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Keyboard Shortcuts

Bionic Cloud can be controlled with both the mouse and the keyboard.

As well as enhancing accessibility keyboard shortcuts can make it faster to work through a large volume of messages during a live programme.

Ctrl + Alt + 1 Select top Message Queue Item and move focus to Message Queue

Ctrl + Alt + 2 Select top On Air Queue Item and move focus to On Air Queue

Ctrl + Alt + 3 Select Chat Input and move focus to Chat

Up / Down for moving through items in lists and Queues.

Ctrl + Up / Ctrl + Down for moving selected item in On Air Queue higher or lower in order.

Enter for activating the selected item or default action

Escape for backing out of a window or selection

Left / Right for moving between actions where action buttons are shown

TAB for moving focus between input boxes and buttons

Space to toggle a Tag selection on or off

Ctrl + Plus Zoom In

Ctrl + Minus Zoom Out

Ctrl + 0 Reset Zoom

The shortcuts available depend on which area of the console you are working in.

On a Mac the command key will replace Ctrl in most functions.