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# Use keyboard shortcuts

Open the shortcuts screen, jump between pages, work in lists, switch tabs and perspectives, and use the extra shortcuts of the desktop app.

Updated October 5, 2026

Keyboard shortcuts let planners move through Transportial without reaching for the mouse. The navigation shortcuts use a different modifier key on Mac than on Windows and Linux, so they do not clash with copy and paste.

## Open the shortcuts screen

1. Press **?** (Shift + /) anywhere outside a text field, or open the side menu (☰) and click **Show shortcuts**.
2. Read the list under **Shortcuts**. It shows the keys for your operating system.
3. Click a group under **Switch group settings** to switch to it, if you have any.
4. Press **Esc** or click outside the screen to close it.

## General shortcuts

| Keys | Action                                           |
| ---- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| ?    | Open or close the shortcuts screen               |
| /    | Put the cursor in the header search              |
| Esc  | Close the search results, or close the top panel |

## Shortcuts in lists

In lists such as transport orders, vehicles or invoices, press a single letter (without a modifier key) while the cursor is not in a text field:

| Keys | Action                                                     |
| ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| n    | Create a new item for that list, where the list offers one |
| f    | Open the filter panel                                      |
| s    | Open or close the sort menu                                |

The shortcuts screen lists **n** as **New element within the context of the page**.

## Navigation shortcuts

On a Mac, hold **Ctrl**. On Windows and Linux, hold **Alt**. Then press the letter.

| Keys (Mac / Windows and Linux) | Goes to                          |
| ------------------------------ | -------------------------------- |
| Ctrl+D / Alt+D                 | Dashboard                        |
| Ctrl+O / Alt+O                 | Transport orders                 |
| Ctrl+N / Alt+N                 | Opens a new transport order form |
| Ctrl+V / Alt+V                 | Vehicles                         |
| Ctrl+C / Alt+C                 | Drivers                          |
| Ctrl+F / Alt+F                 | Fleets                           |
| Ctrl+L / Alt+L                 | Locations                        |
| Ctrl+M / Alt+M                 | Messages                         |
| Ctrl+T / Alt+T                 | Opens a new trip form            |

These shortcuts do nothing while the cursor is in a text field, so they never interrupt your typing.

External users, such as customers using the portal, have the shortcuts for the dashboard, transport orders and a new transport order only. The other pages are not in their menu, so the shortcuts screen does not show those keys to them either.

Some browsers reserve the same keys. On Windows, for example, Alt+D jumps to the browser's address bar. If a shortcut does not respond in your browser, use Transportial Desktop: its **Go** menu carries the same shortcuts and they also work inside text fields.

## Switch tabs

Press **Cmd** (Mac) or **Ctrl** (Windows and Linux) with a number from **1** to **9** to open that tab, counting from the left. This works for the dashboard tabs and the tabs of a vehicle's details. In a web browser these keys may switch browser tabs instead; in Transportial Desktop they reach the app.

## Switch perspective

Your administrator can give each settings group a key. Press the navigation modifier with **Shift** and that key: for example **Ctrl+Shift+2** on a Mac or **Alt+Shift+2** on Windows. The shortcuts screen lists the keys of your groups.

## Extra shortcuts in Transportial Desktop

Cmd is used on a Mac, Ctrl on Windows and Linux.

| Keys             | Action                                               |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+O | New transport order                                  |
| Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+T | New trip                                             |
| Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+N | New window with the dashboard                        |
| Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+D | Detach the current view to its own window            |
| Cmd/Ctrl+F       | Put the cursor in the header search                  |
| Cmd/Ctrl+P       | Print the current window                             |
| Cmd/Ctrl+R       | Reload the window (Shift adds: reload all windows)   |
| Cmd/Ctrl+/       | Open the shortcuts screen                            |
| Cmd/Ctrl+,       | Open the desktop settings                            |
| Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+T   | Show or hide Transportial from any other application |

See [Desktop settings and environments](/en-us/help/desktop-settings-and-environments) to switch off the system-wide shortcut.

## Related articles

* [Find your way around the interface](/en-us/help/navigating-the-interface)
* [Search across Transportial](/en-us/help/global-search)
* [Work with windows and pop-outs](/en-us/help/desktop-windows-and-popouts)

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Canonical page: https://transportial.com/en-us/help/keyboard-shortcuts