Keyboard Shortcuts and Quick Links in the MDE

Owned by Minjie Chen
Last updated: Jun 27, 2023

Keyboard Shortcuts



No.

Category

Action

Keyboard Shortcut

1

 

Show/hide the Metadata Editor

Alt+M

2

 

Launches mouse cursor from the Main Pane to Persistent search bar

Ctrl+Alt+F

3

 

Split editor

F6

4

Save

Save record

Ctrl+S

5

Save and release record

Ctrl+Alt+R

6

Save draft

Ctrl+Alt+S

7

Record Actions

Release record

Alt+Shift+R

8

Validate

Ctrl+U

9Update (holdings 852) from BibliographicAlt+U
10

Find matches to a bib record

Ctrl+M

11

Suppress from Discovery

Alt+Shift+S

12

Generate accession number

Ctrl+Shift+A

13

Delete record

Ctrl+D

14

Editing Actions

Add field

F8

15

Add sub-field

F9

16

Remove selected field(s)

Ctrl+F6

17

Open form editor

Ctrl+F

18

Close form editor

Esc

19

Field information

Alt+F

20

Cut plain text

Ctrl+X

21

Copy plain text

Ctrl+C

22

Paste plain text

Ctrl+V

23Cut fieldCtrl+Shift+X
24Copy fieldCtrl+Shift+C
25Paste fieldCtrl+Shift+V
26

Enhance the record

Ctrl+Alt+E/W

27

Expand from template

Ctrl+E

28

Link to suggested authority record

F3

29

Generate author number

F4

30

Add alternative graphic representation

Alt+F1

31

Change script

Alt+F6

32

Link fields

Alt+F2

33

Unlink fields

Alt+F3

34

Flip fields

Alt+F5

35

Insert directional characters: Left-to-right mark

Ctrl+Alt+G

36

Insert directional characters: Right-to-left mark

Ctrl+Alt+M

37

Insert directional characters: Left-to-right embedding

Ctrl+Alt+D

38

Insert directional characters: Right-to-left embedding

Ctrl+Alt+N

39

Insert directional characters: Pop directional formatting

Ctrl+Alt+P

40

Add Inventory

Add new holding (default)

Ctrl+Alt+H †

41

Add item

Alt+i

42

Add local portfolio (electronic resource)

Alt+O

43

Add representation

Alt+R

44

View Related Data

From holding, open bib record

Ctrl+Alt+B

45

View in search

Ctrl+Alt+V

46

View inventory on a bib record

Ctrl+i

47

View linked data

Ctrl+Alt+L

48

Search & Browse

Browse shelf listing

Alt+C

Shortcut conflict

† If you have installed LastPass as a web browser extension, Ctrl+Alt+H may coincide with its default HotKey for Open My LastPass Vault. You can rightclick the icon of LastPass , go to Options > HotKeys to remove or change its native HotKey.

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Personalized Quick Links to Favorite Actions

The Quick Links feature, released in May 2023, allows you to create single-click links to your most commonly used actions in the Metadata Editor. The links appear under the menu bar, like this--