The following keys and key combinations are used for selecting one or multiple items from a list.
Key combination |
Behavior |
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[Spacebar] |
If focus is on an item, selects the item and deselects all others. |
Key combination |
Behavior |
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[Spacebar] |
If focus is on an item, selects the item in addition to all previously selected items. |
[Shift] + [Up arrow] |
If focus is on an item, changes selection state (selected/ not selected) to the item above. |
[Shift] + [Down arrow] |
If focus is on an item, changes selection state (selected/ not selected) to the item below. |
[Ctrl] + [A] |
Selects all items which the user can reach in the current view by scrolling or paging. If all items are selected, deselects all items. This is the default behavior of a list. |
[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [A] |
Deselects all items which the user can reach in the current view by scrolling or paging. To select items , you can no longer use [Ctrl][A]. You have to use [Spacebar] for single selection or [Shift] + [Up arrow] or [Down arrow] for multiple selection. This is the behavior if |