Managing Hot Keys

The Console provides schemas for configuring keyboard shortcuts to common actions. These schemas come with the Console:

• $default

• Schemas for users

  Tip: Keep these reminders in mind:

  • Schemas for users other than administrators are listed only for users who have set up custom shortcuts on this Console under their own logins.

  • Custom shortcuts are available only locally. See Sharing Custom Shortcut Schemas for more information.

  Note: If this Console does not use UTF-8 encoding, refer to the “Installing ArcSight Console” section of the ESM Installation and Configuration Guide, and read the topic “Character Set Encoding” under “Installing the Console.”

Schemas for users are all based on the $default schema. That is, user schemas inherit all $default schema shortcuts.

Where: Edit > Preferences > Manage Hot Keys

Under Available shortcut schemas, the schema in use shows as “(active)” next to its name.

You can define a keyboard shortcut for each listed command. Each command can have a different (or the same) keyboard shortcut depending on which schema you have selected.

Keyboard shortcuts are pre-defined for common commands. For example, the pre-defined keyboard shortcut for the Select All command (edit.selectAll) is Ctrl+A.

You cannot edit commands shown in red on the Preferences dialog: for example, edit.delete, edit.redo, edit.cut, edit.copy, edit.paste, and so forth. The flyover tooltips on these commands also indicates they are not editable.

There are many commands listed for which no shortcut is provided (for example, file.new.Report, file.new.Rule, navigator.reports, navigator.queryViewers, and so forth).