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 pop-up.