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General keyboard shortcuts (Mac OS)

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

 

To	Press	In mode
Cancel an operation or dialog box	Esc	All
Click a selected button on a layout with the keyboard	Space bar	Browse, Find
Close dialog box	Esc	All
Close certain dialog boxes without confirmation and discard changes	Option-Esc	All
Close a file	-W	All
Close all files	Option--W	All
Quit	-Q	All
Open FileMaker Pro Help	-/	All
Open a file	-O	All
Use a specified account name and password to open a file	Option key while opening the file	All
Open a remote file	-Shift-O	All
Open the Manage Database dialog box	-Shift-D	All
Open the Find/Replace dialog box	-Shift-F	Browse, Find, Layout
Open the Manage Layouts dialog box	-Shift-L	All
Open the Preferences dialog box	-,	All
Play or edit a sound in a container field	Space bar	Browse
Print	-P	All
Print without the Print dialog box	-Option-P	All
Reorder items in a list box, such as Script steps, Fields, Parts	-Up Arrow or -Down Arrow	All
Save	(By default, FileMaker Pro saves your record data automatically.)	Browse
Sort	-S	Browse, Preview
Undo the last command	-Z	All
Open the Manage Scripts dialog box	-Shift-S	All
Save a script	-S	All
Perform one of the first ten scripts listed in the Scripts menu	-1 through -0	Browse, Preview, Find