Keyboard Shortcuts for the Query Editor and Query Results View
You can use the following icons and keyboard shortcuts to navigate within the query editor or query results view.
Topic Contents
Query Editor
Query Results List
Opening and Closing Query Panels
Display Results When You Have No Permission to View a Work Item
Required Permissions
To use the query editor and view work items, you must be a member of the Readers group, or your View work items in this node permission must be set to Allow. To modify a work item, you must be a member of the Contributors group or have the View work items in this node and Edit work items in this node permissions set to Allow. For more information, see Team Foundation Server Permissions.
Navigating within the Query Editor
Generated effect |
Key or action |
|---|---|
Move the focus up or down |
UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW |
Move the focus left or right |
RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW |
Move the focus down |
ENTER |
Move the focus to the right, one field at a time |
TAB |
Move the focus to the left, one field at a time |
SHIFT+TAB |
Copy the selected clause |
CTRL+C |
Save changes made to the query or work items in the query results list |
CTRL+S |
Paste the copied clause, and overwrite the selected clause |
CTRL+V |
Move the focus to the end of the current clause |
END |
Delete the contents of the current field or the selected clause |
DELETE |
Highlight consecutive clauses |
SHIFT+UP ARROW or SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
Navigating within the Query Results List
Most of the shortcuts that are listed below can be used wherever you have a list of work items, such as the query results view or a list of linked work items within a work item form.
Generated effect |
Key or action |
|---|---|
Highlight a row |
Click the row |
Highlight consecutive rows |
SHIFT+UP ARROW or SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
Expand the current row |
Click PLUS SIGN key on the numeric keypad, or the equals key on the keyboard |
Collapses the current row |
Click MINUS SIGN key on the numeric keypad or on the keyboard |
Save changes made to the query or work items in the query results list |
CTRL+S |
Sort the list by the values of a column, toggling between ascending and descending The up-chevron indicates an ascending sort, and the down-chevron indicates a descending sort |
Click a column heading |
Sort the list based on values in multiple columns |
Hold down SHIFT and click the columns in sequence |
Resize a column |
Drag an edge of a column header |
Move a column (Team Explorer only) |
Drag the column left or right to a new location. |
Select the previous row or the next row |
UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW |
Scrolls right or left |
RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW |
Scrolls up or down |
PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN |
Selects the first row or the last row |
HOME or END |
Open the selected work item |
ENTER key on the keypad or on the keyboard |
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Opening, Closing, and Navigating within Query Panels
When you open a work item query, there are two panels that may display concurrently: the query editor and query results or the query results and the work item form that is currently selected in the query results view.
Generated effect |
Click this icon |
|---|---|
Collapse bottom panel |
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Collapse left panel |
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Collapse right panel |
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Collapse upper panel |
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Restore bottom panel |
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Restore left panel |
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Restore right panel |
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Restore upper panel |
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Switch to side-by-side, horizontal panels |
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Switch to stacked (vertical) panels |
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Next work item in results list |
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Previous work item in results list |
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Display Results When You Have No Permission to View a Work Item
When query results contain a work item that you do not have required permissions to view, the cells of that work item are blank, except that the work item ID appears, and the title cell indicates <<no access>>.
When you sort a work item list that contains no-access rows, those rows sort as if their cells were blank. For example, if you sort by State, each no-access row appears at the top of the list. This rule applies to the Title field also. If you sorted by Title, no-access rows appear at the top of the list even though the title appears as <<no access>>. The exception to this rule is that if you sort by work item ID no-access rows appear in the expected sequence.
See Also
Tasks
Add, Remove, Reorder, and Sort Columns
List Work Items (Default Flat List)
View and Modify Work Items in a Direct Links View
View and Modify Work Items in a Tree View