Shortcut keys [AX 2012] 21 out of 25 rated this helpful Updated: February 1, 2013 Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 The following keyboard shortcuts apply across 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. Help viewer shortcut keys Display the Help window. Close the Help window. Print the current Help topic. Refresh the help topic. Search for words in a help topic. Select all contents of a topic. Move the cursor to the search box. Display the default help topic. Copy selected content. In a table of contents, select the next and previous item, respectively. In a table of contents, expand and collapse the selected item, respectively. Move the cursor to the next hidden text or hyperlink, or Expand All or Collapse All at the top of a topic. Move the cursor to the previous hidden text or hyperlink. Perform the action for the selected Expand All, Collapse All, hidden text, or hyperlink. Move back to the previous Help topic. Move forward to the next Help topic. Scroll small amounts up and down, respectively, in the currently displayed Help topic. F1 ALT+F4 CTRL+P F5 CTRL+F CTRL+A CTRL+E ALT+HOME CTRL+C DOWN and UP RIGHT and LEFT TAB SHIFT+TAB ENTER ALT+LEFT ALT+RIGHT UP and RIGHT
Scroll larger amounts up and down, respectively, in the currently displayed Help topic. Display the Options menu. PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN ALT+O Use windows and menus Display the Navigation Pane if it is collapsed. Display key tips for the File menu. Display the View menu. Display the Windows menu. Display the Help menu. Turn the auto-hide mode for the Navigation Pane on an off. Move between modules. In the Navigation Pane tree view, select the next and previous item, respectively. In the Navigation Pane, expand and collapse the selected item, respectively. Move the cursor to the address bar. Use the Back function on the address bar. Use the Forward function on the address bar. Display the shortcut menu for the Presence indicator. ALT+F1 ALT ALT+V ALT+W ALT+H SHIFT+ALT+F1 CTRL+TAB UP or DOWN RIGHT and LEFT F11 ALT+LEFT ALT+RIGHT CTRL+SHIFT+M Action Pane shortcut keys Display key tips for the File menu and for Action Pane tabs and groups on the currently displayed ALT tab. ALT+Key for the tab, and then ALT Display key tips for groups in an Action Pane tab. Display key tips for actions within groups in an Action Pane tab. 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. 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. ESC Find and filter data Use the value in the current field as a filter. Use the value in the current field as a filter. Filter data by the current field value. CTRL+F (clears existing filters) CTRL+K (adds to existing filters) 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). Clear all filters. Move to the filter field of the column that the cursor is in. Grid shortcut keys Move to the record above the currently selected record. Move to the record below the currently selected record. Move to the first record. Move to the last record. Move to previous page of records. Move to next page of records. Open the selection list for a drop-down list. CTRL+F3 CTRL+SHIFT+F3 CTRL+UP Select records in a list from the selected record to the first record in the list. UP DOWN CTRL+HOME CTRL+END PAGE UP PAGE DOWN ALT+DOWN 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. Form shortcut keys CTRL+A Close the current form without saving changes. Create a record. Delete a record. ESC or ALT+F4 CTRL+N 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. 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+HOME CTRL+SHIFT+END TAB Move to the next control on a non-dialog form. Move to the previous control on a non-dialog form. Move to the first record. Move to the last record. Move to the previous record. Move to the next record. Move to the next page of records. Move to the previous page of records. Open a context menu (right-click menu) for the current field. Display the form where the values for the current field are maintained. Print a report of the contents of the current form (auto report). Refresh the information displayed in the form. Cancel changes and restore the active record. Select the button with focus. Save changes and close the current form. Save changes to a form. Move to the next tab (when a control on a tab has focus). Move to the previous tab when a control on a tab has focus). ENTER (skips buttons; includes fields on all tabs) SHIFT+TAB (includes buttons; includes fields only on the current tab) SHIFT+ENTER (skips buttons; includes fields on all tabs) CTRL+HOME CTRL+END CTRL+PAGE UP CTRL+PAGE DOWN PAGE DOWN PAGE UP SHIFT+F10 CTRL+ALT+F4 CTRL+P F5 CTRL+F5 SPACE CTRL+F4 CTRL+S CTRL+TAB 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 - CTRL + the FastTab number Move focus to a specific tab. 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 Navigate in the report viewer 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 Enter data in fields Paste contents from your clipboard into the current field. CTRL+V D+TAB Enter the session date in a date field. Enter the current date in a date field. Enter a date from the current month in a date field. Enter a date from the current year in a date field. Calculate an amount in an amount field. For a date time field, press D+TAB, enter a time and then press TAB again. T+TAB For a date time field, press T+TAB, enter a time and then press TAB again. [Day]+TAB For example, if you enter 12+TAB, the full date for the twelfth of the current month will be displayed. [MonthDay]+TAB For example, if you enter 0325+TAB, the full date for March 25 of the current year will be displayed. [Equation]+TAB For example, if you enter 4*16+TAB, 64 will be displayed in the field. Navigate in the hierarchy designer Select the parent of the currently selected node. UP Select the child node that is directly under the currently selected node. DOWN Select the node that is to the left of the currently selected node. LEFT Select the node that is to the right of the currently selected node. RIGHT 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