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Keyboard Navigation in xamDataPresenter

Topic Overview

Purpose

This topic describes the xamDataPresenter™ control’s built-in keyboard support that provides users the option of navigating Records and Fields with their keyboard. It also allows users to perform clipboard operations using common keyboard shortcuts found in many operating systems.

In this topic

This topic contains the following sections:

Keyboard Support Summary

Keyboard summary chart

The xamDataPresenter includes several pre-defined keyboard shortcuts. The following table lists the keyboard support for controls that comprise the xamDataPresenter:

Control Details

Provides xamDataGrid specific keyboard shortcuts

Provides xamDataCarousel navigation keyboard shortcuts

Provides xamDataCards navigation keyboard shortcuts

All xamDataPresenter controls

Provide common keyboard and cell shortcuts for clipboard editing actions.

xamDataGrid Keyboard support

Overview

Any given keyboard shortcut combination may perform several different actions depending on the context in which it was used or what the user was doing when using that shortcut. Whether or not the user selected a cell or record, or if the cell is in edit mode are just examples of some of the circumstances that determine the action resulting from a keyboard combination.

The Shift key allows users to select multiple records or cells depending on the defined selection type. For more information on SelectionType, see Changing Field, Record, or Cell Selection Behavior.

Selecting a cell while holding the Shift key enables multiple cell selection. If a record is selected, holding the Shift key enables multiple record selections.

Cell is selected

The following table describes the actions, which can be executed by keyboard shortcuts when a grid cell is selected.

In order to: Keyboard shortcut:

Move the active cell up.

Up Arrow

Move the active cell down.

Down Arrow

Move the active cell left.

Note
Note

When the first cell is reached in the current record, pressing the Left arrow key causes the last cell in the previous record to be active.

Left Arrow

Move the active cell right.

Note
Note

When the last cell is reached in the current record, pressing the Right arrow key causes the first cell in the next record to be active.

Right Arrow

Move the active cell to the next cell and enter edit mode.

Tab

Move the active cell to the previous cell and enter edit mode.

Shift + Tab

Move the active cell to the first cell in the record.

Note
Note

When the active cell is the first cell in the record, pressing Home will move the active cell to the first cell in the first record.

Home

Move the active cell to the last cell in the record.

Note
Note

When the active cell is the last cell in the record, pressing End will move the active cell to the last cell in the last record.

End

Move the active cell to the first cell in the first record.

Ctrl + Home

Move the active cell to the last cell in the last record

Ctrl + End

Move the active cell one page above.

PageUp

Move the active cell one page below.

PageDown

Record is selected

The following table describes the actions, which can be executed by keyboard shortcuts when a grid record is selected.

In order to: Keyboard shortcut:

Move the active record up.

Up Arrow

Move the active record down.

Down Arrow

Expand record.

Note
Note

xamDataGrid should be configured to allow record expansion.

Right Arrow

Collapse record.

Note
Note

xamDataGrid should be configured to allow record expansion.

Left Arrow

Select next record

Tab

Select previous record

Shift + Tab

Select first overall record.

Home

Select last overall record.

End

Move the active record one page above.

PageUp

Move the active record one page below.

PageDown

xamDataCarousel keyboard navigation support

Overview

You can find out what are supported navigation keyboard shortcuts for a xamDataCaroucel in the section below.

Cell is selected

The following table describes the actions, which can be executed by keyboard shortcuts when a carousel item is selected.

In order to: Keyboard shortcut:

Move the active cell up the available Cells in the current Record.

Note
Note

Once the first cell in the Record is reached, it moves to the last cell in the previous Record.

Up Arrow

Move the active cell down the available Cells in the current Record.

Note
Note

Once the last cell in the Record is reached, it moves to the first cell in the next Record.

Down Arrow

Moves to the previous record on the path.

Left Arrow

Move to the next record on the path.

Right Arrow

Move to the next record on the path.

Note
Note

The records will move around the path if more records are available, but are not currently visible.

Tab

Move to the previous record on the path.

Note
Note

The Records will move around the path if more records are available, but are not currently visible.

Shift + Tab

xamDataCards Keyboard navigation support

Overview

Depending on the user’s selection of either a cell or a data card, one keyboard combination can perform different actions.

Cell is selected

The following table describes the keyboard executable actions, which can be by shortcuts when a cell in the data card is selected.

In order to: Keyboard shortcut:

Move the active cell up.

Up Arrow

Move the active cell down.

Down Arrow

Move the active cell on previous data card.

Left Arrow

Move the active cell on next data card.

Right Arrow

Move the active cell to the next data card and enter edit mode.

Tab

Move the active cell to the previous data card and enter edit mode.

Shift + Tab

Select first cell in data card.

Home

Select last cell in data card.

End

Move the active cell one page above.

PageUp

Move the active cell one page below.

PageDown

Card is selected

The following table describes the executable keyboard shortcuts actions, which are available with the selection of a card.

In order to: Keyboard shortcut:

Move the active card up.

Up Arrow

Move the active card down.

Down Arrow

Move the active card left.

Note
Note

Once the first card in the row is reached, it moves to the last card on previous row.

Left Arrow

Move the active card right.

Note
Note

Once the last card in a row is reached, it moves to the first card on the row below.

Right Arrow

Move to the next card.

Tab

Move to the previous card.

Shift + Tab

Move to the first overall card.

Home

Move to the last overall card.

End

Move the active card one page above.

PageUp

Move the active card one page below.

PageDown

Keyboard Support for Common Clipboard Operations and Cell Editing Actions

Overview

xamDataPresenter have built-in support for keyboard shortcuts for the common clipboard actions like cut, copy and paste, for the undo/redo actions, and for cell editing actions.

Common operations

The following table describes the keyboard executable shortcut actions with the selection of a grid record.

In order to: Keyboard shortcut(s):

Cut

Ctrl + X,

Shift + Delete

Copy

Ctrl + C,

Ctrl + Insert

Paste

Ctrl + V,

Shift + Insert

Undo

Ctrl + Z

Redo

Ctrl + Y

Clear Cell Contents

Delete

Delete record.

Note
Note

This action should only occur with a selected Data record.

Delete

Cell is selected

The following table describes the executable keyboard shortcuts available actions, with the selection of the cell.

In order to: Keyboard shortcut:

Start edit mode

F2

Cell is in edit mode

The following table describes the executable keyboard shortcut actions when the cell is in the edit mode.

In order to: Keyboard shortcut:

end edit mode and accept changes

F2

End edit mode and commit record

Enter

End edit mode and discard changes

Escape

Related Content

Topics

The following topics provide additional information related to this topic.

Topic Purpose

All Ultimate UI for WPF controls derived from the DataPresenterBase class have built-in support for selection of cells, records, and fields.

The Ultimate UI for WPF controls, derived from the DataPresenterBase class, provide their own set of command binding which you can use to perform certain actions on the controls.

The DataPresenter control map its clipboard operations to common keyboard shortcuts found in many operating systems.