8.2.

1 SAP Logon Window

Action
Activate selected element
Navigate to next element
Navigate to previous element
Select and activate element
Navigate within list of selectable
entries
Activate entry in the list
Accelerator Key Combinations
for Handling Windows
Move window
Resize window
Minimize window
Maximize window
Restore window

Keyboard Command
ENTER or SPACE
TAB
SHIFT + TAB
ALT + underlined letter (accelerator key)
ARROW keys
ENTER

ALT + SPACE, then M

ALT + SPACE, then S
ALT + SPACE, then N
ALT + SPACE, then X
ALT + SPACE, then R

8.2.2 SAP GUI for Windows Window

Action
Jump to menu
Jump to system menu
Navigate to next element
Navigate to previous element
Navigate to read-only element
Navigate away from read-only
element
Navigate to next group
Navigate to previous group
Cancel actions, step-by-step
Open a new SAP GUI window
Go back one step
Refresh the window content
Move the focus to the command
field directly
Within the comand field: Select
previous entries
Within the comand field: Call up
the history list with all your
previous entries
Close window
Accelerator Key Combinations
for Handling Windows
Move window
Resize window
Minimize window
Maximize window
Restore window

Keyboard Command
ALT
ALT + SPACE
TAB
SHIFT + TAB
ALT + CTRL + ARROW right
ALT + CTRL + ARROW left
CTRL + TAB
SHIFT + CTRL + TAB
ESCAPE
CTRL + +
F3
F5
CTRL + /
ARROW up of down
ALT + ARROW down
ALT + F4

ALT + SPACE, then M

ALT + SPACE, then S
ALT + SPACE, then N
ALT + SPACE, then X
ALT + SPACE, then R

8.2.3 Pushbutton
Action
Activate selected pushbutton
Select and activate pushbutton
(simultaneously)
Navigate to next element
Navigate to previous element
Configuration button: Open the
dropdown menu

Keyboard Command
ENTER or SPACE
ALT + underlined letter (accelerator key)
TAB
SHIFT + TAB
ALT + ARROW down

Call tool tip

CTRL + Q

8.2.4 Toggle Button: As Pushbutton with Following Additional Action

Action
Switch to pressed or unpressed
state

Keyboard Command
SPACE

8.2.5 Menu Button: As Pushbutton with Following Additional Actions

Action
Open menu of menu button
Navigate within menu of menu
button
Activate selected menu item
Close menu of menu button

Keyboard Command
ALT + ARROW down
ARROW keys
ENTER
ESCAPE

8.2.6 Configurable Button: As Pushbutton with Following Additional Actions

Action
Open menu of configurable
button
Navigate within menu of
configurable button
Choose menu item

Keyboard Command
SHIFT + F10
ARROW keys
ENTER

8.2.7 Checkbox
Action
Select or deselect checkbox
Navigate to next element
Navigate to previous element
Call tool tip

Keyboard Command
SPACE
TAB
SHIFT + TAB
CTRL + Q

8.2.8 Radio Button

Action
Set radio button
Navigate and set
Navigation only
Navigate to next element
Navigate to previous element
Call tool tip

Keyboard Command
SPACE
ARROW down, up, left, right
CTRL + ARROW down or CTRL + ARROW up
TAB
SHIFT + TAB
CTRL + Q

8.2.9 Combo Box and Dropdown List Box

Action
Call up the value list
Select a value
Select the focused list option in a
dropdown list and go to the next
user interface element
Close the dropdown list without
selecting the focused list option
Go to the end or the beginning of
the dropdown list
Move the focus through a list
with many entries in larger steps
Call function (if available)
Close Dropdown list box

Keyboard Command
ALT + ARROW down
ENTER
TAB
ESCAPE
END or HOME
PAGE up or PAGE down
F2
ALT + ARROW key up

8.2.10 Menu
Action
Open the main application menu
Open the context menu of the
main application
navigate between the items in the
main menu
Open the pull-down menu of a
menu bar item
Leave a menu or to close a pulldown menu
Close a submenu and go to the
main menu item
Activate a function directly (if
available)

Keyboard Command
ALT or F10
SHIFT + F10
ARROW left or ARROW right
ARROW down
ESCAPE
ESCAPE or ARROW left
ALT + underlined character key

8.2.11 Input Field

Action
Keyboard Command
Call up the help documentation F1
for this field
Call up the input help for this
F4
field (if available)
Call up Enhanced Search for this CTRL + SHIFT + Q
field (if available and active),
see also SAP GUI Options:
Enhanced Search
Open the context menu for the
SHIFT + F10
focused input field
Call up a history list and choose BACKSPACE or ALT + ARROW down
one of your previous entries
Close history list
ARROW up
Select one of all possible entries First letter of the entry
Move the text cursor between
ARROW right or ARROW left
characters
Go to the next or previous word CTRL + ARROW right or CTRL + ARROW left
Position the cursor before the first HOME or END
or after the last word or character
in the field
Select characters in an input field SHIFT + ARROW right or SHIFT + ARROW left
Select the word before or after the CTRL + SHIFT + ARROW right or CTRL + SHIFT + ARROW left
text cursor
Finish editing an input field and TAB or ENTER
save your changes
Finish editing an input field
ESCAPE
without saving your changes
Open the context menu with
CTRL + right mouse key
additonal functions for input
history
Call function (if available)
F2
Call tool tip (if available)
CTRL + Q

8.2.12 Text Editor

Action
Move the text cursor between
characters within the text editor
Place the cursor in front of the
first or behind the last word or
character
Page forwards and backwards

Keyboard Command
CTRL + ARROW right or CTRL + ARROW left
HOME or END
PAGE up or PAGE down

through the document

Go directly to the first or last
CTRL HOME or CTRL END
page
Select characters
SHIFT + ARROW left or SHIFT + ARROW right
Select the word before or after the CTRL + SHIFT + ARROW left or CTRL + SHIFT + ARROW right
text cursor
Select the entire text from the
SHIFT + HOME or SHIFT + END
left/the right of the cursor
position to the start of the line
Select all text between the cursor CTRL + SHIFT + HOME or CTRL + SHIFT + END
and the start or end of the entire
text
Call function (if available)
F2
Call tool tip (if available)
CTRL + Q
Exit the text editor
CTRL + TAB

8.2.13 ABAP List

Action
Keyboard Command
Move within the fields in a tabel TAB or SHIFT TAB
displaying structured data
Navigate within a hierarchical
structured tree or a hierarchicalsequential list
Go directly to the first or last field CTRL + HOME or CTRL + END
in the table
Open a parent node in a tree and F2
display its child items
Navigate up or down between
ALT + CTRL + ARROW right or left
successive hierarchy levels
Scroll directly between items at ALT + CTRL + ARROW up or down
the same hierarchy level
Open the context menu for the
SHIFT + F10
ABAP list
Call tool tip (if available)
CTRL + Q

8.2.14 ALV Grid

Action
Start editing the text in an
editable grid cell
Call up a history list
Select an entire row
Select an entire column
Select the entire grid contents
Switch between the editable cells
of an ALV Grid
Navigate to read-only element
Navigate away from read-only
element
Move the focus to the first or last
cell of a column or a row
Page forwards or backwards
through a grid that extends over
more than one page
The focus moves to the first cell
top left, to the last cell bottom
right
Select one word right, left to the
cursor
Go directly to the first or last

Keyboard Command
F2
BACKSPACE
SHIFT + SPACE
CTRL + SPACE
CTRL + A
TAB, SHIFT + TAB
ALT + CTRL + ARROW right
ALT + CTRL + ARROW left
CTRL + ARROW
PageUp, PageDown
CTRL + PageUp, PageDown
SHIFT + CTRL + right, left

CTRL + HOME, CTRL + END

page of the ALV Grid

Define a selection range across a
number of vertically and
horizontally arranged cells
Open the context menu for the
focused cell
Cut text into clipboard
Text will be pasted again
Leave the cell of a grid and
accept the changes
Leave the cell of a grid and undo
the changes

SHIFT + ARROW keys

SHIFT + F10
SHIFT + DELETE
SHIFT + INSERT
TAB or ENTER
ESCAPE

8.2.15 Table Control

Action
Call contextmenu of the table
control
Display value list for a cell (if
available)
Switch between the editable cells
Navigate to read-only element
Navigate away from read-only
element
Page forwards or backwards
through table control that extends
over more than one page
Go to the previous or next word
Select an entire row
Select an entire column
The cursor jumps to the first table
element
The cursor jumps to the last table
element
Leave the cell of a table control
and accept the changes
Leave the cell of a table control
and undo the changes

Keyboard Command
SHIFT + F10
ALT + ARROW down
TAB, SHIFT + TAB
ALT + CTRL + ARROW right
ALT + CTRL + ARROW left
PageUp, PageDown
CTRL + ARROW right or left
SHIFT + SPACE
CTRL + SPACE
CTRL + HOME
CTRL + END
TAB or ENTER
ESCAPE

8.2.16 Tabstrip
Action
Select the next or previous tab
page
Move to the selected tab page

Keyboard Command
ARROW left, right, up, down
SPACE

Move to the next or previous tab CTRL + PAGE up or CTRL PAGE down
page
Move to the focus to the first tab HOME
page
Move to the focus to the last tab END
page

8.2.17 Splitter Control & Docker Control

Action
Change the size of the selected
pane

8.2.18 Status Bar

Keyboard Command
ARROW left, right, up, down

Action
Jumps directly to the status bar
Jumps to the next or previous
elements and so also reaches the
system information in the status
bar
Opens the context menu of the
system information
Steps from one menu entry to the
next

Keyboard Command
CTRL + ALT + S
ALT + CTRL + ARROW right,
ALT + CTRL + ARROW left
SHIFT + F10
ARROW up, down

8.2.19 Configuration of the Tab Order

Action
Opens the dialog box Configure
Local Tab Order
Sets the selection Entry Point to
the current GUI element
Sets the selection Exit Point to
the current GUI element
Sets the selection From Element
to the current GUI element
Sets the selection To Element to
the current GUI element

Keyboard Command
SHIFT + CTRL + L
SHIFT + CTRL + N
SHIFT + CTRL + O
SHIFT + CTRL + S
SHIFT + CTRL + T

8.2.20 Context Menu

Action
Open the context menu
Open the context menu for
toolbar buttons
Opens a submenu for toolbar
buttons context menu
Move the cursor within the
opened context menu
Execute selected context menu
function
Remove the context menu from
the screen

Keyboard Command
SHIFT + F10,
on Windows keyboards you can also use the context menu key
ALT + ARROW down
ALT + ARROW right
ARROW keys
ENTER
ESCAPE

8.2.21 Calendar Control

Action
Switch between day, month and
year within the date picker
Increase or decrease day, month
or year within the date picker

Keyboard Command
ARROW keys right, left
ARROW keys up, down

8.2.22 Tree Control

Action
Expand selected node
Collapse selected node
Move the focus to the following
subnode
Activate a selected pushbutton or
select/deselect a checkbox
Select the first, the last element
of the current column
Select the first element of the
current row

Keyboard Command
ARROW right or NumPad +
ARROW right or NumPad ARROW down
SPACE
CTRL + ARROW up, down
HOME

Select the last element of the

current row

END

8.3 Scrolling to View Information

When you view information (for example, a list or online help), not all of the information may fit in your window. To see the
additional information use the scrollbars.

Up and down, use the vertical scrollbar

Left and right, use the horizontal scrollbar

To move
Do this
Up or down one line
Choose the up or down scroll arrow on the vertical scrollbar
Left or right one character
Choose the left or right scroll arrow on the horizontal scrollbar
Up or down one page
Click above or below the slider box on the vertical scrollbar
Left or right the width of the page Click to the right or left of the slider box on the horizontal scrollbar
To a certain position in the
Drag the slider box on the vertical scrollbar to the approximate location of the
information (up or down)
desired information, and release the mouse button.
To a certain position in the
Drag the slider box on the horizontal scrollbar to the approximate location of
information (left or right)
the desired information, and release the mouse button
Further options:
Move to

Icon

Key combination

First page

SHIFT + F9, CTRL + PageUp

Last page

SHIFT + F12, CTRL + PageDown

Previous page

SHIFT + F10, PageUp

Next page

SHIFT + F11, PageDown

8.4 Other Hot Keys

Hot Keys
ALT + F12
CTRL + Shift + P

Result
Calls the menu dialog box for Adjust Local Layout
Creates a hardcopy which shows no menu dialog box and can also contain status texts and
modal dialog boxes.
Cursor jumps directly to the command field.
Cursor jumps to the first focusable field or control.
Creates new session.
Creates SAP shortcut.

CTRL + /
CTRL + I
CTRL + +
CTRL + ;
ContextMenu-Key =
Calls context menu.
SHIFT + F10
CTRL + Q
Shows tooltip for the focus control.
ESC in command field Closes the dropdown list, if it is open.
CTRL + Z, CTRL + Y Cancel and restores in input field.
Shift + CTRL + Alt + Cursor jumps from the current screen element to the next one, for which the label begins
First Character of a
with the character, if the setting "Switch on access Keys" in Keyboard Settings is on.
Screen Element's
These screen elements include fields, checkboxes, dropdown lists, pushbuttons, and radio
Label
buttons. They exclude controls like ALV, HTML, and APOGrid.
CTRL + A
Selects all data in the User Interface element that is in focus (not available in all User
Interface elements).

Hot Keys for SAP Logon:

Hot Keys
CTRL + F

Result
Moves the cursor into the filter field

CTRL + 1 to
CTRL + 3
CTRL + N
CTRL + E

Switch between the view modes of SAP Logon (Explorer View, List View, Tree View)
Creates a new item
Edits the selected item