Keyboard Shortcuts in the classic M-Files Desktop

Shortcuts in the listing area

Use these shortcuts when the listing area is active:


Quick Search	Ctrl + F	See Quick Search.
New Document	Ctrl + N	See Creating Documents.
Refresh the object listing	F5	Updates only the objects that have changes.
Fully refresh the object listing	Shift + F5	Updates all the objects in the listing area.

Shortcuts for the selected objects

Use these shortcuts when an object is selected in the listing area:


Open the metadata card	Alt + Enter	See Metadata Card.
Check Out	Ctrl + O	See Checking Out a Document.
Check In	Ctrl + I	See Checking In a Document.
Check in with comments	Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + I	See Checking In a Document.
Relationships	Ctrl + L	See Object Relationships.
Collection members	Ctrl +⇧ Shift + L	See Managing Document Collections.
Comments	Ctrl + M	See Object Comments.
Subobjects	Ctrl + J	See Subobjects.
History	Ctrl + H	See Version History.

Shortcuts for the metadata card

Use these shortcuts on the metadata card:


Tab ↹	Move to the next property field.
⇧ Shift + Tab ↹	Move to the previous property field.
Ctrl + I	Insert a new value field for a property.
Ctrl + D	Delete the selected property field.
Ctrl + N	Add a new value to the value list and set it as the property value.
↑ / ↓	Move between available property value options.
Ctrl + S	Save metadata.