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 Table of keyboard shortcuts

Table of keyboard shortcuts

You can use shortcut keys to perform lots of different tasks quickly or to work without a mouse.

Windows	macOS
CONTROL	CONTROL (^)
ALT	OPTION ()
DELETE	DELETE RIGHT ()
BACKSPACE	DELETE LEFT ()
SHIFT	SHIFT ()
ENTER	ENTER ()
WINDOWS ()	COMMAND ()

Test editor

The following table describes shortcuts used to work on a test editor:

Action	Windows	macOS	Linux
Comment selected action line(s)	F8	F8	F8
Uncomment selected action line(s)	Shift + F8	+ F8	Shift + F8
Select all text in the test editor window	Ctrl + A	+ A	Ctrl + A
Copy selected item	Ctrl + C	+ C	Ctrl + C
Paste content from the clipboard	Ctrl + V	+ V	Ctrl + V
Insert a single line into the editor	Ctrl + I	+ I	Ctrl + I
Insert several empty lines, then move the cell pointer three lines down	Ctrl + Enter	+ Enter	Ctrl + Enter
Insert a new test case at the current position (test modules only)	Ctrl + T	+ T	Ctrl + T
Clear text in selected cell(s)	Ctrl + L	+ L	Ctrl + L
Reformat test module	Ctrl + R	+ R	Ctrl + R
Cut item	Ctrl + X	+ X	Ctrl + X
Redo	Ctrl + Y	+ Y	Ctrl + Y
Undo	Ctrl + Z	+ Z	Ctrl + Z
Insert copied cells	Ctrl + Alt + I	+ + I	Ctrl + Alt + I
Fill down	Ctrl + Alt + F	+ + F	Ctrl + Alt + F
Delete selected cell(s)	Delete		Delete
Save an item	Ctrl + S	+ S	Ctrl + S
Open a selected item in an editor window	F3	F3	F3

Working with item tabs

The following table describes shortcuts used when working with item tabs.

Action	Windows	macOS	Linux
Close the current item tab	Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4	+ W or + F4	Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4
Reopen the last item tab you’ve closed	Ctrl + Shift + T	+ + T	Ctrl + Shift + T
Select item tab #1 to #8	Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8	+ 1 through + 8	Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8
Select last item tab	Ctrl + 9	+ 9	Ctrl + 9
Go to item tab to the right	Ctrl + Tab	N/A	Ctrl + Tab
Go to item tab to the left	Ctrl + Shift + Tab	N/A	Ctrl + Shift + Tab

Cell pointer navigation

The following table describes shortcuts used to navigate cell pointer in a test editor.

Action	Windows	macOS	Linux
Move the cell pointer up, down, left and right	Arrow keys	Arrow keys	Arrow keys
Advance the cell pointer to the next cell in the column on the right	Tab	Tab	Tab
Move the cell pointer left to the previous cell	Shift + Tab	+ Tab	Shift + Tab
Move the cell pointer up one page	Page Up	Page Up	Page Up
Move the cell pointer down one page	Page Down	Page Down	Page Down
Move the cell pointer left one page	Ctrl + Page Up	N/A	Ctrl + Page Up
Move the cell pointer right one page	Ctrl+ Page Down	N/A	Ctrl + Page Down
Move the cell pointer to the cell in column A of the current row	Home	Home	Home
Move the cell pointer to the last cell that has data of the current row	End	End	End
Move the cell pointer to the first row	Ctrl + Home	N/A	Ctrl + Home
Move the cell pointer to the bottom of the editor (three rows below the last line) to continue adding action lines	Ctrl + End	N/A	Ctrl + End
Enter or edit action lines	Enter	Enter	Enter
Move the cell pointer up to the previous cell	Shift + Enter	+ Enter	Shift + Enter

Debugger

The following table describes shortcuts used when working with debugger.

Action	Windows	macOS	Linux
Open the Debug Test dialog box to start execution in debugging mode	F4	F4	F4
Step Into	Shift + F5	+ F5	Shift + F5
Step Over	Shift + F6	+ F6	Shift + F6
Step Out	Shift + F7	+ F7	Shift + F7
Insert or remove a breakpoint	Ctrl + Alt + B	N/A	Ctrl + Alt + B

Other actions

Action	Windows	macOS	Linux
Show Help	F1	F1	F1
Rename	F2	F2	F2
Refresh the TestArchitect explorer tree	F5	F5	F5
Start Action Recorder	F6	N/A	F6
Start Interface Viewer	F7	F7	F7
Execute test	F9	F9	F9
Show/hide the explorer tree	F10	F10	F10
Check in selected definition	F11	N/A	F11
Check out selected definition	F12	F12	F12
Open the Find & Replace dialog box	Ctrl + F	+ F	Ctrl + F
Open the Search dialog box	Ctrl + H	+ H	Ctrl + H
Open the New {definition} dialog box	Ctrl + N	+ N	Ctrl + N
Open the New Folder dialog box	Ctrl + O	+ O	Ctrl + O
Open the Execute Test dialog box	Ctrl + F9	+ + F9	Ctrl + Shift + F9
Open the Check in dialog box	Ctrl + F11	+ + F11	Ctrl + Shift + F11
Show/hide the playback toolbar during an automated test	Ctrl + Alt + S	N/A	N/A
Terminate a running harness	Ctrl + Alt + T	N/A	N/A
Terminate all the running harnesses	Ctrl + Alt + A	N/A	N/A
Pause or resume a running harness	Ctrl + Alt + P	N/A	N/A
Show/hide the Running status window during the automated test	Ctrl + Alt + R	N/A	N/A
Exit TestArchitect Client	Alt + F4	+ F4	Alt + F4