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General keyboard shortcuts (OS X)

You can 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	-. (period)
Click a selected button or popover button on a layout with the keyboard	Space bar
Close dialog box	Esc
Close a file	-W
Close all files	Option--W
Quit	-Q
Open FileMaker Pro Help	-/
Open a file	-O
Use a specified account name and password to open a file	Option key while opening the file
Open a remote file	-Shift-O
Open the Manage Database dialog box	-Shift-D
Open the Find/Replace dialog box	-Shift-F
Open the Manage Layouts dialog box	-Shift-L
Open the Field Picker dialog box	-K
Add a new field in the Field Picker dialog box	-Return or -Enter
Open the Preferences dialog box	-,
Print	-P
Print without the Print dialog box	-Option-P
Reorder items in a list box, such as Script steps, Fields, Parts	Control-Up Arrow or Control-Down Arrow
Save	(By default, FileMaker Pro saves your record data automatically.)
Sort	-S
Undo the last command	-Z
Open the Manage Scripts dialog box	-Shift-S
Save a script	-S
Perform one of the first ten scripts listed in the Scripts menu	-1 through -0
Create a record, request, or layout	-N
Delete a record, request, or layout	-E
Delete a record without confirmation	-Option-E
Duplicate a record, request, or layout object	-D
Save a layout	-S

Navigation keyboard shortcuts

You can use these keyboard shortcuts to move through fields, records, find requests, and layouts.

Note  Your database designer might have changed the keyboard shortcuts for moving though fields. For more information, consult your database designer or see Setting the keys for exiting a field.

Tip  The OS X 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.

 

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

You can use these keyboard shortcuts in all database modes to scroll through your document and arrange windows on the screen.

 

To	Press
Close a window	-W
Resize the window; full screen or previous size	-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	-Option-S
Minimize the current window	-M
Hide the FileMaker Pro application	-H

Paste, select, and replace values keyboard shortcuts

You can use keyboard shortcuts to enter values into a field, replace values, and select objects, and move items in a list.

 

To insert	Press
The current date	- - (hyphen)
The current time	-;
The current time and date in a timestamp field	-;
The current user name	-Shift-N
Information from the index	-I
Information from the last visited record	-' (apostrophe)
Information from the last record and move to the next field	-Shift-' (apostrophe)
Merge fields	-Option-M

 

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

 

To	Press
Replace a field's value	- =
Select all fields	-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 while dragging.
Select objects of the same type when an object is selected	-Option-A
Select items in a list	Up Arrow, Down Arrow
Move a selected item in a list	Control-Up Arrow, Control-Down Arrow