Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide

Moving the Keyboard Focus

To move the keyboard focus, as shown by the highlight:

Press 

To Move To 

Tab

The next tab group 

Shift+Tab 

The previous tab group 

Down Arrow 

The next control in the tab group 

Up Arrow 

The previous control in a tab group 

F10 

The window's menu bar—use the arrow keys to display menus and move among their items 

Shift+F10 

The selected object's pop-up menu—use the arrow keys to move among the menu's items 

Alt+Spacebar 

The Window menu 

Press 

To Move To 

Alt+Tab or Alt+Esc 

The next window or icon 

Shift+Alt+Tab 

The previous window or icon 

Alt+Up Arrow 

The bottom window in a stack of windows (bringing it forward) 

Alt+Down Arrow 

The bottom of the window stack 

Alt+F6 

The next window belonging to an application, or between the Front Panel and a subpanel 

Shift+Alt+F6 

The previous window belonging to an application, or between the Front Panel and a subpanel 

Press 

To Move To 

Down Arrow 

The next menu item 

Up Arrow 

The previous menu item 

Press the Spacebar to choose a selected item from within a menu.

Press Esc to dismiss a menu.