Dynamics 365 Business Central Keyboard Shortcuts

If your business is looking to adopt or has recently upgraded its finance system to Dynamics 365 Business Central then it is handy to be able to know if there are shortcuts that will make your job easier on a day to day basis.

Don't worry, we've taken this into account and have put together some of the more useful keyboard shortcuts for Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Keyboard Shortcuts

General Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	To do this in Dynamics 365 Business Central
Tab	Move focus to the next control or element on a page, such as actions, buttons, fields, or list headings.
Shift+Tab	Move focus to the previous control or element on a page, such as buttons, fields, or list headings.
Enter	Enable or access the element or control that is in focus.
Alt+Down Arrow	Open a drop-down list or look up a value for a field.
Alt+Right Arrow	See the transactions that resulted in a calculated value in a field.

 

Keyboard Shortcuts to improve overall search capability in Dynamics 365 Business Central

Action	To do this in Dynamics 365 Business Central
F3	Toggle search.
Shift+F3	Filter rows.
Ctrl+Shift+F3	Filter totals.
Alt+F3	Filter to current values.
Shift+Alt+F3	Filter to current column.
Ctrl+Enter	Jump to row.
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+F3	Reset Filter.
F8	Copy cell above.
Ctrl+C	Copy rows.
Ctrl+V	Paste totals.
Alt+Q	Tell me to leverage AI, empowering you to search and quickly navigate Business Central.

 

Keyboard Shortcuts in Lists within Dynamics 365 Business Central

Action	To do this in a list view in Dynamics 365 Business Central	To do this in a tile view in Dynamics 365 Business Central
Up Arrow	Move in the same column to the field in the row above.	Move in the same column to the tile in the row above.
Down Arrow	Move in the same column to the field in the row below.	Move in the same column to the tile in the row below.
Right Arrow	Move in the same row to the next actionable field to the right.	Move in the same row to the next tile to the right.
Left Arrow	Move in the same row to the previous field to the left.	Move in the same row to the previous tile to the left.
Home	Move to the first field in the row.	Move to the first tile in the row.
End	Move to the last actionable field in the row.	Move to the last tile in the row.
Page Up	Move in the same column to the uppermost visible row.	Move in the same column to the uppermost visible row.
Page Down	Move in the same column to lowermost visible row.	Move in the same column to the lowermost visible row.
Enter	Open the record that is associated with the field.	Opens the record.
Ctrl+Home	Select the first row in the list; focus moves to the first actionable field in row.	Move to the tile in first row in the list.
Ctrl+End	Select the last row in the list; focus moves to first actionable field in row.	Move to the first tile in last row in the list.
Ctrl+Click	Extend the selection of rows to include the row that you click.	N/A
Shift+Click	Extend the selection of rows to include the row that you click and all the rows in between.	N/A
Ctrl+Up Arrow	Move focus to the row above and keep the current row selected.	N/A
Ctrl+Down Arrow	Move focus to the row below and keep the current row selected.	N/A
Ctrl+Space Bar	Extend the selection of rows to included the focused row.	N/A
Ctrl+A	Select all rows.	N/A
Shift+Up Arrow	Extend the selection of rows to include the row above.	N/A
Shift+Down Arrow	Extend the selection of rows to include the row below.	N/A
Shift+Page Up	Extend the selection of rows to include all visible rows above the current selection of rows.	N/A
Shift+Page Down	Extend the selection of rows to include all all visible rows below the current selection of rows.	N/A
Ctrl+Enter	Move focus to the next element outside the list.	Move focus to the next element outside the list.

 

Keyboard Shortcuts to increase productivity in Dynamics 365 Business Central

Action	To do this in Dynamics 365 Business Central
Ctrl+Insert	Insert a new line in documents
Ctrl+Delete	Delete the line in documents, journals and worksheets
Ctrl+Shift+F12	Toggle Focus Mode
Enter/Shift + Enter	Go to next/previous Quick Entry field
Alt+F7	Sort column in asc/desc order
Ctrl+F1	Business Central help
Alt+T	My Settings
Alt+Q	Open Search
F5	Refresh Data
Shift+F12	Role Explorer
Alt+F2	Toggle Factbox Area

 

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