We will introduce operate filling interface keyboard in filling preview of FineReport reporting tool in this article.Simple description will be given to some key operations on the Filling BS Interface, taking free filling template as an example.

1. Overview

In FineReport Filling Interface, except button type controls, others can be operated with keys without using mouse, thus saving great information entry time for business personnel.

Simple description will be given to some key operations on the Filling BS Interface, taking free filling template as an example. In the designer, open template %FR_HOME%\WebReport\WEB-INF\reportlets\doc\Form\FreeForm\FreeForm.cpt and click Filling Preview.

2. Enter edit status

For numbers, characters or Chinese characters, directly input value to enter edit status, as shown below:

3. Cursor movement among controls in Filling Interface

enter: confirm and move to next cell;

tab: move right, and if till the last cell of one row, move to the first cell of next row;

shift+enter: move to the previous cell; shift+tab: move left;

delete: select one cell and click delete to clear the cell content.

Note: In default, enter key is to move the cursor to next row and tab key is to move the cursor to next column. Of course, you may set vice versa in Template > Report Filling Attribute > Filling Quick Setting by clickingicon.

4. Drop-down box control

At first, press the space key to enter editing status. Then click Down key to unfold the menu. Select option through Up/Down key. Finally, press enter key to confirm option.

5. Multi-row editing

If the control is a text field, you can press ctrl+enter for line feed, i.e., the cursor will move to the next row of the editing row. Effect is as shown below:

With PageDown and PageUp, you can move the cursor to the top and end of editing content; press backspace key once to delete a character.