Use keyboard shortcuts to perform many tasks in FileMaker Pro Advanced.
Note To create your own keyboard shortcuts, see Creating and editing custom menu items.
Use these keyboard shortcuts to navigate, cancel an operation, and display information in your database file.
To | Press |
Cancel an operation or dialog box | Esc |
Cancel a running script | Esc |
Click a selected button or popover button on a layout with the keyboard | Space bar |
Close a dialog box | Esc |
Close certain dialog boxes without confirmation and discard changes | Shift+Esc |
Close a file or window | Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 |
Close all files or windows | Ctrl+Alt+W |
Exit or quit FileMaker Pro Advanced | Alt+F4 or Ctrl+Q |
Open FileMaker Pro Advanced Help | F1 |
Open the My Apps window | Ctrl+Alt+O |
Use a specified account name and password to open a file | Shift as you open the file |
Open the Hosts dialog box | Ctrl+Shift+O |
Open the Open File dialog box | Ctrl+O |
Open the Manage Database dialog box | Ctrl+Shift+D |
Open the Find/Replace dialog box | Ctrl+Shift+F |
Open the Manage Layouts dialog box | Ctrl+Shift+L |
Open the Layout pop-up menu | F2 |
Ctrl+P | |
Print without the Print dialog box | Ctrl+Alt+P |
Save | (By default, FileMaker Pro Advanced saves your record data automatically.) |
Sort | Ctrl+S |
Undo the last command | Ctrl+Z |
Open the Script Workspace | Ctrl+Shift+S |
Perform one of the first ten scripts listed in the Scripts menu | Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+0 |
Create a record, find request, or layout | Ctrl+N |
Delete a record, request, or layout | Ctrl+E |
Delete a record without confirmation | Ctrl+Shift+E |
Duplicate a record, find request, or layout object | Ctrl+D |
Save a layout | Ctrl+S |
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. 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 | Ctrl+Down Arrow or Shift+PgDn |
Previous record, request, layout, or page | Ctrl+Up Arrow or Shift+PgUp |
Next tab (when a tab is selected) | Right Arrow |
Previous tab (when a tab is selected) | Left Arrow |
Use these keyboard shortcuts in all FileMaker Pro Advanced modes to scroll through documents and arrange windows.
To | Press |
Cascade document windows | Shift+F5 |
Close a window | Ctrl+Shift+F4 |
Resize window; full screen or previous size | Ctrl+Alt+Z |
Scroll the document down | PgDn |
Scroll the document up | PgUp |
Scroll the document to the left | Ctrl+PgUp |
Scroll the document to the right | Ctrl+PgDn |
Show or hide the status toolbar | Ctrl+Alt+S |
Tile (arrange) document windows horizontally | Shift+F4 |
Zoom document larger | F3 |
Zoom document smaller | Shift+F3 |
Use these keyboard shortcuts to enter and replace values in fields, select objects, and move items in lists.
To insert | Press |
The current date | Ctrl+ - (hyphen) |
The current time | Ctrl+; |
The current time and date in a timestamp field | Ctrl+; |
The current user name | Ctrl+Shift+N |
Information from the index | Ctrl+I |
Information from the last visited record | Ctrl+' (apostrophe) |
Information from the last record and move to the next field | Ctrl+Shift+" (quotation) |
Ctrl+M |
To paste | Press |
Text from the Clipboard | Ctrl+V |
Text without styles | Ctrl+Shift+V |
To | Press |
Replace a field's value | Ctrl+ = |
Select all objects in Layout mode | Ctrl+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 Ctrl as you drag. |
Select objects of the same type when an object is selected | Ctrl+Shift+A |
Select items in a list | Up Arrow, Down Arrow |
Move a selected item in a list | Ctrl+Up Arrow, Ctrl+Down Arrow |