# Variables window keyboard shortcuts

**URL:** <https://mworks.discourse.group/t/variables-window-keyboard-shortcuts/635>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 4, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/variables-window-keyboard-shortcuts/635 "2012-10-04T15:14:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/variables-window-keyboard-shortcuts/635/1 "2012-10-04T15:14:42Z")

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Mark [wrote](https://mworks.discourse.group/discussions/suggestions/33#comment_19275093):

> We’ve talked about keyboard shortcuts before but one which would be VERY useful is to allow arrow keys and “Enter” to select in the Variables window. We’re now simulating arrays with Variable01 Variable02 … VariableNN and changing all of these by clicking takes a long time.

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**Author:** ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/variables-window-keyboard-shortcuts/635/2 "2012-10-17T18:32:30Z")

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Hi Mark,

I made a few changes to the variables window, which I think will address your needs. As of tonight’s nightly build, here’s how things work:

To start editing a variable’s value, you can either:

1. Double-click the current value, or
2. Select the value’s row (by single-clicking it or navigating to it from an already-selected row with the up/down arrow keys), then press RETURN or TAB

To finish editing a value, either:

1. Start editing another value by double-clicking it;
2. Press RETURN, which ends editing and leaves the current row selected; or
3. Press TAB, which ends editing in the current row and starts editing in the next row (unless you’re in the last row, in which case it acts like RETURN)

Option 3 should make editing your pseudo-array variables much easier, since you only need to press one key (TAB) to move from one variable to the next.

Cheers,  
Chris

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**Author:** ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/variables-window-keyboard-shortcuts/635/3 "2012-10-17T18:46:56Z")

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Great - thanks. About a 2-wk timetable for me to try this. Mark

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**Author:** ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/variables-window-keyboard-shortcuts/635/4 "2022-07-19T23:32:53Z")

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