Keyboard shortcuts (Windows)

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 (Windows)

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	Ctrl+Q
Open FileMaker Pro Help	F1
Show the Open Quickly box	Ctrl+K
In the Open Quickly box, switch between all open files and the current file	Ctrl+Space bar
Open the My Apps window	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O
Open the Favorites 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
Print	Ctrl+P
Print without the Print dialog box	Ctrl+Alt+P
Save	(By default, FileMaker Pro 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

Navigation keyboard shortcuts

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

Window display keyboard shortcuts

Use these keyboard shortcuts in all FileMaker Pro 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

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	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)
A merge field	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