Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Keyboard Shortcut Guide

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)