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Keyboard shortcuts (OS X)
You can work with FileMaker Pro in four different modes: Browse, Find, Layout, and Preview. You can use keyboard shortcuts to invoke actions within modes and format and edit text.
Note  You can create your own keyboard equivalents if you use custom menus.
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
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 Solutions tab in the Launch Center
Command-O
Use a specified account name and password to open a file
Option key while opening the file
Open the Hosts tab in the Launch Center
Command-Shift-O
Open the Open File dialog box
Command-Option-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 Field Picker dialog box
Command-K
Add a new field in the Field Picker dialog box
Command-Return or Command-Enter
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, request, or layout
Command-N
Delete a record, request, or layout
Command-E
Delete a record without confirmation
Command-Option-E
Duplicate a record, request, or layout object
Command-D
Save a layout
Command-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
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
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
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-' (apostrophe)
Merge fields
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 while dragging.
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
Related topics 
Mode keyboard shortcuts (OS X)
Text keyboard shortcuts (OS X)
Manage database keyboard shortcuts (OS X)
Script Workspace keyboard shortcuts (OS X)
FileMaker Pro Advanced keyboard shortcuts (OS X)
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