# Keyboard actions in OPEN FILE DIALOG box **URL:** \ **Category:** Toad for Oracle & DevOps Toolkit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2013, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/keyboard-actions-in-open-file-dialog-box/27343 "2013-10-28T09:12:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mac\_500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@mac\_500](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/mac_500)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/keyboard-actions-in-open-file-dialog-box/27343/1 "2013-10-28T09:12:39Z")
Version 12.1.0.22 I’m a KEYBOARD SHORTCUT kinda guy. In an editor window, I press CTRL+O to open a file. The editor window appears. I notice I am in a folder called c:\temp\yesterdaysproject. I would like to navigate to c:\temp without using my mouse. I type “…” like I have for years and then press ENTER. Previously - and in every other windows application I’ve run - the system dialog box would have performed the same action as pressing the “Up a Folder” button with the mouse. In TOAD 12 (all releases I’ve tried), nothing happens. I require one of the following, please: 1. Let me type “…” and when I do, it should take me up a folder. 2. Provide keyboard shortcuts from this dialog box for me to navigate to my favorites folders. Ideally, my point is that I do not want to touch my mouse to have to open a file. ---
**Author:** ![jbowman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/jbowman/32/22_2.png) [@jbowman](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/jbowman)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/keyboard-actions-in-open-file-dialog-box/27343/2 "2013-10-28T12:48:34Z")
Hey Michael, How about both?? It looks like this was a limitation of the component set we were using within the dialog. The dialog itself was recognizing the “…” as a valid path, but the explorer component didn’t want to navigate to it. The “…” combination, however, did work in the incremental search drop-down when listing available files. I’ve added this functionality for the next beta, as well as a shortcut combination (Ctrl+Shift+F) to navigate to your Favorites Tree. Pressing [TAB] will navigate away from it again. -John **From:** Michael Coughlin [[mailto:bounce-mac\_500@toadworld.com](mailto:bounce-mac_500@toadworld.com)] **Sent:** Monday, October 28, 2013 12:13 PM **To:** [toadoracle@toadworld.com](mailto:toadoracle@toadworld.com) **Subject:** [Toad for Oracle - Discussion Forum] Keyboard actions in OPEN FILE DIALOG box **[Keyboard actions in OPEN FILE DIALOG box](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/t/20625.aspx)** Thread created by Michael Coughlin Version 12.1.0.22 I’m a KEYBOARD SHORTCUT kinda guy. In an editor window, I press CTRL+O to open a file. The editor window appears. I notice I am in a folder called c:\temp\yesterdaysproject. I would like to navigate to c:\temp without using my mouse. I type “…” like I have for years and then press ENTER. Previously - and in every other windows application I’ve run - the system dialog box would have performed the same action as pressing the “Up a Folder” button with the mouse. In TOAD 12 (all releases I’ve tried), nothing happens. I require one of the following, please: 1. Let me type “…” and when I do, it should take me up a folder. 2. Provide keyboard shortcuts from this dialog box for me to navigate to my favorites folders. Ideally, my point is that I do not want to touch my mouse to have to open a file. To reply, please reply-all to this email. [Stop receiving emails](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/t/20625.aspx?subscribe=false) on this subject. Or [ Unsubscribe from Toad for Oracle - General](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10.aspx?subscribe=false) notifications altogether. Toad for Oracle - Discussion Forum [Flag](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/t/20625.aspx?AbuseContentId=362d0873-282b-4493-a218-4b99417c6212&AbuseContentTypeId=46448885-d0e6-4133-bbfb-f0cd7b0fd6f7&AbuseFlag=true) this post as spam/abuse. ---
**Author:** ![GTDG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/gtdg/32/140_2.png) [@GTDG](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/GTDG)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/keyboard-actions-in-open-file-dialog-box/27343/3 "2013-10-28T12:59:34Z")
Can you add something for those of us who use the mouse and keyboard? Maybe a simple shortcut like ? **From:** John Bowman [[mailto:bounce-jbowman@toadworld.com](mailto:bounce-jbowman@toadworld.com)] **Sent:** Monday, October 28, 2013 3:49 PM **To:** [toadoracle@toadworld.com](mailto:toadoracle@toadworld.com) **Subject:** RE: [Toad for Oracle - Discussion Forum] Keyboard actions in OPEN FILE DIALOG box **[RE: Keyboard actions in OPEN FILE DIALOG box](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/p/20625/42124.aspx#42124)** Reply by John Bowman Hey Michael, How about both?? It looks like this was a limitation of the component set we were using within the dialog. The dialog itself was recognizing the “…” as a valid path, but the explorer component didn’t want to navigate to it. The “…” combination, however, did work in the incremental search drop-down when listing available files. I’ve added this functionality for the next beta, as well as a shortcut combination (Ctrl+Shift+F) to navigate to your Favorites Tree. Pressing [TAB] will navigate away from it again. -John **From:** Michael Coughlin [[mailto:bounce-mac\_500@toadworld.com](mailto:bounce-mac_500@toadworld.com)] **Sent:** Monday, October 28, 2013 12:13 PM **To:** [toadoracle@toadworld.com](mailto:toadoracle@toadworld.com) **Subject:** [Toad for Oracle - Discussion Forum] Keyboard actions in OPEN FILE DIALOG box **[Keyboard actions in OPEN FILE DIALOG box](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/t/20625.aspx)** Thread created by Michael Coughlin Version 12.1.0.22 I’m a KEYBOARD SHORTCUT kinda guy. In an editor window, I press CTRL+O to open a file. The editor window appears. I notice I am in a folder called c:\temp\yesterdaysproject. I would like to navigate to c:\temp without using my mouse. I type “…” like I have for years and then press ENTER. Previously - and in every other windows application I’ve run - the system dialog box would have performed the same action as pressing the “Up a Folder” button with the mouse. In TOAD 12 (all releases I’ve tried), nothing happens. I require one of the following, please: 1. Let me type “…” and when I do, it should take me up a folder. 2. Provide keyboard shortcuts from this dialog box for me to navigate to my favorites folders. Ideally, my point is that I do not want to touch my mouse to have to open a file. To reply, please reply-all to this email. [Stop receiving emails](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/t/20625.aspx?subscribe=false) on this subject. Or [ Unsubscribe from Toad for Oracle - General](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10.aspx?subscribe=false) notifications altogether. Toad for Oracle - Discussion Forum [Flag](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/t/20625.aspx?AbuseContentId=362d0873-282b-4493-a218-4b99417c6212&AbuseContentTypeId=46448885-d0e6-4133-bbfb-f0cd7b0fd6f7&AbuseFlag=true) this post as spam/abuse. ![Image removed by sender.](http://www.toadworld.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/communityserver-mailgateway-mailroom-forumshandler/5f3b86b5a6dc4a36afe503d9b16cf7dc/image001.jpg) To reply, please reply-all to this email. [Stop receiving emails](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/t/20625.aspx?subscribe=false) on this subject. Or [ Unsubscribe from Toad for Oracle - General](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10.aspx?subscribe=false) notifications altogether. Toad for Oracle - Discussion Forum [Flag](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/p/20625/42124.aspx?AbuseContentId=464686cd-7e7f-4c97-b11e-3f8f335eeabf&AbuseContentTypeId=f586769b-0822-468a-b7f3-a94d480ed9b0&AbuseFlag=true) this post as spam/abuse. ![](http://gyk.r.mailjet.com/29852a3f/5ossFk.gif) ---
**Author:** ![jbowman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/jbowman/32/22_2.png) [@jbowman](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/jbowman)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/keyboard-actions-in-open-file-dialog-box/27343/4 "2013-10-28T13:10:36Z")
Ø Maybe a simple shortcut like ? **From:** Gregory Liss [[mailto:bounce-GTDG@toadworld.com](mailto:bounce-GTDG@toadworld.com)] **Sent:** Monday, October 28, 2013 4:00 PM **To:** [toadoracle@toadworld.com](mailto:toadoracle@toadworld.com) **Subject:** RE: [Toad for Oracle - Discussion Forum] Keyboard actions in OPEN FILE DIALOG box **[RE: Keyboard actions in OPEN FILE DIALOG box](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/p/20625/42125.aspx#42125)** Reply by Gregory Liss Can you add something for those of us who use the mouse and keyboard? Maybe a simple shortcut like ? **From:** John Bowman [[mailto:bounce-jbowman@toadworld.com](mailto:bounce-jbowman@toadworld.com)] **Sent:** Monday, October 28, 2013 3:49 PM **To:** [toadoracle@toadworld.com](mailto:toadoracle@toadworld.com) **Subject:** RE: [Toad for Oracle - Discussion Forum] Keyboard actions in OPEN FILE DIALOG box **[RE: Keyboard actions in OPEN FILE DIALOG box](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/p/20625/42124.aspx#42124)** Reply by John Bowman Hey Michael, How about both?? It looks like this was a limitation of the component set we were using within the dialog. The dialog itself was recognizing the “…” as a valid path, but the explorer component didn’t want to navigate to it. The “…” combination, however, did work in the incremental search drop-down when listing available files. I’ve added this functionality for the next beta, as well as a shortcut combination (Ctrl+Shift+F) to navigate to your Favorites Tree. Pressing [TAB] will navigate away from it again. -John **From:** Michael Coughlin [[mailto:bounce-mac\_500@toadworld.com](mailto:bounce-mac_500@toadworld.com)] **Sent:** Monday, October 28, 2013 12:13 PM **To:** [toadoracle@toadworld.com](mailto:toadoracle@toadworld.com) **Subject:** [Toad for Oracle - Discussion Forum] Keyboard actions in OPEN FILE DIALOG box **[Keyboard actions in OPEN FILE DIALOG box](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/t/20625.aspx)** Thread created by Michael Coughlin Version 12.1.0.22 I’m a KEYBOARD SHORTCUT kinda guy. In an editor window, I press CTRL+O to open a file. The editor window appears. I notice I am in a folder called c:\temp\yesterdaysproject. I would like to navigate to c:\temp without using my mouse. I type “…” like I have for years and then press ENTER. Previously - and in every other windows application I’ve run - the system dialog box would have performed the same action as pressing the “Up a Folder” button with the mouse. In TOAD 12 (all releases I’ve tried), nothing happens. I require one of the following, please: 1. Let me type “…” and when I do, it should take me up a folder. 2. Provide keyboard shortcuts from this dialog box for me to navigate to my favorites folders. Ideally, my point is that I do not want to touch my mouse to have to open a file. To reply, please reply-all to this email. [Stop receiving emails](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/t/20625.aspx?subscribe=false) on this subject. Or [ Unsubscribe from Toad for Oracle - General](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10.aspx?subscribe=false) notifications altogether. Toad for Oracle - Discussion Forum [Flag](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/t/20625.aspx?AbuseContentId=362d0873-282b-4493-a218-4b99417c6212&AbuseContentTypeId=46448885-d0e6-4133-bbfb-f0cd7b0fd6f7&AbuseFlag=true) this post as spam/abuse. To reply, please reply-all to this email. [Stop receiving emails](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/t/20625.aspx?subscribe=false) on this subject. Or [ Unsubscribe from Toad for Oracle - General](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10.aspx?subscribe=false) notifications altogether. Toad for Oracle - Discussion Forum [Flag](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/p/20625/42124.aspx?AbuseContentId=464686cd-7e7f-4c97-b11e-3f8f335eeabf&AbuseContentTypeId=f586769b-0822-468a-b7f3-a94d480ed9b0&AbuseFlag=true) this post as spam/abuse. To reply, please reply-all to this email. [Stop receiving emails](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/t/20625.aspx?subscribe=false) on this subject. Or [ Unsubscribe from Toad for Oracle - General](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10.aspx?subscribe=false) notifications altogether. Toad for Oracle - Discussion Forum [Flag](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/p/20625/42125.aspx?AbuseContentId=3313cde3-a282-4b10-a235-1dcb9bc2fdba&AbuseContentTypeId=f586769b-0822-468a-b7f3-a94d480ed9b0&AbuseFlag=true) this post as spam/abuse.