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Keyboard Support

RadGantt introduces keyboard support. In order to activate it, you must set the KeyboardNavigationSettings:

ASP.NET

<telerik:RadGantt RenderMode="Lightweight" ID="RadGantt1" runat="server">
    <KeyboardNavigationSettings FocusKey="W" CommandKey="Alt" />
</telerik:RadGantt>

Some key combination are reserved by the browsers for default actions and they cannot be used. Ex. Ctrl + D adds current page to favorites/bookmarks.

The keyboard navigation has the following functionalities:

ACTIONS APPLIED ON GANTT'S TIMELINE

Delete - deletes currently selected task and/or dependency.

ACTIONS APPLIED ON GANTT'S TREELIST HEADER

Enter - sort by the column.

ACTIONS APPLIED ON GANTT'S TREELIST DATA TABLE

Arrow Keys - to navigate over the cells.
Enter - opens cell editor.
Esc - closes cell editor.
Space - selects currently highlighted cell's row.
1 - 3 - moves between the available views.
Alt Left Arrow / Alt Right Arrow - scrolls timeline.
Ctrl Right Arrow / Ctrl Left Arrow - expand/collapse summary row.

ACTIONS APPLIED ON 'ADD TASK' ACTION DROPDOWN

Up Arrow - highlights previous item.
Down Arrow - highlights next item.
Enter - selects highlighted item.
Esc - closes the dropdown.