Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard mode lets you enter, review and open documents without reaching for the mouse: Enter moves you through a form, the arrow keys move through a list, and one key opens the command palette from anywhere. This page lists every shortcut.
Keyboard mode is switched on for your business by Bizconnekt. If the keys below do not behave as described, ask your Bizconnekt contact to enable it. Anyone can also turn it off for their own browser (see Turn keyboard mode off or on).
The most useful keys
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + K (or Cmd + K on Mac) | Open the command palette to jump to any screen or action |
| ? | Open the command palette on the keyboard shortcut entries |
| F1 | Open the Help Center (this guide) |
| Enter | In a form, move to the next field |
| Ctrl + Enter (or Cmd + Enter) | In a form, save |
| Esc | Leave the form, close a list or dialog, or step back out of a document |
Command palette
The command palette is a search box that takes you anywhere in Bizconnekt: open a screen, start a new document, or search for a record.
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + K or Ctrl + I (Cmd on Mac) | Open the palette |
| Type | Narrow the list |
| ↓ / ↑ | Move through the results, wrapping around at the ends |
| Enter | Open the highlighted result |
| Shift + Enter, Ctrl + Enter or Cmd + Enter | Open the highlighted result in a new tab |
| Esc | Close the palette |
Press ? on a list or document screen (when you are not typing in a box) and the palette opens already searching for "Keyboard shortcuts". Pressing Enter on the top result opens the Help Center. It does not change any setting.
Help
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| F1 | Open the Help Center instead of your browser's own help |
| F1 or Esc | Close the Help Center again, including while you are reading inside the guide |
With the guide open, focus is already inside it, so the arrow keys and Page Up / Page Down scroll it straight away.
Forms: add and edit screens
When you open an add or edit screen, the cursor starts in the first field. Enter never saves by accident: it only moves you along.
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| Enter | Move to the next field |
| Enter on the last field | Move to the Save button, without pressing it |
| Enter on the Save button | Press Save |
| Shift + Enter | Move back to the previous field |
| ↓ / ↑ | In a text box, tick box or closed dropdown, move to the next or previous field |
| Ctrl + Enter (or Cmd + Enter) | Save from any field |
| Alt + S | Save a draft, where the screen has a draft Save button |
| Esc | Cancel and go back (see below) |
Dropdowns and pickers
A closed dropdown behaves like any other field: Enter, Space, Alt + ↓, or simply typing opens it. Once it is open:
- ↓ / ↑ move through the options.
- Enter picks the highlighted option and moves you straight on to the next field.
- Esc closes the list and keeps you on the form.
Picking with the mouse does not move you on. Only a pick made from the keyboard does.
Leaving a form
Esc is the same as pressing Cancel. If you have changed anything, Bizconnekt first asks Leave without saving? with two choices:
- Stay: Esc again also means Stay.
- Leave: discard the changes and go back.
If nothing has changed, Esc leaves straight away. If a dropdown or menu is open, the first Esc only closes that.
Pop-up forms
A form inside a pop-up works the same way. The cursor starts in its first field, Enter and Shift + Enter walk through its fields, Ctrl + Enter saves it, and Esc closes it (asking first if you changed anything). The page behind the pop-up is not affected.
Lists
On a list screen, press Tab once to enter the table. After that, the arrow keys do the work.
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| ↓ / ↑ | Next / previous row (stops at the first and last row) |
| Home / End | First / last row |
| Page Down / Page Up | Next / previous page, when the list has more than one page |
| Enter | Do what a click on the row does, usually opening the document |
| → / ← | Expand / collapse a row that has more detail under it |
| v | Open the row in document view |
| Shift + F10 or the Menu key | Open the row's menu (the three-dot menu) |
Row menus
When a row's menu is open:
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| ↓ / ↑ | Move between the options, wrapping around |
| Home / End | First / last option |
| Enter or Space | Choose the highlighted option |
| Esc | Close the menu and return to the row |
| Tab | Close the menu and move on |
Documents
Opening a document from a list (Enter or v) shows it beside or over the list. The document view has four areas, in this order: List, Tabs, Document and Actions (the buttons along the top).
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| F6 / Shift + F6 | Move to the next / previous area, wrapping around |
| ] / [ | Next / previous document tab (see below) |
| 1, 2, 3, 4 | Jump straight to List, Tabs, Document or Actions |
| Esc | From Tabs, Document or Actions, go back to the List. From the List, close the document |
| v | Close the document and return to the same row in the list |
| p | Open Print Preview for the document |
| ← / → (in Actions) | Move between the buttons; Home / End go to the first / last |
| Enter | Press the highlighted button |
The number keys, v and p work only when you are not typing in a box. F6 works everywhere.
Moving between document tabs
A document can have several tabs, such as its details, linked documents and history. Switch between them with the bracket keys, from any area of the document view:
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| ] | Next tab |
| [ | Previous tab |
| 2 | Jump to the tab list |
The bracket keys wrap round: ] on the last tab goes to the first, and [ on the first tab goes to the last. They work only when you are not typing in a box.
Turn keyboard mode off or on
Keyboard mode is a personal setting for the browser you are using. To change it:
- Press Ctrl + K (or Cmd + K) to open the command palette.
- Search for "Keyboard navigation".
- Choose Keyboard navigation: turn off, or Keyboard navigation: turn on.
Only the option that applies right now is shown. When keyboard mode is off, Enter and the arrow keys behave as they always did in your browser. The command palette shortcut still works.