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:

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

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

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

<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:

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

Available keyboard shortcuts and mouse commands

The Toolbar

The grid

Charts

The Field List

Calculated value editor

Number formatting dialog

Conditional formatting dialog

Layout options dialog

Filter dialog

See also

• Accessibility overview