Keyboard shortcuts (macOS)

Use keyboard shortcuts to perform many tasks in FileMaker Pro.

Note To create your own keyboard shortcuts, see Creating and editing custom menu items.

General keyboard shortcuts (macOS)

Use these keyboard shortcuts to navigate, edit, cancel an operation, and display information in your database file.

To	Press
Cancel an operation or dialog box	Esc
Cancel a running script	Command-. (period) or Esc
Click a selected button or popover button on a layout with the keyboard	Space bar
Close dialog box	Esc
Close a file	Command-W
Close all files	Option-Command-W
Quit	Command-Q
Open FileMaker Pro Help	Command-?
Open the My Apps window	Command-Option-Shift-O
Open the Favorites window	Command-Option-O
Use a specified account name and password to open a file (FileMaker Pro only)	Option as you open the file
Open the Hosts dialog box	Command-Shift-O
Open the Open File dialog box	Command-O
Open the Manage Database dialog box	Command-Shift-D
Open the Find/Replace dialog box	Command-Shift-F
Open the Manage Layouts dialog box	Command-Shift-L
Open the Preferences dialog box	Command-,
Print	Command-P
Print without the Print dialog box	Command-Option-P
Save	(By default, FileMaker Pro saves your record data automatically.)
Sort	Command-S
Undo the last command	Command-Z
Open the Script Workspace	Command-Shift-S
Perform one of the first ten scripts listed in the Scripts menu	Command-1 through Command-0
Create a record, find request, or layout	Command-N
Delete a record, find request, or layout	Command-E
Delete a record without confirmation	Command-Option-E
Duplicate a record, find request, or layout object	Command-D
Save a layout	Command-S

Navigation keyboard shortcuts

Use these keyboard shortcuts to move through fields, records, find requests, and layouts.

macOS: The Mission Control feature uses the Control-Down Arrow and Control-Up Arrow keys. To use these keys to move through records in FileMaker Pro, you need to change the keyboard shortcuts in Mission Control preferences.

Note Your database designer might have changed the keyboard shortcuts for moving though fields. Consult your database designer or see Setting keys for moving between fields.

To move to	Press
Next object (field, button, or tab)	Tab
Previous object (field, button, or tab)	Shift-Tab
Next record, request, layout, or page	Control-Down Arrow
Previous record, request, layout, or page	Control-Up Arrow
Next tab (when a tab is selected)	Right Arrow
Previous tab (when a tab is selected)	Left Arrow

Window display keyboard shortcuts

Use these keyboard shortcuts in all FileMaker Pro modes to scroll through documents and arrange windows.

To	Press
Close a window	Command-W
Resize the window; full screen or previous size	Command-Option-Z
Scroll the document down	Page Down
Scroll the document up	Page Up
Scroll to the beginning of the document	Home
Scroll to the end of the document	End
Show or hide the status toolbar	Command-Option-S
Minimize the current window	Command-M
Hide the FileMaker Pro application	Command-H
Zoom document larger (when nothing is selected)	Command-Shift-+ or Command-+ (numeric keypad)
Zoom document smaller (when nothing is selected)	Command-- (hyphen)

Insert, paste, and select values and objects keyboard shortcuts

Use these keyboard shortcuts to enter and replace values in fields, select objects, and move items in lists.

To insert	Press
The current date	Command-- (hyphen)
The current time	Command-;
The current time and date in a timestamp field	Command-;
The current user name	Command-Shift-N
Information from the index	Command-I
Information from the last visited record	Command-’ (apostrophe)
Information from the last record and move to the next field	Command-Shift-" (quotation)
A merge field	Command-Option-M

To paste	Press
Text from the Clipboard	Command-V
Text without styles	Command-Option-Shift-V

To	Press
Replace a field's value	Command-=
Select all objects in Layout mode	Command-A
Select multiple objects	Shift-click each object, or drag the arrow pointer to make a box that includes the objects Note To select only the objects enclosed within the selection box, press Command as you drag.
Select objects of the same type when an object is selected	Command-Option-A
Select items in a list	Up Arrow, Down Arrow
Move a selected item in a list	Control-Up Arrow, Control-Down Arrow