Using Keyboard Shortcuts

In Commerce Server Business Desk, you can use keyboard shortcuts to perform the same navigation and edit functions that you do by using a mouse. You can use these shortcuts to perform all the functions used in Business Desk.

This section describes the keyboard shortcuts and also provides some tips about using your keyboard to navigate in Business Desk.

Tabs

Table of Keyboard Shortcuts

Tabs

When you begin to tab through the Business Desk welcome screen, the tab focus is on the navigation pane. The current tab focus is indicated by a dotted line around the screen element.

When you tab out of the navigation pane, the tab focus goes to the toolbar and then to the content pane. When you tab onto a list of items, you must use the arrow keys to move within the list. Use the ENTER key or space bar to make your selection.

The following are some other keyboard shortcuts:

• If you are selecting from a drop-down menu (a menu that includes a down arrow), use the arrow keys to indicate your selection and then press ENTER.
• You can open drop-down menus by pressing the space bar.
• If you need to use a button, press TAB until the button has the focus and then press ENTER.
• If you want to tab back to an element, press SHIFT+TAB.

To open a Business Desk module

To access toolbar buttons using a keyboard

To open item properties using a keyboard

To open a Business Desk module

1. In the navigation pane, tab to the category that contains the Business Desk module you want to work with, and then press ENTER**.**

2. Tab to the name of the module you want to work with, and then press ENTER.

   The module you selected opens.

To access toolbar buttons by using a keyboard

1. In the navigation pane, tab to the category that contains the items you want to add to or edit, and then press ENTER.

2. Tab to the name of the module you want to work with, and then press ENTER.

3. Tab to the toolbar button that you want to use, and then press ENTER.

   You can now make changes or additions using the toolbar function you opened.

4. Press ALT+S to save your additions or changes.

Notes

• If you tab into a box with a drop-down list, press ENTER to select from the drop-down list. Use the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys to select an option, and then press ENTER.
• If you need to go back one box, press SHIFT+TAB.

Some screen elements are assigned the same keyboard shortcut combinations. For example, the Orders module in the navigation pane and the toolbar button share ALT+O. In this case, the first time you press a keyboard shortcut combination you activate the first screen element, the second time you activate the next element, and so on.

To open item properties by using a keyboard

1. In the navigation pane, tab to the category that contains the items you want to work with, and then press ENTER.

2. Tab to the module you want to work with, and then press ENTER. The module you selected opens.

3. Tab to the list of items in the content pane and then use the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW keys to give the item focus.

4. Press ENTER. The item is highlighted.

5. Tab to on the toolbar and press ENTER.

   The properties for that item appear, enabling you to view them or make changes to them.

Table of Keyboard Shortcuts

Business Desk provides keyboard shortcuts for navigating without a mouse. The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that are used frequently within Business Desk. You can also determine a keyboard shortcut for a toolbar button by pausing the mouse pointer over that button. This displays the ToolTip for that toolbar button.

See Also

Using Toolbar Buttons

Using Business Desk Help

Navigating Business Desk

If You Need Additional Help

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