Shortcuts in Tables

The keyboard can be used to move focus around in table cells, as well as for entering data in cells.

A table cell can be in two fundamentally different modes, and the keyboard shortcuts that you use are different in these two modes. The two modes are:

• Edit mode
• Non-edit mode

Edit mode means that you can enter data in a cell, while non-edit mode means that you can move around between cells.

When you “enter” a cell—either by navigating to the cell by using a keyboard shortcut, or by clicking in the cell with the mouse—the cell is in edit mode. To switch out of edit mode, press F2. If a cell is read-only, pressing F2 while the cell is highlighted switches it to selection mode. This means that you can copy the content of the cell, but you cannot edit it.