Keyboard shortcuts are very useful and come handy when you need to increase the speed of how you work in a software. Ax 7 also has some keyboard shortcuts that would come handy to the consultants when working on the system.
Below is the list of the shortcuts available.
Action shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut/Key Combination |
| Open action search | Ctrl+’ or Alt+Q |
| Move to the standard action pane | Ctrl+F6 |
| Open a tab in the action pane or a menu | Enter or Space or Alt+Down Arrow |
| Move to next/previous option in a menu | Down Arrow / Up Arrow |
| Close a tab in the action pane or a menu | Esc |
| Simulate a right-click | Shift+F10 |
| Open the Dynamics AX context menu | Ctrl+F10 |
| Execute the default button on a form/dialog | Alt+Enter |
| Click a button or tile | Enter or Space |
| View refresh information for a count tile | Alt+Up Arrow |
Date picker shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut/Key combination |
| Open the date picker | Alt+Down Arrow |
| Move between dates in the date picker | Ctrl+Arrows |
| Move to the next/previous month | Page Down / Page Up |
| Move to the next/previous year | Ctrl+Shift+Page Down / Ctrl+Shift+Page Up |
Factbox shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut/Key combination |
| Open the FactBox pane (or move focus to the FactBox pane if it is already open) | Ctrl+F2 |
| Close the FactBox pane (with focus in the FactBox pane) | Esc |
| Move to the next/previous FactBox (with focus in the FactBox pane) | Alt+Shift+Down Arrow / Alt+Shift+Up Arrow |
| Move to the <n>th FactBox (with focus in the FactBox pane) | Alt+<n> (<n> = 1-9) |
| Expand a FactBox (with focus on the FactBox header) | Space or Enter |
| Collapse the current FactBox | Alt+0 |
Filtering shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut/Key combination |
| Open grid filtering for the current column | Ctrl+G |
| Close grid filtering for the current column | Esc |
| Open the Filter pane (or switch focus between the Filter pane and the main form if the Filter pane is already open) | Ctrl+F3 |
| Close the Filter pane (with focus in the Filter pane) | Esc |
| Open advanced filtering/sort | Ctrl+Shift+F3 |
Form shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut/Key combination |
| Create a new record | Alt+N |
| Delete a record | Alt+Del or Alt+F9 |
| Save record | Alt+S or Ctrl+S |
| Revert (restore) | Ctrl+Shift+F5 |
| Data refresh | Shift+F5 |
| Move to the visible first field on the form | Alt+Shift+F |
| Toggle edit mode | F2 |
| Attach a document | Ctrl+Shift+A |
| Export to Excel | Ctrl+Shift+E |
| Move to the previous record (outside a grid) | Ctrl+Up Arrow |
| Move to the next record (outside a grid) | Ctrl+Down Arrow |
| Move to the first record (outside a grid) | Ctrl+Home |
| Move to the last record (outside a grid) | Ctrl+End |
| Open the navigation list on Details forms (or switch focus between the navigation list and the main form if it is already open) | Ctrl+F8 |
| Close the navigation list on Details form (with focus in the navigation list) | Esc |
Form navigation shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut/Key combination |
| Move to the next/previous field | Tab / Shift+Tab |
| Move to the next/previous tab | Alt+Shift+Right Arrow / Alt+Shift+Left Arrow |
| Move to the next/previous FastTab | Alt+Shift+Down Arrow / Alt+Shift+Up Arrow |
| Move to the <n>th FastTab | Alt+<n> (<n> = 1-9) |
| Move to the <n>th tab | Alt+Shift+<n> (<n> = 1-9) |
| Expand a FastTab (with focus on the FastTab header) | Space or Enter |
| Collapse the current FastTab | Alt+0 |
| Switch to grid view | Ctrl+Shift+G |
| Switch to details view | Ctrl+Shift+D |
| Switch to header view | Ctrl+Shift+H |
| Switch to lines view | Ctrl+Shift+L |
| Close the form (click Back) | Esc |
| Close the form with explicit save | Shift+Esc |
| Close the form discarding any unsaved changes | Alt+Shift+Q |
Grid shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut/Key combination |
| Move to the next/previous column | Tab / Shift+Tab |
| Move to the next/previous row | Down Arrow / Up Arrow |
| Move to the next/previous row without selecting (Note: This shortcut applies to multi-select scenarios only.) | Ctrl+Up Arrow / Ctrl+Down Arrow |
| Select/clear the current row (Note: This shortcut applies to multi-select scenarios only.) | Ctrl+Space / Ctrl+Click |
| Add the next/previous row to the selected set (Note: This shortcut applies to multi-select scenarios only.) | Shift+Space |
| Add a range of rows to the selected set (Note: This shortcut applies to multi-select scenarios only.) | Shift+Click |
| Go to the next/previous page of data | Page Up / Page Down |
| Create a new row at the bottom of the grid | Down Arrow (from the last row) |
| Select or clear all rows | Ctrl+Shift+M |
| Move to the first record | Ctrl+Home |
| Move to the last record | Ctrl+End |
Input control shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut/Key combination |
| Enter the session date in a date field | D+Tab |
| Enter the current date in a date field | T+Tab |
| Open lookup, combo box, date picker, drop dialog | Alt+Down Arrow |
| Close lookup, combo box, date picker, drop dialog | Esc |
| Move focus into a lookup (when the lookup is already open) | Alt+Down Arrow |
| Select text in the current field | Ctrl+A |
| Enter/leave the text area in an HTML editor control | Alt+Down Arrow / Alt+Up Arrow |
Messaging shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut/Key combination |
| Go to the Message Center | Ctrl+Shift+F7 |
| Go to the Message Bar | Ctrl+F7 |
Navigation shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut/Key combination |
| Go to the dashboard | Alt+Shift+Home |
| Go to the navigation bar | Alt+Shift+F1 |
| Go to the navigation pane | Alt+F1 |
| Go to the company picker | Ctrl+Shift+O |
| Go to navigation search | Ctrl+/ or Alt+G |
| Open the help pane | Ctrl+? |
Segmented entry shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut/Key combination |
| Open the drop-down list (when the drop-down list is closed) | Alt+Down Arrow |
| Move focus into the input field for the current segment in the drop-down list (when the drop-down list is already open) | Alt+Down Arrow |
| Close the drop-down list | Alt+Up Arrow |
| Close/open the right portion of the drop-down list | Alt+Left Arrow / Alt+Right Arrow |
| Toggle between “Show valid” and “Show all” modes | Alt+W |
| Select the value from drop-down list and move to the next segment | Enter |
| Move to the next/previous control on the page (when focus is in input control) | Tab / Shift+Tab |
| Move to the next/previous input field in the flyout (when focus is in the drop-down list) | Tab / Shift+Tab |
| Move up/down a row in the lookup | Up Arrow / Down Arrow |
| Move up/down a page in the lookup | Page Up / Page Down |
| Move to the top/bottom of the lookup | Home / End |