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xamGantt Keyboard Support

Topic Overview

Purpose

This topic describes the xamGantt™ control’s built-in keyboard support and lists the user actions that have a keyboard shortcut associated with them.

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xamGantt Keyboard Support

Overview

The xamGantt control provided several predefined keyboard shortcuts to enable quick performance of specific user actions.

The shortcuts listed below are equivalent to the Microsoft Project 2010 keyboard shortcuts.

Note
Note

The shortcuts listed here will not work in Silverlight hosted application.

xamGantt keyboard support summary

The following table summarizes the user actions and their corresponding keyboard shortcut.

The user can… Using… Details

Indent the selected task(s)

Alt + Shift + Right

The selected task(s) indents.

Outdent the selected task(s)

Alt + Shift + Left

The selected task(s) outdents.

Toggle the selected task(s) mode to manually scheduled

Ctrl + Shift + M

The selected task(s) mode changes to manual.

Toggle the selected task(s) mode to automatically scheduled

Ctrl + Shift + A

The selected task(s) mode changes to auto.

Reset the sorted column to its initial order

Shift + F3

Resets sorted columns to their initial order.

Expand the selected summary task(s)

Alt + Shift + Plus

The selected summary task(s) expand.

Collapse the selected summary task(s)

Alt + Shift + Minus

The selected summary task(s) collapse.

Scroll the chart section to view the project start date

Alt + Home

The timescale scrolls so that the project start date is visible.

Scroll the chart section to view the project finish date

Alt + End

The timescale scrolls so that the project finish date is visible.

Scroll the chart section to view the task start date

Ctrl + Shift + F5

The timescale scrolls so that the selected task’s ScheduledStart date is visible.

Scroll to the next timescale item

Alt+ Right

The timescale scrolls by a small increment (based on the smallest timescale interval) to the right.

Scroll to the previous timescale item

Alt+ Left

The timescale scrolls by a small increment (based on the smallest timescale interval) to the left.

Scroll to the next timescale page

Alt + PageUp

The timescale scrolls by a large increment (based on the viewable area) to the right.

Scroll to the previous timescale page

Alt + PageDown

The timescale scrolls by a large increment (based on the viewable area) to the left.

Multiple selection in the xamGantt grid

SHIFT + Mouse Click

Performs a continuous multiple selection.

Multiple selection in the xamGantt grid

CTRL + Mouse Click

Performs a discontinuous multiple selection.

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