Keyboard shortcuts

Everyone

Datum is built to be driven from the keyboard, because clearing a large queue with a mouse is not something anybody does twice. On a Mac, read Ctrl as ⌘.

The list is always right

Press ? on any screen for the shortcuts that work there. That list is generated from the live key bindings, so it cannot show a key that does nothing; this page is a map, and the overlay is the authority.

Anywhere

Keys	Does
Ctrl+K	Open the command palette (works even while typing in a box)
/	Open the palette to search (not while typing in a box)
?	Show the keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl+B	Collapse or expand the navigator
Esc	Close whatever is open — a dialog, the palette, a popover, from anywhere

In the command palette

Keys	Does
Type	Filter screens and actions; after two or more characters, also search records
↑ ↓	Move through the list
Enter	Go to the highlighted item
Ctrl+Enter	Open the highlighted item in a new tab
> as the first character	Restrict to screens and actions only
Esc	Close

In match review

Data steward

These work on the pair on screen, when no dialog is open. The three decision keys appear only for people who may decide (mdm:steward): a read-only session sees the navigation keys alone, so it is never taught a key that cannot work.

Keys	Does
→ or ↓	Next pair
← or ↑	Previous pair
C	Confirm the match (opens the merge confirmation)
R	Reject the match
D	Defer the pair
Ctrl+Z	Undo the last decision

See Match review.

With the mouse, for completeness

Action	Does
Middle-click a tab	Close it
Click the ⓘ beside a title	Open that screen's explanation (it never opens on hover)