Working with the calendar control

Working with the calendar control

Certain entry fields in the system require date input. To assist with this type of data entry a calender control is provided. Keyboard shortcuts can be used to access and navigate this control quickly without the aid of a mouse.

Calendar control keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut Action
Opened date view pop-up
Left arrow highlights previous day
Right arrow highlights next day
Up arrow highlights same day from the previous week
Down arrow highlights same day from the next week
ctrl + left arrow navigates to previous month
ctrl + right arrow navigates to next month
ctrl + up arrow navigates to previous view
ctrl + down arrow navigates to next view
Home highlights first day of the month
End highlights last day of the month
Enter if in Month view selects the highlighted day. In other views navigates to a lower view
Esc Closes open date picker
Closed pop-up
alt + down arrow Opens pop-up
alt + up arrow closes the popup