Navigating WebFOCUS Designer With Keyboard Controls

You can use keyboard commands to navigate through the WebFOCUS Designer interface, allowing you to perform certain content creation tasks without a mouse.

Press the Tab key to navigate between adjacent sections of the user interface, or press Shift+Ctrl+F10 to open a menu of sections of the user interface, allowing you to quickly jump from one section to another if they are not near each other. You can jump to one of the following areas of the interface:

• Designer toolbar.
• Visualization toolbar.
• Sidebar.
• Properties panel.
• Canvas.
• Template picker.

Press the Enter key or Spacebar to select the item or area that is currently in focus. The arrow keys can be used to navigate through a section of the interface. For example, use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to navigate through the field list, and the Right Arrow and Left Arrow keys to expand and collapse folders.

Context menu options can be accessed by pressing the Menu key  or by pressing Shift+F10. For example, to add a field to a chart or report, navigate to the field, press the Menu key, focus on Add to chart or Add to report and press the Enter key or Spacebar.

When you select a container on the canvas, you can use the arrow keys to move the container and use the Shift key and an arrow key to resize it. Shift+Right Arrow expands the container to the right, while Shift+Left Arrow contracts the container from the right. Similarly, Shift+Down Arrow expands the container downward, while Shift+Up Arrow shrinks the container from the bottom. You can use the Delete key to delete the selected container.

You can also use keyboard commands in a page at run time. Use the Tab key to navigate between buttons and sections of the page and press the Enter key or Spacebar to execute the button command or open a menu. When using filter controls in a page, you can use the Tab key to navigate to different sections of the control, use the arrow keys to navigate to different values, use the Enter key to select values, and use the Esc key to close the control and apply the filter. At run time you can also press Ctrl+Shift+F10 to open a menu that allows you to jump to different areas and containers on the page, once you have started to navigate within it.