Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are available from the Keyboard shortcuts button in a workspace header and from ?. The popover shows the shortcuts active on the page, panel, or tool you are using right now, so the list changes with the page, panel, or tool.

Keyboard shortcuts popover

The shortcuts popover shows the shortcuts registered on the page you are using right now.

Part	What it does
Keyboard button in the workspace header	Opens the shortcuts popover.
Keyboard shortcuts	The popover title.
?	Opens or closes the shortcuts popover. This shortcut still works while another popover, menu, or dialog is open.
Group headings	Organize shortcuts by area, such as Imaging or Template builder. When more than one group is present, page-specific groups appear before General.
Duplicate entries	If the same label is registered more than once in one group, the popover shows it once.
Key display	Ona shows modifier shortcuts as ⌘ on Apple devices and Ctrl elsewhere.

General

These are registered as general shortcuts. When the popover shows more than one group, they appear under General.

Shortcut	Action	When it appears
?	Show shortcuts	On pages with the shortcuts popover
⌘B or Ctrl+B	Toggle sidebar	On desktop pages with the left app sidebar
⌘S or Ctrl+S	Save	When the Unsaved changes save bar is showing
/	Search	On pages with a shortcut-enabled search field

Search fields

Some search fields opt into keyboard behavior beyond the shortcut list.

Use the Search field (1) to focus the active shortcut-enabled search field and select its current text. The Slash hint (2) shows the visible / cue inside an empty shortcut-enabled search field.

Key or behavior	What it does	Notes
/	Focuses the active shortcut-enabled search field and selects its current text	The newest visible eligible search field wins
Overlay-aware search	Keeps / inside the overlay you are working in	If focus is in a dialog, alert dialog, menu, or listbox, only a search field inside that same overlay can answer
Esc with text in the field	Clears the current search	Focus stays in the field
Esc on an empty focused field	Leaves the field	This happens after the query has already been cleared
/ hint	Shows a visible / hint inside an empty shortcut-enabled search field	The hint is hidden while the field has focus and on touch devices

Template builder

These shortcuts appear when the Ask Ona box is available in the template builder on Templates, Forms, Consents, patient Imaging, visit Imaging, and patient care plans.

Use the Ask Ona box (1) to enter a prompt, Attach a PDF (2) to add a file, and Generate (3) to run the request from the builder.

Shortcut	Action	When it appears
⌘J or Ctrl+J	Ask Ona	Focuses the Ask Ona box in the template builder

Imaging

These shortcuts appear in Imaging when you are moving through records.

Shortcut	Action	When it appears
J or ↓	Next record	On Imaging pages with the record rail
K or ↑	Previous record	On Imaging pages with the record rail

Shortcut behavior

Shortcut handling changes based on where your focus is and what is open.

Use the Shortcuts popover (1) to review the shortcuts that are registered on the page right now. The Search field (2) shows the shortcut-enabled field that can answer / while an overlay is open.

Behavior	What it means
Shortcuts are page-aware	The popover lists only shortcuts that are currently registered and enabled on the page you are using.
Single-key shortcuts usually pause while typing	Keys such as J, K, and / do not normally fire while your cursor is in a field.
Modifier shortcuts usually still work while typing	Shortcuts that use Command or Ctrl, such as save, can still run while focus is in a field, but a page can opt out. For example, ⌘B or Ctrl+B does not run while you are typing.
The save shortcut follows the visible save bar	⌘S or Ctrl+S acts on the visible Unsaved changes save bar. If its Save button is disabled, the shortcut does nothing.
Most page shortcuts pause in overlays	When a dialog, menu, or popover is open, page shortcuts usually stand down so keys can act inside that overlay.
Some shortcuts are overlay-safe	A shortcut can stay active in overlays when the page uses it that way, such as ?.
A held key can repeat	Shortcuts repeat while a key is held unless that shortcut disables repeat behavior.
One action can have more than one key	When two keys do the same thing, such as J and ↓, the popover shows both for the same action.