Keyboard shortcuts

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Keyboard shortcuts are a powerful tool for saving time with user interfaces primarily designed for mouse and touch input. As an app developer, you can list your app's shortcuts for users with the available modifiers and keys listed below.

All available keywords that you can use as keyBindings are based on Key values for keyboard events.

Before you begin coding

• For best practices, see Plan keyboard shortcuts for your app.
• For step-by-step instructions, see Display keyboard shortcuts in your app.

Available Modifiers

• Alt
• AltGraph
• CapsLock
• Control
• Meta
• Windows
• Command
• NumLock
• ScrollLock
• Shift

Available Keys

• ArrowLeft, ArrowUp, ArrowRight, ArrowDown
• Tab
• Dead
• Backspace
• Enter
• Escape
• ContextMenu
• Insert, Home, Delete, End
• PageUp, PageDown
• Pause
• PrintScreen
• Space
• F1 to F12
• a to z (lowercase)
• 0 to 9
• ~, !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *, (), _, -, =
• {, }, [, ], :, ;, ', ", ,, ., /, <, >, ?, +