I’ve never used keyboard shortcut combinations in SharePoint 2010. But today in a usability discussion I wondered which keyboard shortcuts are available in SharePoint and I decided to list those I can find. Using these hot keys can be very effective.
| Home Link | Alt + 1 -> ENTER |
| Skip to Main Content | Alt + X -> ENTER |
| Help | Alt + 6 -> ENTER |
| Search Box | Alt + S |
| Site Actions | Alt + / -> ENTER |
| View All Site Content | Alt + 3 -> ENTER |
| Shared Documents | Alt + W -> ENTER |
| Next Web Part | Alt + W |
| Skip ribbon commands | Alt + Y -> ENTER |
Top Navigation Shortcuts
There are some keyboard shortcut combinations for the top navigation.
| Top navigation tab | Alt + 1 -> ENTER |
| Go to next tab | Tab -> ENTER |
| Go to previous tab | Shift + Tab -> ENTER |
Calendar View Shortcuts
For calendar view you can navigate days, weeks or months according to your calendar view.
| Go to previous day, week or month | Alt + Shift + < -> ENTER |
| Go to next day, week or month | Alt + Shift + > -> ENTER |
List Item Editing Shortcuts
While editing list items you can use the following keyboard shortcuts.
| Cancel button | Alt + C |
| Save/OK button | Alt + O |
| Save and Close button | Alt + S |
| Go to previous month in date picker | Alt + Shift + < -> ENTER |
| Go to next month in date picker | Alt + Shift + > -> ENTER |
Web Part Editing Shortcuts
While editing web parts in web part editor pane you can use the following keyboard shortcut combinations.
| OK button | Alt + O |
| Cancel button | Alt + C |
| Apply button | Alt + Y |
Rich Text Editor Shortcuts
Rich text editor keyboard shortcuts are similar to the MS shortcuts. You can find the list of these combinatons below.
| Bold | Ctrl + B |
| Italic | Ctrl + I |
| Underline | Ctrl + U |
| Cut | Ctrl + X |
| Copy | Ctrl + C |
| Paste | Ctrl + V |
| Align Left | Ctrl + L |
| Align Right | Ctrl + R |
| Center | Ctrl + E |
| Increase Indent | Ctrl + M |
| DecreaseIndent | Ctrl + Shift + M |
| Font Size Menu | Ctrl + Shift + P |
| Background Color Menu | Ctrl + Shift + W |
| Text direction (Right-to-Left) | Ctrl + Shift + < |
| Text direction (Left-to-Right) | Ctrl + Shift + > |
Hope this helps..
