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  <h1>Navigating the user interface using the keyboard</h1>
  <p>The user interface is navigable using the keyboard. The Tab key is used to
  iterate through the controls in a particular scope (for example, a dialog or a view and
  its related icons). To navigate to the main controls for the Workbench window
  or to tab out of views that use the Tab key (such as editors) use Ctrl+Tab.</p>
  <h2>Menus</h2>
  <p>Most menus are assigned mnemonics for each entry which allow you to
  select them by typing the underlined letter instead of the mouse. You can also
  select an item by moving through the menus and sub-menus with the arrow keys. </p>
  <p>The various menus available can be accessed using the keyboard in the
  following ways: </p>
  <ul>
   <li>F10 accesses the menus on the main menu bar.</li>
   <li>Shift+F10 pops up the context menu for the current view. (Note: this
   shortcut is actually dependent on your window manager, but for most people it
   should be Shift+F10.)</li>
   <li>Ctrl+F10 will open the pull down menu for the current view if there is
     one.  For editors, Ctrl+F10 will open the menu for the marker bar on the left of the
     editor area.</li>
   <li>Alt+mnemonic will activate the Workbench menu for a particular entry
     (e.g., Alt+W will bring down the <u>W</u>indow menu).</li>
   <li>Microsoft Windows only: Pressing Alt will give focus to the menu
   bar.</li>
  </ul>
  <h2>Controls</h2>
  <p>Mnemonics are assigned to most control labels (e.g., buttons, checkboxes,
  radio buttons, etc.) in dialog boxes, preference pages, and property pages. To
  access the control associated with a label, use the Alt key along with the
  letter that is underlined in the label.</p>
  <h2>Navigation Context</h2>
  <p>Navigation context is saved for the packages, navigator views, Workbench preferences and properties dialogs.
  The selected page for the preferences and properties dialog is saved between
  invocations of the dialog but are not saved between workbench invocations. </p>
  <h2>Cycling Editors, Views and Perspectives </h2>
  <p>To switch between editors, views and perspectives, the workbench provides a cycling
  function that is invoked by Ctrl and a function key. All of these cycling
  functions recall the last thing selected to allow for rapid cycling back and
  forth between two items. The cycling functions are </p>
  <ul>
   <li>Ctrl+F6 - Cycle to Editor</li>
   <li>Ctrl+F7 - Cycle to View</li>
   <li>Ctrl+F8 - Cycle to Perspective</li>
  </ul>
  <p>Also, Ctrl+E can be used to activate the editor drop-down, and Ctrl+PageUp
  and Ctrl+PageDown can be used for switching between the open editors.</p>
  <h2>Accelerators </h2>

 <p>Many of the actions in Eclipse have an accelerator assigned to them. For additional
   information on accelerators, see <a href="keyboardshortcuts.htm">Keys</a>. </p>
  <h2>Quick Access </h2>

 <p>To quickly access UI elements such as views,
 commands, preference pages, and others, you can use the Quick Access dialog,
 available under <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.quickAccess")'>
 <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.png">
 <b>Window &gt; Navigation &gt; Quick Access</b></a> and bound to <b>Ctrl+3</b> by
 default. Start typing in the filter field to see matches. For example,
 to open the help view, type Ctrl+3 followed by &quot;help&quot;. One
 of the first matches will be to open the help view; other matches show
 commands and preference pages related to help. You can use the
 arrow keys to select a different match for a given filter string. Press
 Enter to select the highlighted entry. This will execute the command, or
 open the view, perspective, or wizard etc.</p>
  <h2>Help system</h2>
  <p>You can navigate the help system by keyboard using the following key
  combinations:</p>
  <ul>
    <li>Pressing Tab inside a frame (page) takes you to the next link, button or
    topic node. </li>
    <li>To expand/collapse a tree node, press Right/Left arrows. </li>
    <li>To move to the next topic node, press Down arrow or Tab </li>
    <li>To move to the previous topic node, press Up arrow or Shift+Tab </li>
    <li>To display selected topic, press Enter. </li>
    <li>To scroll all the way up or down press Home or End. </li>
    <li>To go back press Alt+Left arrow; to go forward press Alt+Right arrow.
    </li>
    <li>To go to the next frame, or toolbar press Ctrl+Tab
      (Ctrl+F6, if using Mozilla, or Mozilla based browser).</li>
    <li>To move to previous frame, press Shift+Ctrl+Tab.
      (Shift-Ctrl+F6, if using Mozilla, or Mozilla based browser).</li>

    <li>To move to the frame displaying topic content press Alt+K (when using
      embedded help browser on Windows, or Internet Explorer).</li>
    <li>To move to Contents tab, press Alt+C</li>
    <li>To move to Search Results tab, press Alt+R</li>
    <li>To move between tabs, press Right/Left arrows.</li>
    <li>To switch view, select a tab and press Enter.</li>
    <li>To switch and move to a view, select a tab and press Up arrow.</li>
    <li>To move to the search entry field, press Alt+S</li>
    <li>To print the current page or active frame, press Ctrl+P. </li>
    <li>To find a string in the current page or active frame, press Ctrl+F
      (when using embedded help browser on Windows, or Internet Explorer). </li>
  </ul>
 <p>Most labels of controls
 on help system pop-up dialogs have mnemonics are assigned to them. To access
   the control associated with a label, use the Alt key along with the letter
   that
  is underlined.</p>

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   <a href="accessmain.htm">Accessibility features in Eclipse</a><br>
  <a href="../../tasks/tkeybindings.htm">Changing the key bindings</a><br>
  <a href="keyboardshortcuts.htm">Keys</a> <br>
 <a href="../help.htm">Help</a></p>
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	<h1>Navigating the user interface using the keyboard</h1>
	<p>The user interface is navigable using the keyboard. The Tab key is used to
	iterate through the controls in a particular scope (for example, a dialog or a view and
	its related icons). To navigate to the main controls for the Workbench window
	or to tab out of views that use the Tab key (such as editors) use Ctrl+Tab.</p>
	<h2>Menus</h2>
	<p>Most menus are assigned mnemonics for each entry which allow you to
	select them by typing the underlined letter instead of the mouse. You can also
	select an item by moving through the menus and sub-menus with the arrow keys. </p>
	<p>The various menus available can be accessed using the keyboard in the
	following ways: </p>
	<ul>
	<li>F10 accesses the menus on the main menu bar.</li>
	<li>Shift+F10 pops up the context menu for the current view. (Note: this
	shortcut is actually dependent on your window manager, but for most people it
	should be Shift+F10.)</li>
	<li>Ctrl+F10 will open the pull down menu for the current view if there is
	one. For editors, Ctrl+F10 will open the menu for the marker bar on the left of the
	editor area.</li>
	<li>Alt+mnemonic will activate the Workbench menu for a particular entry
	(e.g., Alt+W will bring down the <u>W</u>indow menu).</li>
	<li>Microsoft Windows only: Pressing Alt will give focus to the menu
	bar.</li>
	</ul>
	<h2>Controls</h2>
	<p>Mnemonics are assigned to most control labels (e.g., buttons, checkboxes,
	radio buttons, etc.) in dialog boxes, preference pages, and property pages. To
	access the control associated with a label, use the Alt key along with the
	letter that is underlined in the label.</p>
	<h2>Navigation Context</h2>
	<p>Navigation context is saved for the packages, navigator views, Workbench preferences and properties dialogs.
	The selected page for the preferences and properties dialog is saved between
	invocations of the dialog but are not saved between workbench invocations. </p>
	<h2>Cycling Editors, Views and Perspectives </h2>
	<p>To switch between editors, views and perspectives, the workbench provides a cycling
	function that is invoked by Ctrl and a function key. All of these cycling
	functions recall the last thing selected to allow for rapid cycling back and
	forth between two items. The cycling functions are </p>
	<ul>
	<li>Ctrl+F6 - Cycle to Editor</li>
	<li>Ctrl+F7 - Cycle to View</li>
	<li>Ctrl+F8 - Cycle to Perspective</li>
	</ul>
	<p>Also, Ctrl+E can be used to activate the editor drop-down, and Ctrl+PageUp
	and Ctrl+PageDown can be used for switching between the open editors.</p>
	<h2>Accelerators </h2>

	<p>Many of the actions in Eclipse have an accelerator assigned to them. For additional
	information on accelerators, see <a href="keyboardshortcuts.htm">Keys</a>. </p>
	<h2>Quick Access </h2>

	<p>To quickly access UI elements such as views,
	commands, preference pages, and others, you can use the Quick Access dialog,
	available under <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.quickAccess")'>
	<img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.png">
	<b>Window > Navigation > Quick Access</b></a> and bound to <b>Ctrl+3</b> by
	default. Start typing in the filter field to see matches. For example,
	to open the help view, type Ctrl+3 followed by "help". One
	of the first matches will be to open the help view; other matches show
	commands and preference pages related to help. You can use the
	arrow keys to select a different match for a given filter string. Press
	Enter to select the highlighted entry. This will execute the command, or
	open the view, perspective, or wizard etc.</p>
	<h2>Help system</h2>
	<p>You can navigate the help system by keyboard using the following key
	combinations:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>Pressing Tab inside a frame (page) takes you to the next link, button or
	topic node. </li>
	<li>To expand/collapse a tree node, press Right/Left arrows. </li>
	<li>To move to the next topic node, press Down arrow or Tab </li>
	<li>To move to the previous topic node, press Up arrow or Shift+Tab </li>
	<li>To display selected topic, press Enter. </li>
	<li>To scroll all the way up or down press Home or End. </li>
	<li>To go back press Alt+Left arrow; to go forward press Alt+Right arrow.
	</li>
	<li>To go to the next frame, or toolbar press Ctrl+Tab
	(Ctrl+F6, if using Mozilla, or Mozilla based browser).</li>
	<li>To move to previous frame, press Shift+Ctrl+Tab.
	(Shift-Ctrl+F6, if using Mozilla, or Mozilla based browser).</li>

	<li>To move to the frame displaying topic content press Alt+K (when using
	embedded help browser on Windows, or Internet Explorer).</li>
	<li>To move to Contents tab, press Alt+C</li>
	<li>To move to Search Results tab, press Alt+R</li>
	<li>To move between tabs, press Right/Left arrows.</li>
	<li>To switch view, select a tab and press Enter.</li>
	<li>To switch and move to a view, select a tab and press Up arrow.</li>
	<li>To move to the search entry field, press Alt+S</li>
	<li>To print the current page or active frame, press Ctrl+P. </li>
	<li>To find a string in the current page or active frame, press Ctrl+F
	(when using embedded help browser on Windows, or Internet Explorer). </li>
	</ul>
	<p>Most labels of controls
	on help system pop-up dialogs have mnemonics are assigned to them. To access
	the control associated with a label, use the Alt key along with the letter
	that
	is underlined.</p>

	<p><img src="../../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts" border="0" ><br>
	<a href="accessmain.htm">Accessibility features in Eclipse</a><br>
	<a href="../../tasks/tkeybindings.htm">Changing the key bindings</a><br>
	<a href="keyboardshortcuts.htm">Keys</a> <br>
	<a href="../help.htm">Help</a></p>
	<p><img src="../../images/ngrelr.png" alt="Related references" border="0" ><br>
	<a href="fontsandcolors.htm">Font and color settings in Eclipse</a></p>


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