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# Keyboard Shortcuts

To help with editing efficiency and convenience (as well as helping to minimize RSI impact associated with extended use of mouse/trackpads) the Authoring Platform supports the use of keyboard shortcuts. Shortcuts are defined so as not to collide with operating system (OS-X and Windows) and web browser (Chrome) provided defaults, and are provided in the context of dashboard navigation, task view navigation/search, task concept editing, and project view navigation.

## In the Dashboard

| Press this (+ means 'with', not the plus key) | To do this                                                                 |
| --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ?                                             | Show / hide the dashboard context keyboard shortcuts help menu (this list) |
| alt + h                                       | Go to Home - My Tasks                                                      |
| alt + b                                       | Open TS Browser                                                            |
| alt + p                                       | Go to Projects                                                             |
| alt + w                                       | Go to Review Tasks                                                         |
| alt + n                                       | Create a New Task                                                          |
| alt + l                                       | Go to notification link                                                    |
| alt + q                                       | Close all concepts                                                         |

## In a Task

| Press this (+ means 'with', not the plus key) | To do this                                                                                                                                         |
| --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ?                                             | Show / hide the task context keyboard shortcuts help menu (this list)                                                                              |
| alt + h                                       | Go to Home - My Tasks                                                                                                                              |
| alt + b                                       | Open TS Browser                                                                                                                                    |
| alt + p                                       | Go to Projects                                                                                                                                     |
| alt + w                                       | Go to Review Tasks                                                                                                                                 |
| alt + 1                                       | Go to Taxonomy                                                                                                                                     |
| alt + 2                                       | Go to Search                                                                                                                                       |
| alt + 3                                       | Go to Saved List                                                                                                                                   |
| alt + 4                                       | Go to Review                                                                                                                                       |
| alt + 5                                       | Go to Batch                                                                                                                                        |
| alt + i                                       | Go to Info                                                                                                                                         |
| alt + e                                       | Go to Editing                                                                                                                                      |
| alt + y                                       | Start classification                                                                                                                               |
| alt + v                                       | Start validation                                                                                                                                   |
| alt + n                                       | Create a new concept                                                                                                                               |
| alt + d                                       | Create a new description (in focus concept)                                                                                                        |
| alt + r                                       | Create a new relationship (in focus concept)                                                                                                       |
| alt + g                                       | Create a new role group (in focus concept)                                                                                                         |
| alt + a                                       | Show/hide inactive components                                                                                                                      |
| alt + s                                       | Save (in focus) concept                                                                                                                            |
| alt + x                                       | Close (in focus) concept in edit panel                                                                                                             |
| alt + →                                       | Select next concept                                                                                                                                |
| alt + ←                                       | Select previous concept                                                                                                                            |
| tab                                           | Step through all tab-ordered control elements (including header navigation, menu buttons, context panel actions, concept edit panel form elements) |
| enter                                         | Defocus text field, go to next field in editor                                                                                                     |

## In a Project

| Press this (+ means 'with', not the plus key) | To do this                                                            |
| --------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ?                                             | Show / hide the task context keyboard shortcuts help menu (this list) |
| alt + h                                       | Go to Home - My Tasks                                                 |
| alt + b                                       | Open TS Browser                                                       |
| alt + p                                       | Go to Projects                                                        |
| alt + w                                       | Go to Review Tasks                                                    |
| alt + y                                       | Start classification                                                  |
| alt + v                                       | Start validation                                                      |
| alt + l                                       | Go to notification link                                               |

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