MatLab Keyboard Shortcuts

 

Enter	The equivalent of double-clicking, Enter performs the default action for a selection. For example, press Enter while a statement in the Command History window is selected to run that statement in the Command Window. For buttons in tools and dialog boxes, Enter executes the default button (the button with a border around it). If there is no default button, press the space bar to execute the active button (the button with a dotted outline inside it).
Esc (escape)	Cancels the current action. For example, if you select the Edit menu,the menu items display. Pressing Esc retracts the menu items.Pressing Esc in a dialog box is the same as selecting the Cancel button.
Tab	Advances to the next button or field in a tool or dialog box. In the Command Window, completes a statement if the tab completion preference is selected.
Space bar	For buttons in tools and dialog boxes, activates the active button.
or - or * on numeric keypad	Use these keys on the numeric keypad to expand and collapse items in tree views. The Help browser Help Navigator pane and the Command History window use tree views. Use to expand the selected item, use - to collapse the selected item, and use * to recursively expand it, meaning open all items contained in the selected item.
Alt S	Displays the Start button menu (except on Macintosh platforms).
Alt Y	Provides access to the current directory field in the toolbar (except on Macintosh platforms).
Ctrl Tab	Moves to the next open tool in the desktop, or to the next open group of tools tabbed together.
Ctrl Shft Tab	Moves to the previous open tool or group of tabbed tools in the desktop.
Ctrl Page Down	Moves to the next tool within a group of tools tabbed together. In a group of documents, moves to next document.
Ctrl Page Up	Moves to the previous tool within a group of tools tabbed together. In a group of documents, moves to previous document.
Ctrl F6	Moves to the next tool or document (only for Windows and Solaris platforms).
Ctrl Shft F6	Moves to the previous tool or document (only for Windows and Solaris platforms).
Alt F4	Closes the desktop, thereby quitting MATLAB. Or outside the desktop, closes the active window (except on Macintosh platforms).

 

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