Using Keyboard Shortcuts

Working without a mouse in Content Manager is made as easy as possible with numerous shortcuts. Mouse users can profit from using a combination of mouse and keyboard navigation techniques, to step up productivity.

Navigating Content Manager without a mouse

Use Tab and Shift + Tab, to navigate between different areas and control elements inside the Content Manager.

Content Manager also provide Shortcut configuration for CM to directly target a specific area:

Shortcut Name	Action	Default Shortcut keys
GoToTables	Opens Table Area and sets focus on current table selection. If no table selection was made before, the shortcut selects first table from the list and sets focus on it.	Ctrl+Shift+1
GoToSearch	Sets focus on the Search Box and enables users to type keywords and search for desired entries.	Ctrl+Shift+2
GoToEntries	Opens Entry Area and sets focus on current entry selection. If no entry selection was made before, the shortcut selects first entry from the list and sets focus on it.	Ctrl+Shift+3
GoToDetails	Opens Details Areas and sets focus on it.	Ctrl+Shift+4
GoToGroup	Sets focus on Group Area. If no entry selection was made before, the shortcut selects first entry from the current selected group.	Ctrl+Shift+5
GoToFacets	Opens and focuses Facets tab if enabled for current table	Ctrl+Shift+6
ToggleEntries	Collapse entry area if group area is visible and focus goes to the splitter, else expands entry area and focus goes to the minimize button.	Ctrl+Shift+7

Currently focused control element will always get a light blue border around itself.

Working with Entries

Selecting Entries

You can navigate through the entry list using the arrow keys (↑ , ↓).
Press Shift + ↑ or Shift + ↓ to select entries.

Or Press CTRL + ↑ or CTRL + ↓ key to jump to the beginning/end of the entry list.

For example: Ctrl+Shift+3 to navigate to the Entry Area, and use the arrow keys (↑ , ↓) to select an entry

Adding Entries

Shortcut Name	Action	Default Shortcut keys
CreateEntry	Creates a new entry in the current table.	c
CreateTextEntry	Creates a new text entry in the current table.	t
CreateVirtualEntry	Creates a new virtual entry in the current table.	v
CreateGroup	Creates a new group in the current table.	g
CreateStory	Creates a new story in the current table.	s
CreateEndpointStory	Creates a new endpoint story in the current table.	n

Other Entry Shortcuts

Shortcut Name	Action	Default Shortcut keys
Edit	Edit the selected entry/entries in Details Area.	e
Copy	Copy entries	Ctrl-c
Paste	Paste entries	Ctrl-v
SoftDelete	Soft-delete entry. This shortcut is also used for the groups.	Delete
Refresh	Refresh entry list	Ctrl-r
WrapIntoGroup	Wrap selected entries into a group	Ctrl-g

Copy-paste shortcuts covers all possibilities of copying entry across tables, moving entry to group in the same table, copying and moving an entry to a group in another table, copying a group to another table etc.

Ctrl-c copies the selected entries to browser memory (valid for current session and browser tab) which can later to pasted (moved) by first setting the focus to a specific area and then pressing Ctrl-v

Working with Groups

Group functionality is optional and only accessible if respective license is available.

Open a group by clicking on the group title or on the group symbol in the group column
Group will be opened below the Entry Area
Multiple groups can be opened at once and can be accessed via tabs

Shortcut Name	Action	Default Shortcut keys
Open a Group	A group can be opened by setting focus on the respective group entry in the entry list and pressing Enter.	Enter
Close a Group	A group can be closed by setting focus on the respective group tab and pressing Delete.	Escape
Paste an Entry	Paste an entry to be linked with the group.	Ctrl-v
Clone an Entry	Clone an entry and link it to the group, this will also create a clone of the Entry in the selected Table.	Ctrl-d
Soft-delete an Entry	Soft-deletes an entry from the table	Delete
Remove an Entry from a group	Removes the link between an entry and the group	r
Refresh group	Refresh current group	Ctrl-r

Top Menu Shortcuts

It is possible to associate a Top Menu item (plugin) with a keyboard shortcut, pressing which would launch the action associated with the menu item e.g triggering a workflow, opening an entry in another application, printing an entry with a template etc.

Please see Shortcut configuration for CM for more information.

Area Specific Shortcuts

Navigate and select the specific area, in order to be able to use following keyboard shortcuts.

Customizing Keyboard shortcuts

The keyboard shortcuts listed below are the default values. To customize the shortcuts create the folder |...|Contentmanager|Shortcuts|. To add a new shortcut create a key named [Shortcut name] with the value of the desired key.

Please see Configuring keyboard shortcuts for more information on custom shortcut values.

List View and Thumbnail Grid

Shortcut Name	Action	Default Shortcut keys
Up, UpShift, UpCtrl	select entry above, adds item above to selection, navigates to the first entry	up, shift+up, ctrl+up (non-configurable)
Down, DownShift, DownCtrl	select entry below, adds item below to selection, navigates to the last entry	down, shift+down, ctrl+down (non-configurable)
SelectAll	selects all items	ctrl+a (non-configurable)
Edit	edit selected Entries	e
Save	saves changes in edit mode	enter
Cancel	cancels edit in edit mode	esc

List View and Group Tab Area Story View

All shortcuts from Audio Preview (audio player) if selected entry is not a group.

A shortcut is ignored if it has the same key as a global shortcut or a list view shortcut.

Thumbnail Grid only

Shortcut Name	Action	Default Shortcut keys
Right, RightShift, RightCtrl	select entry to the right, adds item on the right to selection, navigates to entry furthest to the right	right, shiftright, ctrl+right (non-configurable)
Left, LeftShift, LeftCtrl	select entry to the left, adds item on the left to selection, navigates to entry furthest to the left	left, shiftleft, ctrl+left (non-configurable)
Play	Play / Pause of preview / prelisten of video / audio entries	space
Stop	Stop prelisten of video / audio entries	enter

Video / Audio Preview

Keyboard shortcuts can only be used if the preview area is selected by either using Tab and Shift-Tab or clicking on it.

Both Preview Players

Shortcut Name	Action	Default Shortcut keys
Play (Also possible in thumbnail preview)	Play / Pause details player	space
Stop	Stop details player	enter
ToggleMute	mute/unmute volume	m
VolumeDown	decrease of 20% volume	'-'
VolumeUp	increase of 20% volume	'+'
ScrollRight	Skip forwards: plus 1 sec (Audio) / 1 frame (Video) on current time	right
ScrollLeft	Skip backwards: minus 1 sec (Audio) / 1 frame (Video) on current time	left
ResetPosition	Skip to start: current time to 0	home
PlaybackSpeedUp	Increases playback speed	l
PlaybackSpeedDown	Decreases playback speed	j
PlaybackSpeedReset	Resets playback speed to 1x	k

Only Video Player

Shortcut Name	Action	Default Shortcut keys
ScrollSecondLeft	Seeking -1 s	ctrl+left
ScrollSecondRight	Seeking +1 s	ctrl+right
ScrollLeft	Seeking -1 frame	left
ScrollRight	Seeking +1 frame	right
Fullscreen	open/exit fullscreen	f
Toggle Time Code Mode	turns on/off TC Mode	t
Reload	reload dash manifest	r
Channels12	channel selection set to Channels 1+2	1 OR 2
Channels34	dito 3+4	3 OR 4
Channels56	dito 5+6	5 OR 6
Channels78	dito 7+8	7 OR 8
Channel[Channel#]	channel selection set to channel [Channel#] (mono)	ctrl+[1-8]

Only Audio Player

Shortcut Name	Action	Default Shortcut keys
Reload	For growing files: Loads newly recorded audio	r
Record	Start recording	ctrl+f1
ToggleSoundheadMode	Toggle between fixed and moving soundhead mode	t
Select all	Select all the text	ctrl+a
Copy	Copy plain text	ctrl+c

Group Tab Area

Shortcut Name	Action	Default Shortcut keys
TabPrevious	select the previous tab	left
TabNext	select the next tab	right
TabFirst	select the first tab	home
TabLast	select the last tab	end
TabClose	close the current tab	del

Customizing Shortcuts

See Shortcut configuration for CM