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  • Introduction
  • Connecting to data source
  • Browser compatibility
  • Documentation for older versions
  • Keyboard navigation

    All Flexmonster’s functionality can be accessed from the keyboard using keyboard shortcuts.

    How to enable the keyboard navigation mode

    The keyboard navigation mode highlights focused UI elements. By default, the keyboard focus is not visible in Flexmonster.

    To show the keyboard focus, select the grid and press Shift three times. You can also enable keyboard navigation mode on initialization by setting the accessibility.keyboardMode property to true in the new Flexmonster() API call:

    JavaScript

    const pivot = new Flexmonster({
    container: "pivotContainer",
    accessibility: {
    keyboardMode: true,
    },
    report: {
        // ...
      }
    });

    React

    <FlexmonsterReact.Pivot
    accessibility={{
    keyboardMode: true
    }}
    report="..."
    />

    Angular

    <fm-pivot
    [accessibility]="{ keyboardMode: true }"
    [report]="...">
    </fm-pivot>

    Vue

    <Pivot
    v-bind:accessibility="{ keyboardMode: true }"
    v-bind:report="..."
    />

    How to perform drag-and-drop using the keyboard

    With the drag-and-drop feature, which is available on the grid and in the Field List, you can change the slice on the fly, namely:

    • Move the field to rows. 
    • Move the field to columns.
    • Move the field to report filters.
    • Move the field to measures (in the Field List).
    • Reorder fields.
    • Remove the field from the slice.

    This feature is also accessible from the keyboard. Follow the steps below to drag a field on the grid or in the Field List:

    1. Using the Tab key, select the needed field on the grid or in the Field List.
    2. Press the Space or Enter key to open the field’s context menu.
    3. Select the needed option from the menu using the arrow keys.
    4. Press Space or Enter to apply the option.

    Check out all the shortcuts for the grid.

    Here is an example of accessible drag-and-drop on the grid:

    See how a field can be dragged in the Field List:

    How to perform sorting using the keyboard

    To sort a row or column on the grid from the keyboard, follow these instructions:

    1. Using the Tab key, move the keyboard focus to the grid.
    2. Press Space or Enter to move the keyboard focus inside the grid.
    3. Select the needed field member with the arrow keys.
    4. Open the member’s context menu by pressing the Space or Enter key.
    5. Select the needed sorting option using the arrow keys.
    6. Press the Space or Enter key to apply the sorting.

    Check out all the shortcuts for the grid.

    Here is a live demonstration:

    If the slice contains several measures, you should set sorting for a specific measure:

    How to perform filtering using the keyboard

    This mini-guide will help you filter a field with the keyboard:

    1. Using the Tab key, select the field you would like to filter on the grid.
    2. Press Space or Enter to open the field’s context menu.
    3. Select Open filter with arrow keys (by default, this item is already selected).
    4. Press Space or Enter to open the pop-up filter window.
    5. Use Tab and Shift + Tab to navigate between the filtering options. Use the arrow keys to navigate between field members and filtering conditions. To apply the selected option, press Space or Enter.
    6. When you have configured the filters, select the Apply button with Shift + Tab.
    7. Press Space or Enter to apply the filters to the field.

    Check out all the shortcuts for the filter dialog.

    See how to filter a field using the keyboard:

    Specifics of using keyboard navigation in Safari

    In Safari, the Option + Tab shortcut moves the focus between UI elements by default. To use the Tab key instead, follow the steps below:

    1. Open the browser, then go to Safari > Preferences
    2. Navigate to the Advanced tab.
    3. Check the Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage option.

    Your accessibility configurations should look similar to the following:

    Accessibility in Safari

    You can now use the Tab key to navigate Flexmonster in Safari.

    Available keyboard shortcuts and mouse commands

    The Toolbar

    Keyboard shortcutsDescription
    TabMoves the focus to the next active tab in the Toolbar.
    Shift + TabMoves the focus to the previous active tab in the Toolbar.
    Space | EnterOpens the tab's submenu or selects the tab itself.
    UpArrowMoves the focus upward when navigating between items of a tab’s submenu.
    DownArrowMoves the focus downward when navigating between items of a tab’s submenu.
    EscCloses the tab’s submenu.

    The grid

    Keyboard shortcutsDescription
    TabMoves the focus from the grid to the next active element. 
    Shift + TabMoves the focus from the grid to the previous active element.
    If the focus is on a grid cell, this shortcut moves the focus to the grid element.
    Space | EnterIf the focus is on the grid element, this shortcut moves the focus into the grid.
    If the focus is on a cell, this shortcut opens the cell’s context menu.
    If the focus is on a context menu item with a submenu (e.g., Aggregations), this shortcut opens the submenu.
    UpArrowMoves the focus upward when navigating between cells or items of a cell’s context menu.
    DownArrowMoves the focus downward when navigating between cells or items of a cell’s context menu.
    LeftArrowMoves the focus leftward when navigating between cells.
    RightArrowMoves the focus rightward when navigating between cells.
    Shift + UpArrowExtends cell selection upward.
    Shift + DownArrowExtends cell selection downward.
    Shift + LeftArrowExtends cell selection leftward.
    Shift + RightArrowExtends cell selection rightward.
    Shift + clickSelects an area between the clicked cells.
    Ctrl + click (Command + click on MacOS)Selects the clicked cells.
    Ctrl + A (Command + A | Control + A on MacOS)Selects all cells.
    Ctrl + C (Command + C on macOS)Copies selected cells to the clipboard.
    Ctrl + Alt + H (Command + Option + H on macOS)Switches between the default and high-contrast CSS themes.
    Shift (three times)Shows/hides the keyboard focus on UI elements.
    Ctrl + Alt + i (Option + Control + i on macOS)Opens a pop-up window with the component’s version and license information.
    Right-click
    (Control + click | secondary click on macOS)
    Opens the cell’s context menu.
    Double-clickOpens the drill-through view for the cell.
    EscCloses the cell's context menu or the drill-through view.
    Ctrl + click sorting arrows in the flat formApplies sorting to multiple columns.

    Charts

    Keyboard shortcutsDescription
    TabMoves the focus to the next active element.
    Shift + TabMoves the focus to the previous active element.
    Space | EnterSelects the current element.
    UpArrowMoves the focus upward when navigating between items of a menu.
    DownArrowMoves the focus downward when navigating between items of a menu.
    Ctrl + Alt + H (Command + Option + H on macOS)Switches between the default and high-contrast CSS themes.
    Shift (three times)Shows/hides the keyboard focus on UI elements.
    Ctrl + Alt + i (Option + Control + i on macOS)Opens a pop-up window with the component’s version and license information.
    Right-click a chart element
    (Control + click | secondary click on macOS)
    Opens the chart element’s context menu.
    Double-click a chart elementOpens the drill-through view for the chart element.
    EscCloses a dropdown menu, the chart element's context menu, or the drill-through view.

    The Field List

    Keyboard shortcutsDescription
    TabMoves the focus to the next active element.
    Shift + TabMoves the focus to the previous active element.
    Space | EnterSelects the current element. If the element is a field, the shortcut opens the field’s context menu.
    UpArrowMoves the focus upward when navigating between items of a list or a menu.
    DownArrowMoves the focus backward when navigating between items of a list or a menu.
    EscCloses the Field List, a context menu, or a dropdown menu.

    Calculated value editor

    Keyboard shortcutsDescription
    TabMoves the focus to the next active element.
    Shift + TabMoves the focus to the previous active element.
    Space | EnterSelects the current element. If the element is a field, the shortcut opens the field’s context menu.
    UpArrowMoves the focus upward when navigating between items of a list or a menu.
    DownArrowMoves the focus backward when navigating between items of a list or a menu.
    EscCloses the calculated value editor, a context menu, or a dropdown menu.

    Number formatting dialog

    Keyboard shortcutsDescription
    TabMoves the focus to the next active element.
    Shift + TabMoves the focus to the previous active element.
    Space | EnterSelects the current element. 
    UpArrowMoves the focus upward when navigating between items of a dropdown menu.
    DownArrowMoves the focus downward when navigating between items of a dropdown menu.
    EscCloses the number formatting dialog or a dropdown menu.

    Conditional formatting dialog

    Keyboard shortcutsDescription
    TabMoves the focus to the next active element.
    Shift + TabMoves the focus to the previous active element.
    Space | EnterSelects the current element.
    UpArrowMoves the focus upward when navigating between items of a dropdown menu.
    DownArrowMoves the focus downward when navigating between items of a dropdown menu.
    EscCloses the conditional formatting dialog or a dropdown menu.

    Layout options dialog

    Keyboard shortcutsDescription
    TabMoves the focus to the next active element.
    Shift + TabMoves the focus to the previous active element.
    Space | EnterSelects the current element.
    EscCloses the layout options dialog.

    Filter dialog

    Keyboard shortcutsDescription
    TabMoves the focus to the next active element.
    Shift + TabMoves the focus to the previous active element.
    Space | EnterSelects the current element.
    UpArrowMoves the focus upward when navigating between items of a list or a dropdown menu.
    DownArrowMoves the focus downward when navigating between items of a list or dropdown menu.
    Ctrl + Space | Ctrl + Enter
    (Command + Return | Control + Return on macOS)
    Selects the current hierarchy level and all its child levels when configuring the selection filter for the multilevel hierarchy.
    EscCloses the filter dialog or a dropdown menu.

    See also