About keyboard shortcuts

Oracle Unity supports standard keyboard shortcuts that are used in many software applications.

In addition, the service provides its own shortcuts, which are described here.

Refer to the following sections:

Keyboard shortcut Result
Tab When in Actionable Mode, navigate to the next focusable element within the item. If the last focusable element is reached, shift focus back to the first focusable element. When not in Actionable Mode, navigate to the next focusable element on the page.
Shift +Tab When in Actionable Mode, navigate to the previous focusable element within the item. If the first focusable element is reached, shift focus back to the last focusable element. When not in Actionable Mode, navigate to the previous focusable element on the page.
Enter Select the current item.
F2 Enable an action on elements inside a UI item. This enables keyboard action on elements inside the item, including navigate between focusable elements inside the item.
Esc Exit Actionable Mode.
Up or Down arrows Move focus to items above or below.
Left or Right arrows When display in card layout, move focus to the item on the left or right.
Space Select or deselect the current item.
Shift + Up arrow or Down arrow Extend the selection to the item above or below.
Shift + Left arrow or Right arrow When display in card layout, extend the selection to the item on the left or right.
Ctrl + Space Toggles to select and deselect the current item while maintaining previous selected items.
Shift + Space Select contiguous items from the last selected item to the current item.
Left arrow (Group item target only) Collapse the current item if it is expanded and is collapsible. For non-hierarchical data, do nothing.
Right arrow (Group item target only) Expand the current item if it has children and is expandable. For non-hierarchical data, do nothing.

Note: Some types of push and menu buttons only support Enter, and not Space.

Target Keyboard shortcut Result
Push button Enter or Space Push the button.
Toggle button Enter or Space Toggle the button.
Menu button Enter, Space, or Down arrow Open the menu.
Esc Close the menu.
Keyboard shortcut Result
Enter or Space Invoke the focused menu item's action.
Up arrow Move focus to the previous menu item, wrapping around at the top.
Down arrow Move focus to the next menu item, wrapping around at the bottom.
Home Move focus to the first menu item.
End Move focus to the last menu item.
Esc When the target is the menu item in the top-level menu, close the menu and move focus to the launcher.
Shift + F10 If applicable, open the context menu.

Use drop-down lists

Keyboard shortcut Result
Enter Select the highlighted item in a drop-down list or add the input text to a search bar.
Up and Down arrow Highlight items in a drop-down list. If the drop-down list isn't open, expand the list.
Right and Left arrow Move focus to the previous or next selected item in a search bar.
Backspace or Delete Remove the selected item having focus.
Esc Collapse the drop-down list.
Tab Focus on the input field in a search bar.

Use the date picker

Keyboard shortcut Result
Enter Select the currently focused day.
Arrow keys Move around the calendar.
Esc Close the calendar.
Home Move focus to first day of the month.
End Move focus to last day of the month.
Page up Switch to previous month.
Page down Switch to next month.
Shift + Up arrow or Down arrow Display the time picker and move the focus into the expanded time picker.
Alt + Page up Switch to previous year.
Alt + Page down Switch to next year.

Use tab bars and navigation lists

Target Keyboard shortcut Result
List item Enter or Space Select list item.
Up arrow Move focus to the previous visible list item.
Down arrow Move focus to the next visible list item
Right arrow For horizontal tab bar, focus will be moved to next visible item.
Left arrow For horizontal tab bar, focus will be moved to previous visible item.
Page up Switch to previous month.
Home Move focus to the first visible list item.
End Move focus to the last visible list item.
F2 If focus is on a list item, pressing F2 will make its contents accessible using Tab.
Esc When F2 mode is enabled, press Esc to exit F2 mode.
List item (tab bar only) Ctrl + X Marks the current item to move if reordering is enabled.
Ctrl + V Paste the item that is marked directly before the current item.
Delete Delete the current item.
List item (navigation list only) Shift + Tab Move focus to hierarchical menu button. Only applicable for a sliding navigation list and when hierarchical menu button is enabled.
Group item (navigation list only) Right arrow If focus is on collapsed node, expand the sub-list.
Left arrow If focus is on expanded node, collapse the sub-list.
Overflow menu button Enter or Space When target is the overflow menu button, open the menu.
List item in sub-list (navigation list only) Esc Applicable only for a sliding navigation list. If focus is in a sub-list, close the sub-list and move focus to the parent list item.
Hierarchical menu button (navigation list only) Enter Open menu. This target is visible only for a sliding navigation list.
Tab Move focus to current list item. This target is visible only for a sliding navigation list.
Shift + Tab Move focus to previous icon. This target is visible only for a sliding navigation list.
Previous icon or List header (navigation list only) Enter Collapse the sub-list and slides to parent list. This target is visible only for a sliding navigation list.
Tab Move focus to hierarchical menu button. This target is visible only for a sliding navigation list.
Target Keyboard shortcut Result
Dialog Esc Close the dialog.
Dialog close icon Enter or Space Close the dialog.
Target Keyboard shortcut Result
Cell Tab The first Tab into the table moves focus to the first column header. The second Tab moves focus to the next focusable element outside of the table. If focus is on a row and the row is actionable, then Tab moves focus to the next focusable element within the row. If focus is already on the last focusable element, then focus will wrap to the first focusable element in the row.
Shift + Tab The first Shift+Tab into the table moves focus to the first column header. The second Shift+Tab moves focus to the previous focusable element outside of the table. If focus is on a row and the row is actionable, then Shift+Tab moves focus to the previous focusable element within the row. If focus is already on the first focusable element, then focus will wrap to the last focusable element in the row.
Down arrow Move focus to the next row.
Shift + Down arrow Select and move focus to the next row.
Ctrl + Down arrow Move focus to the column footer.
Up arrow Move focus to the previous row. If at the first row then move to the column header.
Shift + Up arrow Select and move focus to the previous row.
Ctrl + Up arrow Move focus to the column header.
Left or Right arrow Move accessibility focus to the cell to the left or right (only applies when using a screen reader).
Home Move focus to first row.
End Move focus to last row.
Space Select row.
Enter If you can edit the table, then make the current row editable. If you can't edit the table, then toggle the current row to actionable mode if there exists a tabbable element in the row. Once toggled to actionable mode, focus will be moved to be first tabbable element in the row.
F2 If you can't edit the table, then toggle the current row to actionable mode if there exists a tabbable element in the row. Once toggled to actionable mode, focus will be moved to be first tabbable element in the row. If you can edit the table, then toggle the current row between editable and read-only.
Cell in editable row Tab Move focus to next editable cell or focusable element in the row. If focus is on the last editable cell or focusable element in the row, make the next row editable and move focus to the first editable cell or focusable element in the next row. If focus is on the last editable cell or focusable element in the last row, move focus to next focusable element on the page (outside table).
Shift + Tab Move focus to previous editable cell or focusable element in the row. If focus is on the first editable cell or focusable element in the row, make the previous row editable and move focus to the last editable cell or focusable element in the previous row. If focus is on the first editable cell or focusable element in the first row, move focus to previous focusable element on the page (outside table).
Down arrow Handled in the editable cell.
Shift + Down arrow Handled in the editable cell.
Ctrl + Down arrow Handled in the editable cell.
Up arrow Handled in the editable cell.
Shift + Up arrow Handled in the editable cell.
Ctrl + Up arrow Handled in the editable cell.
Left or Right arrow Handled in the editable cell.
Home Handled in the editable cell.
End Handled in the editable cell.
Space Handled in the editable cell.
Enter Make the next row editable and move focus to the editable cell in current column in the next row. If last row is editable then make it read-only.
Shift + Enter Make the previous row editable and move focus to the editable cell in current column in the previous row. If first row is editable then make it read-only.
F2 Toggle the current row between editable and read-only.
Esc Make the current row read-only.
Column header Tab Navigate to next focusable element on page (outside table).
Shift + Tab Navigate to previous focusable element on page (outside table).
Down arrow Move focus to the first row.
Ctrl + Down arrow Move focus to the column footer.
Up arrow Do nothing.
Ctrl + Up arrow Do nothing.
Left arrow Move focus to previous column header.
Shift + Left arrow Select and move focus to previous column header.
Right arrow Move focus to next column header.
Shift + Right arrow Select and move focus to next column header.
Home Move focus to first column header.
End Move focus to last column header.
Space Select column.
F2 Toggle the column header region to actionable mode if there exists a tabbable element in the region. Once toggled to actionable mode, focus will be moved to be first tabbable element in the region.
Esc Exit actionable mode.
Column footer Tab Navigate to next focusable element on page (outside table).
Shift + Tab Navigate to previous focusable element on page (outside table).
Down arrow Do nothing.
Ctrl + Down arrow Do nothing.
Up arrow Move focus to the last row.
Ctrl + Up arrow Move focus to the column header.
Left arrow Move focus to previous column footer.
Shift + Left arrow Select and move focus to previous column footer.
Right arrow Move focus to next column footer.
Shift + Right arrow Select and move focus to next column footer.
Home Move focus to first column footer.
End Move focus to last column footer.
Space Select column.
F2 Toggle the column footer region to actionable mode if there exists a tabbable element in the region. Once toggled to actionable mode, focus will be moved to be first tabbable element in the region.
Esc Exit actionable mode.

Add widgets to Analytics dashboard

The following table describes keyboard shortcuts you can use when Managing dashboard widgets.

Keyboard shortcut Result
Arrow keys After selecting a widget type, navigate the widget sub-types.
F2 After selecting a widget sub-type, navigate to the Add widget icon An image of the add button. Use it to add a widget to the analytics dashboard. .
Esc Navigate out of the Add widget icon An image of the add button. Use it to add a widget to the analytics dashboard. and to the selected widget sub-type.

The following table describes keyboard shortcuts you can use navigating Dashboard widgets.

Keyboard shortcut Result
Arrow keys After navigating to a chart within a widget, navigate the different plot points on the chart and view a dialog for each plot point with additional data.

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