Keyboard Shortcuts

Belvak PM is primarily a mouse-driven application, but several keyboard shortcuts are available to speed up common tasks like opening the AI assistant, closing drawers, navigating forms, and working with tables.

Global Shortcuts

These shortcuts work from anywhere in the application, regardless of which page you are on.

Shortcut
Action
Ctrl + K
Open or close the AI Assistant chatbot panel. On macOS, use Cmd+K instead. This shortcut is disabled when your cursor is focused inside a text input or textarea (unless you are already inside the chatbot panel).
Escape
Close the currently open drawer, modal, or popup. Works for view drawers, add/edit drawers, confirmation dialogs, and chart detail overlays.

Tip: The AI Assistant shortcut (Ctrl + K) is the fastest way to ask questions about your data. You can open it, type a question, press Enter to send, and close it again - all without touching the mouse.

AI Assistant input shortcuts

When the chatbot panel is open and your cursor is in the message input field, additional shortcuts are available:

Shortcut
Action
Enter
Send your message to the AI Assistant.
Shift + Enter
Insert a new line in your message without sending it.

Table Navigation

Entity tables (Clients, Projects, Invoices, Employees, and others) support a combination of mouse and keyboard interactions for efficient data browsing.

Shortcut
Action
Click column header
Sort the table by that column. Click again to toggle between ascending and descending order. A third click removes the sort.
Right-click any row
Open the context menu with all available row actions (view, edit, delete, and entity-specific actions like generating invoices or changing status).
Click the three-dot icon
Open the row actions dropdown menu. Contains the same actions as the right-click context menu.
Click a row
Open the detail view drawer for that record, showing all fields organized into sections.
Ctrl + F
Open the browser's built-in find toolbar to search for text visible on the page. Useful for quickly locating a specific value in the table.
Scroll wheel
Scroll vertically through table rows. If the table has more columns than fit the viewport, horizontal scrolling is also available.

Column search fields

When a column search input is open (the small text field that appears below a column header), you can use the following:

Shortcut
Action
Escape
Clear the column search field and close it.
Tab
Move focus to the next interactive element on the page.

Tip: The right-click context menu and the three-dot dropdown always show the same actions. Use whichever feels more natural - right-click is faster if your hand is already on the mouse.

Form Shortcuts

Add and edit forms in Belvak PM use a multi-step drawer layout. These keyboard shortcuts help you navigate between fields and steps without reaching for the mouse.

Navigation and submission

Shortcut
Action
Enter
If the form has multiple steps and you are not on the last step, this advances to the next step. On the last step (or single-step forms), it submits the form. Does not apply when a textarea is focused - Enter inserts a new line in textareas instead.
Tab
Move focus to the next form field.
Shift + Tab
Move focus back to the previous form field.
Escape
Close the form drawer without saving. Any unsaved changes will be lost.

Select and dropdown fields

Dropdown fields (such as status, client, currency, and employee selectors) support keyboard interaction through the underlying Ant Design select component:

Shortcut
Action
Type to search
When a select field is focused, start typing to filter the available options.
↑ ↓
Navigate up and down through the filtered options list.
Enter
Select the currently highlighted option.
Escape
Close the dropdown without selecting an option.

Date picker fields

Date picker fields support keyboard navigation through the calendar popup:

Shortcut
Action
← → ↑ ↓
Navigate between days in the calendar. Left and right move by one day, up and down move by one week.
Enter
Select the currently highlighted date.
Escape
Close the date picker without selecting a date.

Tip: On multi-step forms, you can press Enter to advance through steps quickly. When you reach the last step, pressing Enter again will submit the form. Look for the step indicator pills at the top of the drawer to see which step you are on.

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