Keyboard Shortcuts and Form Navigation

Keyboard Shortcuts

The following represents a list of keyboard shortcuts found throughout the VimBiz Rich application:

Shortcut	Name	Description
F1	Help	Opens Custom Help Notes if available, otherwise opens VimBiz Help.
F5	Refresh	Updates the form including grid data and tree view navigation.
F11	Full Screen Text	Opens a new window with larger text and text box, if a text box is selected.
F12	Form Options	Displays available Form Options.
CTRL + S	Save	Saves and closes the form, if a Save button is present.
CTRL + F4	Close	Closes the form. Some unsaved changes may be lost.
CTRL + A	Select All	Selects all text, within a text box. Selects all rows, within a grid.
CTRL + N	New	Opens a ‘New’ form, when working in a 'Manage' form.
CTRL + U	Lock / Unlock	Locks and unlocks records, in Resource Scheduler only.
CTRL	Selection Mode Toggle	Toggles Selection Mode, in Resource Scheduler & Rental Equipment Schedules only.
CTRL + "+"	Increase Grid Size	Makes grid rows bigger.
CTRL + ”-“	Decrease Grid Size	Makes grid rows smaller.
CTRL + ALT + Letter	User Favorites	Opens a user defined favorite form. See Favorite Forms for more information.
T	Set Current Date	Sets Date and Time to current Date and Time.
ALT	Menu Select	Selects the first option in the top menu.
ALT + Arrow Down	Expand Dropdown	Expands a selected dropdown.
ALT + V	Favorites	Expands the Favorites menu list.
ALT + F	Frequent	Expands the Frequent menu list.
ALT + R	Recent	Expands the Recent menu list.
ALT + W	Windows	Expands the Windows menu list.
ALT + H	Help	Opens Custom Help Notes if available, otherwise opens VimBiz Help.
ALT + O	Log Out	Logs the user out of VimBiz.
ALT + M	VimBiz Messages	Opens VimBiz Messages.
ALT + E	Manage Reminders	Opens Manage Reminders.

Tabbing Order

Clicking Tab on the keyboard will move the cursor from one field to the next.

Using Tab on the last object will move the selection to the first object of the next panel.

EDIT: Custom tab order: Right-click on a tab and select Custom Tab Order.

To set the desired order, start at 01 and enter ascending numbers.

To skip an item in the panel, enter -1.

Company wide changes can be done by Administrators by editing Vimsoft Tab Order.

RESET: Use Reset Custom Form Settings to clear Custom Tab Order and reset it to Vimsoft Tab Order.

IMPORTANT: Following an update, if the VimBiz Tab Index was modified by the company, it will need to be reconfigured. The Custom Tab Index will be stored in memory and will not require refreshing.

IMPORTANT: This functionality is also available in the WEB version. System Administrators can set the Custom Panel Tab Index for all users. They will need to Reload Schema to save these changes. A Reset button in this form will also allow Administrators to remove the Custom Tabbing Order and restore the VimBiz Tabbing Order.

Customized Grid

All VimBiz forms that contain a grid are customizable.

This allows each user to personalize how information is displayed.

Consult the Result Grids section for tips on how to customize grids.