Keyboard Shortcuts for Experiment Manager

Use these keyboard shortcuts when working with Experiment Manager.

Note

When you use the keyboard shortcuts on macOS systems:

Press the Command (⌘) key instead of the Ctrl key.
Press the Option key instead of the Alt key.

Shortcuts for General Navigation

Action	Shortcut
Show the access keys for the toolstrip	Alt+E
Move forward through the different areas of the Experiment Manager app, including the toolstrip, the Experiment Browser panel, and the experiment definition and results tabs	Ctrl+F6
Move backward through the different areas of the Experiment Manager app, including the toolstrip, the Experiment Browser panel, and the experiment definition and results tabs	Ctrl+Shift+F6
Move forward through the different elements in the start page, the toolstrip, or the experiment definition and results tabs	Tab
Move backward through the different elements in the start page, the toolstrip, or the experiment definition and results tabs	Shift+Tab
Select the current option in the start page or a menu	Enter
Cancel the current action, for example, hide the access keys for the toolstrip or close a menu	Esc

Shortcuts for Experiment Browser

Use Ctrl+F6 or Ctrl+Shift+F6 to navigate to the Experiment Browser. Then press Tab twice to focus the currently selected project, experiments, or results. The Experiment Browser supports the selection of multiple experiments and results (since R2023b).

Action	Shortcut
Show the experiments in the project or the results for an experiment	Right arrow If the contents of the project or experiment are already visible, pressing the right arrow selects the first experiment in the project or the first result for the experiment.
Hide the experiments in the project or the results for an experiment	Left arrow If the contents of an experiment are already hidden, pressing the left arrow selects the project that contains the experiment.
Move down and select the next item in the browser	Down arrow
Move up and select the previous item in the browser	Up arrow
Select multiple items in the browser	Navigate to the next item in the browser that you want to select by pressing Ctrl+up arrow or Ctrl+down arrow. Then press the space bar to select.
Select a range of contiguous items in the browser	Shift+down arrow or Shift+up arrow
Select all experiments	Ctrl+A
Rename an experiment or result	F2 or Enter
Delete selected experiments or results	Delete Your selection must contain only experiments or only results. If you delete an experiment, Experiment Manager also deletes the results contained in the experiment.

Shortcuts for Results Table

Use Ctrl+F6 or Ctrl+Shift+F6 to navigate to the experiment results tab. Then press Tab to navigate to the results table.

Action	Shortcut
Move to the next trial in the table	Down arrow
Move to the previous trial in the table	Up arrow
Move to the next column in the table	Right arrow
Move to the previous column in the table	Left arrow