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Welcome page keyboard commands
Use keyboard commands to navigate and operate the Workflow Editor Welcome page.
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Workflow Editor Welcome page - Tab Sequences
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| Navigate to main content \(left\) panel, and select a workflow | - After accessing the Workflow Editor from a menu, press Tab.
Image omitted: skip-to-main-content.png The Skip to Main Content button appears in the upper left corner.</li> - Press Enter to position the cursor in the first record displayed in the Published tab.
- Press Tab to navigate down the listing of workflow records.
Press Enter to select and open a workflow record in the Workflow drawing canvas. |
| Select a checked out workflow or a help function in main content panel | - After accessing the Workflow Editor from a menu, press Tab until the Published tab is highlighted.
Note: Do not select Image omitted: skip-to-main-content.png The Skip to Main Content button or [Omitted image "SkipToWorkflowSidePanel.png"] Alt text: The Skip to Workflow Side Panel button.</p> - Press the right or left arrow keys to navigate between the Published, Checked Out, or Help tabs.
- Press Tab to navigate across the columns and down the listing of checked out workflow records or help selections.
Press Enter to select and open a checked out workflow record in the Workflow drawing canvas, or open a help selection (work or orchestration videos, documentation, community discussions, knowledge base, or Live Feed). |
| Create a workflow | - After accessing the Workflow Editor from a menu, press Tab until
Image omitted: NewWorkflow.png The New Workflow button is highlighted.</li> - Press Enter to open New Workflow
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| Jump to Top | After tabbing through the displayed records in a tab in the main panel (for example, within the Published tab), Image omitted: JumptoTop.png The Jump to top buttonappears at the bottom of the listing. Press <strong>Enter</strong> to return to the Welcome tab at the top of the Workflow Editor.</td></tr><tr><td> Navigate to page selection controls Image omitted: PageSelectionControls.png </td><td><ol> After tabbing through the displayed records in a tab in the main panel (for example, within the Published tab), including Image omitted: JumptoTop.png The Jump to top button, press <strong>Tab</strong> to access the page selection controls. Continue to press <strong>Tab</strong> until you access the desired one.</li> Press Enter to operate the selected page control. |
| Navigate directly to side \(right\) panel to open help, create a new workflow, or open an existing one | - After accessing the Workflow Editor from a menu, press Tab two times. Do not select
Image omitted: skip-to-main-content.png The Skip to Main Content button. [Omitted image "SkipToWorkflowSidePanel.png"] Alt text: The Skip to Workflow Side Panel button appears in the upper left corner.</li> - Press Enter to position the cursor in the Workflows tab in the side panel.
- To open help, press Tab to navigate to
Image omitted: HelpIcon.png Question mark icon. Press <strong>Enter</strong> to open help, or press <strong>Tab</strong> to skip.</li> - To create a new workflow, press Tab to navigate to
Image omitted: AddWorkflow.png Plus sign icon. Press <strong>Enter</strong> to open <a href="../r_WorkflowProperties/">New Workflow</a>, or press <strong>Tab</strong> to skip.</li> - To open an existing workflow:
- As needed, stop at the filter field to filter workflows.
- Press Tab to navigate down the workflow list.
- Press Enter to select and open a workflow record in the Workflow drawing canvas,
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| Add a core activity to a checked out workflow in the Workflow drawing canvas | If a checked out workflow is open in the Workflow drawing canvas, core activity records display in the Core tab. To select a core activity and place it in the checked out workflow:Note: Core activity records only display when a checked out workflow is open in the Workflow drawing canvas. Other tabs display in the side panel only if Orchestration functions are enabled. - In the Workflow drawing canvas, press Shift Tab until
Image omitted: SkipToWorkflowSidePanel.png The Skip to Workflow Side Panel button appears in the upper left corner.</li> - Press Enter to position the cursor in the Workflows tab in the side panel.
- Press the right arrow key to navigate to the Core tab.
- Press Tab or the down arrow key to navigate down the listing of core activities.
- To open a core activities folder (for example, Approvals), press the right arrow key.
- To navigate up the list, press the left or up arrow keys.
- Press Tab to select a core activity and open the New Activity dialog to specify properties for it.
- After creating the activity, remember to link it to another activity in the workflow. See Create a connection from a condition on one activity to the next activity that follows in Workflow drawing canvas keyboard commands.
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