Keyboard Shortcuts for Redwood Components

Some application pages use Redwood components, which come with standard keyboard shortcuts. You might also find different keyboard shortcuts for complex UI actions and component-specific controls.

Frequently Used Keyboard Controls

This table summarizes the most common keyboard controls.

Key	Action
Enter	Trigger the activity, when the focus is on a link, an image, or a button with an associated URL or activity. Toggle the focus or selection. For input fields and menus, submit or enter a typed value or select the highlighted item. In tables, make the current row editable or enter Actionable Mode.
Shift + Enter	For cells in editable tables, make the previous row editable and move the focus to the editable cell in the current column of the previous row. If the first row is editable, make it read-only.
Space	Trigger the activity, when the focus is on a link, an image, or a button with an associated URL or activity. Toggle the focus or selection.
Shift + Space	In components such as Card View, Data Grid, List View, and Tree View, select contiguous items from the last selection to the current item.
Ctrl / Cmd + Space	Multi-select item with focus. In List View and Tree View, toggle the selection of the current item while maintaining previous selections.
Tab	Set focus to the first focusable element or cycle focus through next focusable elements. For some components, such as Card View, Data Grid, List View, Table, or Waterfall Layout, when in Tabbable or Actionable Mode, if the focus is on the last element, the focus goes back to the first focusable element. When not in Tabbable or Actionable mode, the focus goes to the next focusable item on the page.
Shift + Tab	Cycle focus through previous elements. For some components such as Card View, Data Grid, List View, Table, or Waterfall Layout, when in Tabbable or Actionable Mode, if the focus is on the first element, the focus goes back to the last focusable element. When not in Tabbable or Actionable mode, the focus goes to the previous focusable item on the page.
Up Arrow	Move focus and selection to previous item or scroll the content up. For drop-down lists, expand the list when closed. For numerical input fields, increase the number by one in the segment. For slider components, scroll right on horizontal sliders and up on vertical sliders.
Down Arrow	Move focus and selection to the next item or scroll the content down. For drop-down lists, open the list when closed. For numerical input fields, decrease the number by one in the segment. For slider components, scroll left on horizontal sliders and down on vertical sliders.
Left Arrow	Move focus and selection to the previous item or the item on the left. Also, can scroll the content left. For collapsible groups inside collection components, collapse the current expanded item. For slider components, scroll left on horizontal sliders and down on vertical sliders.
Right Arrow	Move focus and selection to the next item or the item on the right. Also, can scroll the content right. For collapsible groups inside collection components, expand the current item if it has children. For slider components, scroll right on horizontal sliders and up on vertical sliders.
Shift + Arrow	For selectable elements within collection components, move focus and extend the selection in the direction of the arrow.
Shift + Ctrl / Cmd + Arrow	In Card View, reorder the current item in the direction of the arrow.
F2	For some components, such as Cards, Data Grid, List View, Table, or Waterfall Layout, enter Tabbable or Actionable Mode allowing navigation and use of controls in the item. Exit Tabbable or Actionable Mode.
Alt + F10	For Rich text input, move focus to the text editing toolbar.
Esc	Exit Tabbable or Actionable Mode. Collapse drop-down lists.
= or +	Zoom in one level (if zooming is enabled).
- or _	Zoom out one level (if zooming is enabled).
Page Up	For Data grid and data visualization components, such as Diagram and Timeline, pan up (if scrolling is enabled).
Page Down	For Data grid and data visualization components, such as Diagram and Timeline, pan down (if scrolling is enabled).
Shift + Page Up	For Data grid and data visualization components, such as Diagram and Timeline, pan left (in left-to-right locales). Pan right (in right-to-left locales).
Shift + Page Down	For Data grid and data visualization components, such as Diagram and Timeline, pan right (in left-to-right locales). Pan left (in right-to-left locales).
Home or End	For Data grid, move focus to the first or last focusable item.
Ctrl / Cmd + X	For draggable elements, mark the selected items to move if reorder is enabled.
Ctrl / Cmd + C	For draggable elements, mark the selected items to copy if reorder is enabled.
Ctrl / Cmd + V	For draggable elements, paste selected items directly before the current item (or as the last item if the current item is a folder).
Del / Backspace	For removable selected elements, such as Chips and Tabs, delete the selected element.

Component-Specific Keyboard Controls

Some components use additional or alternative keyboard controls. For more details, review the specific component information on Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit (JET) Keyboard and Touch Reference.