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Keyboard Navigation

The keyboard navigation of the MultiSelect is always available.

The MultiSelect supports the following keyboard shortcuts:

SHORTCUTDESCRIPTION
Alt & Down ArrowOpens the popup.
Alt & Up Arrow or EscCloses the popup.
Left ArrowFocuses the previous tag item in the selected list.
Right ArrowFocuses the next tag item in the selected list.
Delete or BackspaceWhen the focused item is a tag list, removes the item from the selection.
Up ArrowFocuses the previous available item.
Down ArrowFocuses the next available item.
HomeFocuses the first selected tag.
EndFocuses the last selected tag.
EnterSelects the highlighted item.
Page UpScrolls the popup list up.
Page DownScrolls the popup list down.
Shift & Down Arrow or Shift & Up ArrowSelects the items between the last clicked item and the focused item. All other selected items are deselected.
CTRL & Shift & Home or Cmd & Shift & HomeSelects the items between the focused item and the first item. All other selected items are deselected.
CTRL & Shift & End or Cmd & Shift & EndSelects the items between the focused item and the last item. All other selected items are deselected.
CTRL & A or Cmd & ASelects or deselects all items.
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