G Administration Tool Keyboard Shortcuts

This appendix provides keyboard shortcut information for the Administration Tool. The following sections list Administration Tool menu items and their corresponding keyboard shortcuts, keyboard shortcuts for navigating dialogs, and Physical Diagram and Business Model Diagram keyboard shortcuts.

This appendix contains the following topics:

Menu Keyboard Shortcuts
Dialog Keyboard Shortcuts
Physical Diagram and Business Model Diagram Keyboard Shortcuts

Menu Keyboard Shortcuts

The following sections describe keyboard shortcuts for Administration Tool menu options.

File Menu Shortcuts

The shortcut for New is Ctrl + N.
The shortcut for Open, and then Offline is Ctrl + F.
The shortcut for Open, and then Online is Ctrl + L.
The shortcut for Save is Ctrl + S.
The shortcut for Check Global Consistency is Ctrl + K.

Edit Menu Shortcuts

The shortcut for Cut is Ctrl + X.
The shortcut for Copy is Ctrl + C.
The shortcut for Paste is Ctrl + V.
The shortcut for Delete is Delete.

View Menu Shortcut

The shortcut for Refresh is F5.

Tools Menu Shortcuts

The shortcut for Show Consistency Checker is Ctrl + E.
The shortcut for Query Repository is Ctrl + Q.

General Menu Shortcuts

Table G-1 lists the general keyboard shortcuts available in the Administration Tool menus. Note that you can use the Window menu options to change the focus from the menus to the navigation panes.

Table G-1 Menu Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
Quit the application	Alt+ F4
Move cursor to the menu option	Alt + Underlined letter
Open application's control menu	Alt+ Spacebar
View the shortcut menu for the selected item	Shift + F10
Move through the menu bar	Left arrow key Right arrow key
Open a menu option	Down arrow key
Move through a menu list	Up arrow Down arrow
Close the current menu	Esc
Select or deselect items in a check box or list	Spacebar
Make noncontinguous selections	Ctrl + Up arrow + Spacebar

Dialog Keyboard Shortcuts

Table G-2 lists the keyboard shortcuts available in Administration Tool dialogs.

Table G-2 Dialog Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
Move forward through options	Tab
Move backward through options	Shift + Tab
Select or deselect an item in a list	Shift + Up arrow Shift + Down arrow
Close the current dialog	Esc
Go to the top of a list	Home
Go to the bottom of a list	End
Refresh	F5
For dialogs with up arrow buttons: Move selected item up in the list	Alt + Up arrow Note: Select a list item before using this shortcut.
For dialogs with down arrow buttons: Move selected item down in the list	Alt + Down arrow Note: Select a list item before using this shortcut.
For dialogs with plus (add) buttons: Insert item from list	Alt + Insert
For dialogs with x (delete) buttons: Delete item from list	Alt + Delete
For dialogs with pencil (edit) buttons: Edit item from list	Alt + Enter
Browse dialog: Move focus between trees located in left pane	F5, F6, Shift + Tab, Tab
When a table row has a child row (grid): Expand the child row from the cell displaying the plus icon This situation occurs in the Define Merge Strategy page of the Merge Repository Wizard.	Spacebar Note: Move the focus to the cell displaying the plus icon before using this shortcut.
When a table row has a check box: Select or deselect the check box This situation occurs in the Define Merge Strategy page of the Merge Repository Wizard.	Spacebar Note: Move the focus to the cell displaying the check box before using this shortcut.

Physical Diagram and Business Model Diagram Keyboard Shortcuts

Table G-3 lists the keyboard shortcuts available in the Physical and Business Model Diagrams. Note that the Physical and Business Model Diagram toolbar options are also available from the Actions menu.

Table G-3 Diagram Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
Pan around the diagram when no diagram objects are selected	Arrow keys
Select a diagram object: use the arrow keys to move an object under the pointer, then press the spacebar to select the object	Spacebar + Arrow keys
Open the property dialog for a selected diagram object	Enter
Cancel current operation	Esc
Resume default mode (Select) after using Pan or Marquee Zoom	Esc
Deselect an object	Use one of the following methods: Esc Press the spacebar when the mouse cursor is not over an object
Zoom in	+
Zoom out	-
Select the pan tool	P Note that you can also use the arrow keys to pan around the diagram.
Revert to auto-layout	S
Create a new join	J This shortcut selects the New Join option.
Create a new table	N This shortcut selects the New Table option. After using this shortcut, you can use the arrow keys and spacebar to pan around the diagram and open the Logical Table dialog for the new table.
Select the Marquee Zoom tool	Z This shortcut selects the Marquee Zoom tool.
Zoom to fit all objects in the current view	F
Show all tables in Expanded View, with columns visible	1
Show all tables in Collapsed View, with columns hidden and only the table name displayed	2