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

Shortcut	Result
F1	Opens the online help.
F10	Moves the keyboard focus to the main menu bar and posts the first menu; uses the arrow keys to navigate through the available options.
Alt+F4	Closes the management window.
Alt+F6	Moves the keyboard focus between dialogs (non-modal) and between management windows.
Alt+ underlined letter	Accesses the 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 to access the individual menu item. For other interface components, use the Alt + underlined letter combination.
Ctrl+F1	Displays or conceals a tool tip when the keyboard focus is on the toolbar.
Spacebar	Selects an item or activates a hyperlink.
Ctrl+spacebar (contiguous/non-contiguous) - AMW Logical/Physical View	Selects multiple physical disks in the Physical View. To select multiple physical disks, select one physical disk by pressing spacebar, and then 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 alone when multiple physical disks are selected, then all selections are removed. Use the Ctrl+spacebar combination to deselect a physical disk when multiple physical disks are selected. This behavior is the same for contiguous and non-contiguous selection of physical disks.
End, Page Down	Moves the keyboard focus to the last item in the list.
Esc	Closes the current dialog (it does not require keyboard focus).
Home, Page Up	Moves the keyboard focus to the first item in the list.
Shift+Tab	Moves the keyboard focus through the components in the reverse direction.
Ctrl+Tab	Moves the keyboard focus from a table to the next user interface component.
Tab	Navigates the keyboard focus between components or selects a hyperlink.
Down arrow	Moves the keyboard focus down one item in the list.
Left arrow	Moves the keyboard focus to the left.
Right arrow	Moves the keyboard focus to the right.
Up arrow	Moves the keyboard focus up one item in the list.