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alias: tutorials-gui-shortcuts-overview
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description: "Understand shortcut scopes, default shortcut behavior, and the security permissions required for GUI shortcuts"
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# Shortcut Overview

Keyboard shortcuts allow you to execute actions quickly by using key combinations, which helps reduce the number of steps needed to complete common tasks. Critical Manufacturing MES ships with pre-configured shortcuts that you can customize according to your permissions.

## Shortcut Scopes

Shortcuts in the system are organized into two categories:

| Scope | Applicable to | Purpose | Typical examples |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Global Shortcuts | All users | Execute common actions across the system | Close a page, refresh a page, start a transaction, or sign out |
| User Shortcuts | Individual users | Personalize a user workflow with custom page access | Open a frequently used page or access a feature used regularly |

Table: Shortcut Scopes

## Default Shortcuts

The system includes a set of suggested shortcuts that you can review on the [[administration-global-shortcuts#available-actions]] page.

![Screenshot showing suggested default global shortcuts and their keyboard combinations.](images/gui-shortcuts-default-shortcuts.png)

Some examples from the default shortcuts are:

* `Ctrl+3` dispatches and tracks in a material.
* `Alt+X+D` posts data in a data collection instance.
* `Alt+O+C` opens the **Barcode Identification** page.

You can define both global and user shortcuts, and you can also upload both through master data.

## Security Features

Shortcut permissions are controlled in the **Features** configuration area. You can review or assign the required access in [[user-guide-security-features]].

The shortcut-related features shown in the source document are:

| Feature | Purpose |
| --- | --- |
| `Administration.GlobalShortcuts` | Allows access to the **Global Shortcuts** page in **Administration** |
| `GUI.GlobalShortcuts` | Allows access to global shortcuts |
| `GUI.Shortcuts` | Allows access to user shortcuts |

Table: Shortcut Security Features

![Screenshot showing the security features related to GUI shortcuts.](images/gui-shortcuts-security-features.png)

## Related Documentation

For reference details outside this tutorial, see these pages in the User Guide:

* [[user-guide-shortcuts]]
* [[user-guide-user-profile-view-shortcuts]]
* [[administration-global-shortcuts]]
* [[user-guide-scan-shortcuts]]

Continue this tutorial with [[tutorials-gui-shortcuts-user-shortcuts]].