Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts is a sequence of keys you press to initiate a function. Almost every application on your computer has these shortcuts, shown beside the command in the menu. Web browsers have two sets of keyboard shortcuts to contend with, their own for accessing menu items, and the shortcuts in the web site or web application they are displaying. To access the desired set of shortcuts, the web browser will use different key combinations. For example in Firefox on Windows the key sequence Ctrl+P will invoke the FireFox command. The key sequence Shift+Alt+P will invoke the CLIFF Print command. (The Ctrl+P means hold down the Ctrl key and press P.)
Web Browsers
Each web browser deals with short cuts in the web site a little differently -- version 5 of CLIFF is actually a web site. Below we discuss their individual quirks.
- Internet Explorer (IE) on Windows
- IE uses the Alt key to access CLIFF's shortcuts. However if the shortcut is associated with a link to another part of the web site, and most are, you also need to press the Enter key. For example, to enter the CLIFF shortcut for Printing you need to press Alt+P, followed by pressing the Enter key. If the shortcut is for a button on a form, for example the Save button, then pressing Alt+S is sufficient. Note that IE is unique in this method of handling shortcuts.
- Firefox (FF) on Windows
- FF on Windows uses the Shift+Alt key combination to access CLIFF's shortcuts. For example, to enter the CLIFF shortcut for Printing you need to press Shift+Alt+P.
- Firefox (FF) on MacOS
- FF on MacOS uses the Ctrl (control) key to access CLIFF's shortcuts. For example, to enter the CLIFF shortcut for Printing you need to press Ctrl+P.
CLIFF Keyboard Shortcuts
The following table shows the CLIFF functions that have a keyboard shortcut, and the associated key sequence for the supported web browsers. Note that keyboard shortcuts only work for functions available in the current context, for example the key sequence for creating a new Referral while viewing a list of Logs, or while viewing a closed Log, will not work.
| CLIFF Function |
Internet Explorer
(Windows) |
FireFox
(Windows) |
FireFox
(MacOS) |
| New Log |
Alt+N followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+N |
Ctrl+N |
| New Referral |
Alt+R followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+R |
Ctrl+R |
| New Batch |
Alt+B followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+B |
Ctrl+B |
| Save |
Alt+S followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+S |
Ctrl+S |
| Cancel |
Alt+X followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+X |
Ctrl+X |
| Print |
Alt+P followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+P |
Ctrl+P |
| Log Functions |
| Search for History |
Alt+H followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+H |
Ctrl+H |
| Special Authors |
Alt+E followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+E |
Ctrl+E |
| Toggle Duplicate Search |
Alt+D followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+D |
Ctrl+D |
| Open first Referral |
Alt+0 followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+0 |
Ctrl+0 |
Create Referral for Referral # in list
(green arrow must be shown in list) |
Alt+1 to 9 followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+1 to 9 |
Ctrl+1 to 9 |
| Automatic Close |
Alt+C followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+C |
Ctrl+C |
| Searching |
| Logs Entered |
Alt+G followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+G |
Ctrl+G |
| Referrals Received (In) |
Alt+I followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+I |
Ctrl+I |
| Referrals Sent (Out) |
Alt+O followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+O |
Ctrl+O |
| Keyword Search |
Alt+K followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+K |
Ctrl+K |
| Search for Log |
Alt+L followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+L |
Ctrl+L |
| Search for Referrals |
Alt+J followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+J |
Ctrl+J |
| Search for Logs and Referrals |
Alt+F followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+F |
Ctrl+F |
| Navigation |
| First |
Alt+M followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+M |
Ctrl+M |
| Previous (<)) |
Alt+, followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+, |
Ctrl+, |
| Next (>) |
Alt+. followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+. |
Ctrl+. |
| Last |
Alt+/ followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+/ |
Ctrl+/ |
| Mark All |
Alt+A followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+A |
Ctrl+A |
| Un-Mark All |
Alt+Z followed by Enter |
Shift+Alt+Z |
Ctrl+Z |
