# Keyboard shortcuts **URL:** \ **Category:** Toad for Oracle & DevOps Toolkit\ **Created:** [February 25, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/9290 "2010-02-25T11:20:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/9290/1 "2010-02-25T11:20:48Z")
Hi This may be more of a windows question, but it relates to functionality within TOAD. My right arm is currently in a sling due to shoulder surgery, so I’m currently having to operate the keyboard and mouse with my left hand. As such, I’m trying to use keyboard shortcuts as much as possible. One of the hardest things to do with the mouse is ctrl-click selecting objects, for example tables in the tree view on the LHS. I’ve found that if the tables are contiguous, it’s fairly easy. Select the first table with the mouse, then on the keyboard, hold down the shift key, and then press the down arrow and select the rest of the tables. If I want to select a non-contiguous set of tables though, I’m stumped. Anyone know how to select non-contiguous sets of tables using keyboard shortcuts? Regards, Mike McAllister Principal Systems Engineer TKC Global, LLC Phone: 512 423 7447 Email: [michael@pairofsixes.com](mailto:michael@pairofsixes.com) ---
**Author:** ![JohnDorlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/johndorlon/32/9997_2.png) [@JohnDorlon](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/JohnDorlon)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/9290/2 "2010-02-25T12:09:15Z")
Just tried that. Wow, that’s tricky. I don’t know of a keyboard shortcut, but what I was just able to do is select a contiguous set, then come back and hold down the left control key with my thumb, and operate mouse with the rest of my hand. ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/9290/3 "2010-02-25T12:16:23Z")
Click one, then Control-downarrow (not Shift-downarrow), and hit spacebar on the other one(s) you want to select (still holding control). Nate Schroeder IT Commercial Technical Services - Data Management Team Monsanto Company 800 N. Lindbergh Blvd. G3WI - Saint Louis, MO - 63167 314-694-2592 ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/9290/4 "2010-02-25T13:17:58Z")
Nate Yup, that works. In fact, there’s another email from me somewhere in the grand void of yahoo groups land coming which I sent 5 minutes after my first email stating I’d just discovered this 🙂 Regards, Mike McAllister Principal Systems Engineer TKC Global, LLC Phone: 512 423 7447 Email: [michael@pairofsixes.com](mailto:michael@pairofsixes.com)