Keyboard Shortcuts

This topic documents the default keyboard shortcuts available in Polarion.

Shortcut	Function
ALT + Q	Focus Work Item query
ALT + E	Edit button on all forms
CTRL + S	Save button in data entry forms
ALT + UP, ALT + DOWN	Select previous or next Work Item in Multi Edit view of the Work Items topic.

Shortcuts that focus fields on the form in the Work Item editor

To focus the following fields, press CTRL+ ALT +

A - Assignee
C - Comments
D - Description
E - Initial estimate while creating a new item, Remaining estimate otherwise.
G - Categories
K,L - Linked Work Items
N - Time Spent
P - Time Point
R - Resolution
T - Title (edit mode only)
V - Severity
W - Status (workflow)
Y - Priority

Note:

It is possible to disable all keyboard shortcuts (also in Multi Edit) by setting the property disableKeyboardShortcuts=true in the system configuration file polarion.properties (follow link for location).

Document and Rich-text editor shortcuts

A comprehensive reference dialog, context-sensitive for your operating system, is available via the Keyboard Shortcuts item on the Help menu of the respective editors.

How to access Keyboard Shortcuts reference dialog in Documents and Rich-text fields.

Document Editor

Work Item detail

Shortcuts reference for the currently used OS.

Shortcuts for tables

The following keyboard shortcuts are available in tables in the Work Item Editor (including a Test Steps table), and the Document Editor:

Shortcut	Function
Tab	Move cursor to the next cell to the right, or if located in the last cell of a row, to the first cell of the next row. Content of the cell is selected. If cursor is in the last cell of the last row, insert a new row locating the cursor in the first cell on the left.
Shift + TabTab	Move cursor to the previous cell to the right, of if located in the first cell of a row, to the last cell of the previous row. Content of the cell is selected.

Shortcut

Function

Tab

Move cursor to the next cell to the right, or if located in the last cell of a row, to the first cell of the next row. Content of the cell is selected.

If cursor is in the last cell of the last row, insert a new row locating the cursor in the first cell on the left.

Shift + TabTab

Move cursor to the previous cell to the right, of if located in the first cell of a row, to the last cell of the previous row. Content of the cell is selected.