Keyboard Accessibility

This topic defines the keyboard operations that enable you to navigate, select, or activate user interface components:

Navigating means to move the input focus from one user interface component to another.
Selecting means to choose one or more components, typically for a subsequent action.
Activating means to carry out the action of a particular component.

In general, navigation between components requires these keys:

Tab - Moves focus to the next component or to the first member of the next group of components
Shift-Tab - Moves focus to the previous component or to the first component in the previous group of components
Arrow keys - Move focus within the individual components of a group of components

Shortcut	Result
F1	Opens the Help.
F10	Moves the keyboard focus to the main menu bar and posts the first menu; use the arrow keys to navigate through the available options.
Alt+F4	Closes the window.
Alt+F6	Moves the focus between dialogs and between management windows.
Alt+ underlined letter	Accesses menu items, buttons, and other interface components by using the keys associated with the underlined letters. For the menu options, select the Alt+underlined letter combination to access a main menu, and then select the underlined letter only to access the individual menu item. For example, press Alt+W to open the View menu, then press M to select Mappings.
Ctlr+F1	Displays or conceals a toolbar button.
Spacebar	Selects an item or activates a hyperlink.
Ctrl+Spacebar - AMW	Selects multiple physical disks in the Physical View. To select multiple physical disks, select one physical disk by pressing the spacebar, and press Tab to switch focus to the next physical disk you want to select; press Ctrl-spacebar to select the physical disk. If you press spacebar by itself when multiple physical disks are selected, then all selections are removed. Use Ctrl-spacebar to deselect a physical disk when multiple physical disks are selected.
End, Page Down	Moves the focus to the last item in the list.
Esc	Closes the current dialog.
Home, Page Up	Moves the focus to the first item in the list.
Shift+Tab	Moves the focus through components in the reverse direction.
Ctrl+Tab	Moves the focus from a table to the next user interface component.
Tab	Navigates the focus between components, or selects a hyperlink.
Down arrow	Moves the focus down one item in the list.
Left arrow	Moves the focus to the left.
Right arrow	Moves the focus to the right.
Up arrow	Moves the focus up one item in the list.