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Keyboard shortcuts for properties boxes
You can use a number of keyboard shortcuts when using properties boxes.

In IBM® Notes®, you can learn about and change the characteristics of a document, object, or application by opening what's known as a properties box. For example, when you are editing a document, click Text -> Text Properties to open the Text Properties box.

Table 1. Properties box shortcuts
ShortcutDescription
Alt+DownOpen color field in Font tab
Alt+UpClose color field in Font tab
Alt+EnterOpen or close properties box
Ctrl+Alt+EnterOpen or close express tools in properties box
Ctrl+EndMove to last properties box tab (in Text and Table Properties, last tab is Express Tools)
Ctrl+HomeMove to first properties box tab
Ctrl+Page DownMove to next properties box tab
Ctrl+Page UpMove to previous properties box tab
Down or Right arrowSelect next item in a list or set of options in properties box
EnterActivate default or selected item(s) in properties box
EnterClose color field in Font tab and activate selection
EscClose color field in Font tab without activating selection
EscClose properties box when focus is in properties box
F1Get Help on current properties box
Shift+TabMove to previous option or set of options in properties box
TabMove to next option or set of options in properties box

Note: For properties boxes that contain a Formula pane, for example creating a button hotspot, it is possible to attach some script to define the behavior when the button is pressed. This script is entered in the Formula pane, which becomes available when focus is on a hotspot in a rich-text field. The Formula pane is comprised of several controls, at least two comboboxes, and an edit field for entering the text of the script. Since the edit field will accept the Tab key as an actual character, it is impossible to navigate out of the edit field and to the next option via the Tab key. To navigate within the Formula pane, use the Shift+Tab key combination.

Up or Left arrowSelect previous item in a list or set of options in properties box

Note: If you open a properties box to edit text, (for example, a section's title in Section Properties box), buttons display that let you accept or discard changes you make to the text, but the buttons are not keyboard accessible. As a workaround, you can press Tab to accept the text changes and move to the next properties field or press Esc to discard the text changes.