Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Keyboard Shortcuts
The following standard keyboard shortcuts apply to Microsoft Dynamics AX.
Note: The shortcut keys described here refer to the United States keyboard layout. Keys on other keyboard layouts might not correspond exactly to the keys on a U.S. keyboard.
GENERAL WINDOWS AND MENUS NAVIGATION
- Display the Navigation Pane if it is collapsed: ALT+F1
- Display key tips for the File menu: ALT
- Display the View menu: ALT+V
- Display the Windows menu: ALT+W
- Display the Help menu: ALT+H
- Turn the auto-hide mode for the Navigation Pane on an off: SHIFT+ALT+F1
- Move between modules: CTRL+TAB
- In the Navigation Pane tree view, select the next and previous item, respectively: UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW
- In the Navigation Pane, expand and collapse the selected item, respectively: RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW
- Move the cursor to the address bar: F11
- Use the Back function on the address bar: ALT+LEFT ARROW
- Use the Forward function on the address bar: ALT+RIGHT ARROW
- Display the shortcut menu for the Presence indicator: CTRL+SHIFT+M
ACTION PANE NAVIGATION
- Display key tips for the File menu and for Action Pane tabs and groups on the currently displayed tab: ALT
- Display key tips for groups in an Action Pane tab: ALT+Key for the tab, and then ALT, Note: If the same key is used for multiple controls, press the key again until the focus is on the control that you want, and then press ENTER.
- Display key tips for actions within groups in an Action Pane tab: ALT+Key for the tab, and then ALT+Key for the group, Note: If the same key is used for multiple controls, press the key again until the focus is on the control that you want and then press ENTER.
- Hide key tips:
GRID NAVIGATION
- Move to the record above the currently selected record: UP ARROW
- Move to the record below the currently selected record: DOWN ARROW
- Move to the first record: CTRL+HOME
- Move to the last record: CTRL+END
- Move to previous page of records: PAGE UP
- Move to next page of records: PAGE DOWN
- Open the selection list for a drop-down list: ALT+DOWN ARROW
- Select records in a list from the selected record to the first record in the list: CTRL+SHIFT+HOME
- Select records in a list from the first selected record to the last record in the list:CTRL+SHIFT+END
- Select all records in a list. CTRL+A
FORM NAVIGATION
- Close the current form without saving changes: ESC or ALT+F4
- Create a record: CTRL+N
- Delete a record: ALT+F9
- If a grid control does not have focus, this keyboard combination selects the first field on the form. If a grid control has focus, this keyboard combination selects multiple records in the grid: CTRL+SHIFT+HOME
- If a grid control does not have focus, this keyboard combination selects the last field on the form. If a grid control has focus, this keyboard combination selects multiple records in the grid: CTRL+SHIFT+END
- Move to the next control on a non-dialog form: TAB
- ENTER (skips buttons; includes fields on all tabs)
- Move to the previous control on a non-dialog form: SHIFT+TAB (includes buttons; includes fields only on the current tab)
- SHIFT+ENTER (skips buttons; includes fields on all tabs)
- Move to the first record: CTRL+HOME
- Move to the last record: CTRL+END
- Move to the previous record: CTRL+PAGE UP
- Move to the next record: CTRL+PAGE DOWN
- Move to the next page of records: PAGE DOWN
- Move to the previous page of records: PAGE UP
- Open a context menu (right-click menu) for the current field: SHIFT+F10
- Display the form where the values for the current field are maintained: CTRL+ALT+F4
- Print a report of the contents of the current form (auto report): CTRL+P
- Refresh the information displayed in the form: F5
- Cancel changes and restore the active record: CTRL+F5
- Select the button with focus: SPACE
- Save changes and close the current form: CTRL+F4
- Save changes to a form: CTRL+S
- Move to the next tab (when a control on a tab has focus):CTRL+TAB
- Move to the previous tab when a control on a tab has focus): CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
- Expand all FastTabs: CTRL+SHIFT and then press +
- Collapse all FastTabs: CTRL+SHIFT and then press –
- Expand the FastTab that has focus: CTRL and then press +
- Collapse the FastTab that has focus: CTRL and then press –
- Move focus to a specific tab: CTRL + the FastTab number
- If a FastTab is the second FastTab on a form, then the number of that FastTab is 2.
- Select the default button on a dialog form: ENTER
DATA ENTRY FIELDS NAVIGATION
- Paste contents from your clipboard into the current field: CTRL+V
- Enter the session date in a date field: D+TAB
- For a date time field, press D+TAB, enter a time and then press TAB again.
- Enter the current date in a date field. T+TAB
- For a date time field, press T+TAB, enter a time and then press TAB again.
- Enter a date from the current month in a date field: [Day]+TAB
- For example, if you enter 12+TAB, the full date for the twelfth of the current month will be displayed.
- Enter a date from the current year in a date field: [MonthDay]+TAB
- For example, if you enter 0325+TAB, the full date for March 25 of the current year will be displayed.
- Calculate an amount in an amount field: [Equation]+TAB
- For example, if you enter 4*16+TAB, 64 will be displayed in the field.
FIND AND FILTER NAVIGATION
- Use the value in the current field as a filter: CTRL+F (clears existing filters)
- Use the value in the current field as a filter: CTRL+K (adds to existing filters)
- Filter data by the current field value: ALT+F3
- Create filters across all columns that you can filter on in a grid: CTRL+G
- Add query criteria to filter on (Query dialog): CTRL+F3
- Clear all filters: CTRL+SHIFT+F3
- Move to the filter field of the column that the cursor is in: CTRL+UP ARROW
REPORT VIEWER NAVIGATION
- Move to the previous page or scroll to the top of the current page: PAGE UP
- Move to the next page or scroll to the bottom of the current page: PAGE DOWN
HIERARCHY DESIGNER NAVIGATION
- Select the parent of the currently selected node: UP ARROW
- Select the child node that is directly under the currently selected node: DOWN ARROW
- Select the node that is to the left of the currently selected node: LEFT ARROW
- Select the node that is to the right of the currently selected node: RIGHT ARROW
- Make the selected node the focus: SPACE
- Open the details page related to the selected node: ENTER
- Cut the selected node or branch (must be in Edit mode): CTRL+X
- Paste cut nodes as children of the selected node: CTRL+V
- Open the right-click menu for the selected node: CTRL+N
- Remove the selected node and all of its child nodes from the hierarchy: DELETE
HELP SYSTEM NAVIGATION
- Display the Help window: F1
- Close the Help window: ALT+F4
- Print the current Help topic: CTRL+P
- Refresh the help topic: F5
- Search for words in a help topic: CTRL+F
- Select all contents of a topic: CTRL+A
- Move the cursor to the search box: CTRL+E
- Display the default help topic: ALT+HOME
- Copy selected content: CTRL+C
- In a table of contents, select the next and previous item, respectively: DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW
- In a table of contents, expand and collapse the selected item, respectively: RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW
- Move the cursor to the next hidden text or hyperlink, or Expand All or Collapse All at the top of a topic: TAB
- Move the cursor to the previous hidden text or hyperlink: SHIFT+TAB
- Perform the action for the selected Expand All, Collapse All, hidden text, or hyperlink: ENTER
- Move back to the previous Help topic: ALT+LEFT ARROW
- Move forward to the next Help topic: ALT+RIGHT ARROW
- Scroll small amounts up and down, respectively, in the currently displayed Help topic: UP ARROW and RIGHT ARROW
- Scroll larger amounts up and down, respectively, in the currently displayed Help topic: PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN
- Display the Options menu: ALT+O
AOT NAVIGATION
- Open the AOT: CTRL+D
- Open a new Development Workspace: CTRL+SHIFT+W
- Open a new Application Workspace: CTRL+W
- Save all: CTRL+SHIFT+S
- Select all application objects in a node: Select one or more application objects under a top-level node, and then press CTRL+A
- Open the editor for an application object: CTRL+SHIFT+F2
- Open the editor for a query or table: CTRL+O
- Open the Comparison tool: Select one or more application objects, and then press CTRL+G
- Compile an application object: F7
- Go to the previous node: UP ARROW
- Go to the next node: DOWN ARROW
- Move the node up: ALT+UP ARROW
- Move the node down: ALT+DOWN ARROW
- Expand the current node: RIGHT ARROW
- Collapse the current node: LEFT ARROW
- Select multiple items: CTRL
- Cancel the selection of an additional item: CTRL+SPACEBAR
- Open the Properties sheet: ALT+ENTER
- Open the Import dialog box: Select one or more application objects, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+I
- Open the Find dialog box to find an element in the AOT: CTRL+F
- Open the Help documentation for an element in the AOT: F1
CODE EDITOR NAVIGATION – BREAKPOINTS
- Remove all breakpoints: CTRL+SHIFT+F9
- Insert or remove a breakpoint: F9
- Enable or disable a breakpoint: CTRL+F9
- Open the Breakpoints dialog: SHIFT+F9
CODE EDITOR NAVIGATION – COMPILATION & HELP
- Open the Scripts menu: Scripts icon
- Open Help: F1
- Show method parameter help: CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR
- Execute the current job: F5
- Compile: F7
- Compile and close a method. F8
- Stop method execution (break)” CTRL+BREAK
- Insert a file: CTRL+ALT+H
CODE EDITOR NAVIGATION – DELETE
- Delete from the cursor to the end of the line: Use SHIFT+END to select to end of line and then DELETE
- Delete word to the right of the cursor: CTRL+DELETE
- Delete the word to the left of the cursor: CTRL+BACKSPACE
- Delete the current line: CTRL+X (with cursor in line, no selection)
CODE EDITOR NAVIGATION – EDIT
- Insert script: <SCRIPT NAME>
- Insert document header: ///
- Comment selection: CTRL+E, C
- Uncomment selection: CTRL+E, U
- Convert selection to lowercase: CTRL+U OR CTRL+SHIFT+U
- Convert selection to uppercase: CTRL+U OR CTRL+SHIFT+U
- Display all methods and properties for a selected class: CTRL+SPACEBAR
- Copy selection: CTRL+C (with text selected)
- Copy line: CTRL+C (with cursor in line, no selection)
CODE EDITOR NAVIGATION – FIND & REPLACE
- Open the Find dialog: CTRL+F
- Open the Replace dialog: CTRL+R
- Start incremental search: CTRL+I
- Move to next incremental search match in method: CTRL+I
- Reverse the incremental search direction: CTRL+Shift+I
- Remove a character from the incremental search string: BACKSPACE
- Stop the incremental search: ESC
CODE EDITOR NAVIGATION – GO TO
- Go to a specific line: CTRL+G
- Go to the next page: PAGE UP
- Go to the previous page: PAGE DOWN
- Go to the top of the code: CTRL+HOME
- Go to the bottom of the code: CTRL+END
- Go to the start of line: HOME
- Go to the end of line: END
- Move one word to the left: CTRL+LEFT ARROW
- Move one word to the right: CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
- Go to the method definition: F12
- Go to the next error message: F4
CODE EDITOR NAVIGATION – LOOKUP
- Look up a label: CTRL+ALT+SPACEBAR
- Show label text: CTRL+L
- Look up a definition: F12
- Show the syntax of a method or property: CTRL+SPACEBAR OR CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR
CODE EDITOR NAVIGATION – SAVE
- Save the selected text to a separate file: ALT+S
- Close the current TAB, discarding all changes since the last save: F6
- Close and save the current code editor window: F8
- Close the current window: CTRL+F4
CODE EDITOR NAVIGATION – SELECT
- Select all: CTRL+A
- Cancel a selection: ESC
- Select columns: ALT+MOUSE SELECT
- Select a line: ALT+L
- Select one word to the left: CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
- Select one word to the right: CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
- Select text from the cursor to the start of the line: SHIFT+HOME
- Select text from the cursor to the end of the line: SHIFT+END
- Select the previous page: SHIFT+PAGE UP
- Select the next page: SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
- Select text from the cursor to the top of the code: CTRL+SHIFT+HOME
- Select text from the cursor to the bottom of the code: CTRL+SHIFT+END
- Indent the selected text: TAB
- Remove indentation: SHIFT+TAB
- Select area/column/block: ALT+MOUSE SELECT
- Cancel selection: ESC
- Show white space: CTRL+SHIFT+S
CODE EDITOR NAVIGATION – UNDO & REDO
- Undo the last action: CTRL+Z (previous ten actions)
- Redo the last action after an Undo: CTRL+Y (previous ten actions)