, Ctrl+↓	Open drop-down list, calendar, or reference box dialog	x	x
↑, ↓	Navigate up and down in the open drop-down list	x	x
↑, ↓, ←, →	Navigate through the days in the open calendar	x	x
Home	In the open calendar, jump to the first day of the month shown	x	x
End	In the open calendar, jump to the last day of the month shown	x	x
PageUp, PageDown	Navigate through the months in the open calendar	x	x
Enter	Apply selection. The list, calendar, or dialog is then closed.	x	x

Entering services

Abbreviation	Function	Cloud App and Desktop App	Web App
Ctrl+L	When entering services, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+L to navigate back and forth between the presence time list and the services list: If the focus is in presence time, the services list is focused. If the focus is in the services list, the presence time is focused. If the focus is neither in the services list nor in the presence time, the services list is focused.	x	x
Ctrl+Spacebar	Start/stop timer.	x	x

Abbreviation

Function

Cloud App and Desktop App

Web App

Ctrl+L

When entering services, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+L to navigate back and forth between the presence time list and the services list:

If the focus is in presence time, the services list is focused.
If the focus is in the services list, the presence time is focused.
If the focus is neither in the services list nor in the presence time, the services list is focused.

Ctrl+Spacebar

Start/stop timer.