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Database Explorer Hotkeys

The following table shows all the available accelerator keys.

Key Action
F1 Help
F2 Save record
Shift+F2 Delete record
F3 Find next column in the TreeView after an initial find was successful.
Ctrl+F4 Close dialog (popup panels)
Alt+F4 Exit Database Explorer
F5 Clear record and input control
F7 Find previous record
F8 Find next record
F9 Find greater or equal
Shift+F10 In the data grid, insert a blank row in the single record view mode popup floating menu
F11 In the data grid, insert a blank row.
Ctrl+E Switch between single record view and grid style mode. Edit filter in the DDO Tree/Filters tab page
Ctrl+F Search for a column name in the list of tables treeview. Search for a word in the RichEdit control. When pressed in the data grid or single record view, you can enter a RowId and find by that. If successful, the record will be shown.
Ctrl+A Select All in several input and display boxes. In the DDO Tree/Filters tab page, the purpose is Add Filter.
Ctrl+C Copy
Ctrl+V Paste
Ctrl+X Cut
Alt+M Open change column values dialog
Alt+C Count records (in the data grid)
Ctrl+R Refresh data now
Ctrl+G Jump to column
Ctrl+< Reduce form width in single record view mode. Remove a table from the excluded tables list.
Ctrl+> Increase form width in single record view mode. Add a table to the excluded tables list.
Ctrl+LeftArrow Jump previous word
Ctrl+RightArrow Jump next word
Up Arrow Previous control in single record view mode
Down Arrow Next control in single record view mode
Ctrl+H Find and Replace in the RichEdit control
F4 Popup record selection, file selection or color selection dialog at several places
Page Up Scroll page Up in single record view mode
Page Down Scroll page Down in single record view mode
Ctrl+T Toggle visible (present) state of the list of tables
Ctrl+D Print file definition
Ctrl+F10 Open exclude tables dialog

Buttons that show an underlined character have a hotkey assigned to that letter, and these keys are not present in the above list.