Dynamics 365 Business Central Keyboard Shortcuts

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General Shortcuts

Navigating
Press these keys	To do this
Alt+Down Arrow	Open a drop-down list or look up a value for a field
Alt+Up Arrow	Show tooltip for a field or column header of a table
Alt+F2	Show and hide the FactBox pane
Alt+Shift+F2	Shift between Details and Attachments in the FactBox pane
Alt+O	Add a new note for the selected record, even if the FactBox pane is not open
Alt+N	Create a new record
Alt+Shift+N	Close a newly created page and open a new one to create a new record
Alt+Q	Open Tell Me window
Alt+Right Arrow	Look up additional information for a field that contains the ... button
Alt+T	Open the My Settings page
Shift+F12	Open the role explorer
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C	Display information in the company badge
Ctrl+Alt+F1	Inspect the page
Ctrl+F1	Open help for the page
Ctrl+F12	Switch between wide and narrow layout view
Ctrl+Click	Navigate during personalising or customising when the action is highlighted
Ctrl+F5	Reload the Business Central application
F5	Refresh the data on the current page
Enter	Enable or access the element or control that is in focus
Esc	Close the current page or drop-down list
Tab	Move focus to the next control or element on a page
Shift+Tab	Move focus to the previous control or element on a page
Y and N	Activate Yes or No buttons in dialogs

Shortcuts in Lists

General
Press these keys	To do this in a list view	To do this in a tile view
Alt+F7	Sort the selected column in ascending or descending order	Not applicable
Alt+N	Insert a new line in an editable list	Insert a new line in an editable list
Shift+F10	Open a menu of options that are available for the selected row	Open a menu of options that are available for the selected row

Navigating between Rows and Columns
Press these keys	To do this in a list view	To do this in a tile view
Ctrl+Home	Select the first row in the list	Move to the first tile in the first row
Ctrl+End	Select the last row in the list	Move to the last tile in the last row
Home	Move to the first field in the row	Move to the first tile in the row
End	Move to the last field in the row	Move to the last tile in the row
Enter	Open the record that is associated with the field	Opens the record
Ctrl+Enter	Move focus to the next element outside the list	Move focus to the next element outside the list
Down Arrow	Move in the same column to the field in the row below	Move in the same column to the tile in the row below
Up Arrow	Move in the same column to the field in the row above	Move in the same column to the tile in the row above
Right Arrow	In the view-only list, move in the same row to the next field to the right	Move in the same row to the next tile to the right
Left Arrow	In a view-only list, move in the same row to the previous field to the left	Move in the same row to the previous tile to the left
Page Up	Scroll to display the set rows above the current rows in view	Scroll to display the set of tiles above the current tiles in view
Page Down	Scroll to display the set rows below the current rows in view	Scroll to display the set of tiles below the current tiles in view
Tab	In an editable list, move in the same row to the next field to the right	Not applicable
Shift+Tab	In an editable list, move in the same row to the previous field to the left	Not applicable

Selecting, Copying and Pasting
Press these keys	To do this in a list view	To do this in a tile view
Ctrl+Click	Extend the selection of rows to include the row that you click	Not applicable
Shift+Click	Extend the selection of rows to include the row that you click and all the rows in between	Not applicable
Ctrl+Up Arrow	Move focus to the row above and keep the current row selected	Not applicable
Ctrl+Down Arrow	Move focus to the row below and keep the current row selected	Not applicable
Ctrl+Space Bar	Extend the selection of rows to include the focused row	Not applicable
Ctrl+A	Select all rows	Not applicable
Ctrl+C	Copy the selected rows to the Clipboard	Yes but only for a single selected tile
Ctrl+V	Paste the selected rows from the Clipboard into the current page or external document, e.g. Excel or Outlook	Not applicable
Shift+Up Arrow	Extend the selection of rows to include the row above	Not applicable
Shift+Down Arrow	Extend the selection of rows to include the row below	Not applicable

Searching and Filtering Lists
Press these keys	To do this
F3	Toggles the search box
Shift+F3	Open and close the filter pane (focusing on the '+ Filter' action under 'Filter List By', so you can press Enter to start adding a field filter)
Ctrl+Shift+F3	Open and close the filter pane (focusing on the '+ Filter' action under 'Filter Total By', so you can press Enter to start adding a totals filter)
Alt+F3	Toggle filtering to the selected value
Shift+Alt+F3	Open the filter pane and add a filter on the selected column in the list
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F3	Reset filters
Ctrl+Enter	Change focus from the filter pane back to the list

Shortcuts in Cards and Documents

General
Press these keys	To do this
Alt+F6	Toggle collapse/expand for the current FastTab
Alt+N	Open a page to create a new record
Alt+Shift+N	Close a page and open a new one to create a new record
Alt+Shift+W	Open the current card or document in a new window
Ctrl+Enter	Save and close the page
Ctrl+Down Arrow	Open the next record for an entity
Ctrl+Insert	Insert a new line in documents
Ctrl+Delete	Delete the line in documents, journals and worksheets
Ctrl+Shift+F12	Maximise the line items part on a document page
F6	Move to the next FastTab or part
Shift+F6	Move to the previous FastTab or part

Quick Entry Shortcuts for Fields

General
Press these keys	To do this
Enter	Confirm the value in the current field and go to the next Quick Entry field
Shift+Enter	Confirm the value in the current field and go to the previous Quick Entry field
Ctrl+Shift+Enter	Confirm the value in the current column and go to the next Quick Entry field outside the list

Shortcuts in the Calendar

General
Press these keys	To do this
Ctrl+Home	Open the calendar if closed
Ctrl+Home	Move to the current month, current day
Ctrl+Left Arrow	Move to the previous day
Ctrl+Right Arrow	Move to the next day
Ctrl+Up Arrow	Move to the previous week, same day of the week
Ctrl+Down Arrow	Move to the next week, same day of the week
Enter	Select the focused date
Ctrl+End	Close the calendar and delete the current date
Esc	Close the calendar without a selection, keep the current date
Page Down	Move to the next month
Page Up	Move to the previous month

Shortcuts in Date Fields

General
Press these keys	To do this
t	Enter the current date. 'T' stands for 'today'
w	Enter the work date. 'W' stands for 'work date'

Shortcuts in Report Preview

General
Press these keys	To do this
Down Arrow	Scroll down the page
Up Arrow	Scroll up the page
Ctrl+0 (zero)	Fits the entire page on the screen
Ctrl+Home	Go to the first page of the report
Ctrl+End	Go to the last page of the report
Left Arrow	Scroll to the left when the page is zoomed in so that it is not entirely in view
Right Arrow	Scroll to the right when the page is zoomed in so that it is not entirely in view
Page Down	Go to the next page of the report
Page Up	Go to the previous page of the report

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