Only the function keys in the following list are re-assignable (see 14.2 ); the Ctrl-letter keys are fixed. Users are also reminded that re-definition of F8, F9 and F10 will cause the Shifted variants to be assigned automatically (see 14.6).
The following keys may be reassigned | |
First record in subfile | Ctrl F2 |
Final record in subfile | Ctrl F1 |
Next record in subfile | F2 |
Previous record in subfile | F1 |
Fast forward (default: 10 records) | Shift F2 |
Fast rewind (default: 10 records) | Shift F1 |
Select next subfile | F5 |
Select previous subfile | F4 |
Select next key | Shift F5 |
Select previous key | Shift F4 |
Shift record forward | F7 |
Shift record backward | F6 |
Delete record | Ctrl F10 |
Update | F3 |
Add new record | F10 |
Copy displayed record | Shift F10 |
Search for key in current subfile | F8 |
Search for key in all subfiles | Shift F8 |
Use filter | Ctrl F8 |
List validation table for field with caret | F9 |
Turn validation ON/OFF | Shift F9 |
Play (rapid scan of records) | F11 |
Stop (cancel above) | Shift F11 |
The following keys cannot be reassigned | |
Show keypad | Tab |
Print report | Print (see footnote) |
Print displayed record | Shift Print (see footnote) |
Display Report options window | Ctrl Print (see footnote) |
Set field where editing starts | Ctrl @ |
Select all fields for printing | Ctrl A (see footnote) |
Balance current index | Ctrl B |
Copy field contents to clipboard | Ctrl C |
Enter current date | Ctrl D |
Edit record template | Ctrl E |
Toggle List-edit pane ON/OFF | Ctrl Shift E |
Display list of fields, or of selected fields | Ctrl F |
Open Global changes window for field with caret | Ctrl G |
Display Indexes directory | Ctrl I |
Open Index definition window for current field | Ctrl J |
Show structure of currently-selected key | Ctrl K |
Open Link window for field with caret | Ctrl L |
Toggle mark-pane ON/OFF | Ctrl M |
Open Numeric field calculations window | Ctrl N |
Open Extra calculations window | Ctrl Shift N |
Retrieve last search formula | Ctrl O |
Display PrintJobs directory | Ctrl P |
Display ValTables directory | Ctrl Q |
Display PrintRes directory | Ctrl R |
Swap case of character to right of caret | Ctrl S |
Enter current time | Ctrl T |
Blank field | Ctrl U |
Paste field contents of clipboard at caret | Ctrl V |
Restore keypad and record windows to initial state | Ctrl W |
Export CSV file | Ctrl X |
Display UserFuncs directory | Ctrl Y |
Clear field selection | Ctrl Z |
Add new row to scrollable list (when in last cell) | Shift Return |
Insert row in scrollable list above row with caret | Insert |
Delete row of scrollable list with caret | Shift Delete |
Move caret to next column of scrollable list | Shift => |
Move caret to previous column of scrollable list | Shift <= |
Move caret to last column of scrollable list | Ctrl => |
Move caret to first column of scrollable list | Ctrl <= |
There appears also to be a problem with Ctrl-A to select all printable fields so the action is duplicated by Ctrl-| (vertical bar), thus using a key which lies even nearer to Ctrl than does A.