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alias: tutorials-gui-shortcuts-user-shortcuts
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description: "Create, review, and maintain personal user shortcuts for frequently used pages in Critical Manufacturing MES"
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# User Shortcuts

User shortcuts are personal shortcuts that help you open frequently used pages faster. They only affect you and can only be defined for the **Open Page** action.

## Step 1: Identify Your Most-Used Pages

For this scenario, assume that you want quick access to the **Material** page and the **Step** page.

![Screenshot showing the Material page selected as a candidate for a user shortcut.](images/gui-shortcuts-user-material-page.png)

![Screenshot showing the Step page selected as a candidate for a user shortcut.](images/gui-shortcuts-user-step-page.png)

## Step 2: Add a User Shortcut

1. Open the page that you want to save as a shortcut.
2. Right-click the page tab.
3. Select **Add Shortcut** from the context menu.

![Screenshot showing the page tab context menu with the Add Shortcut option.](images/gui-shortcuts-user-add-shortcut-menu.png)

The **Add Shortcut** window opens:

![Screenshot showing the Add Shortcut window for entering a keyboard combination.](images/gui-shortcuts-user-add-shortcut-dialog.png)

Define the keyboard shortcut that you want to use, for example `Ctrl+Z+X` for the **Step** page.

!!! warning
    Verify that the chosen combination does not conflict with an existing global shortcut or another user shortcut.

![Screenshot showing a conflict warning while defining a user shortcut.](images/gui-shortcuts-user-shortcut-conflict.png)

## Step 3: View and Manage Your Shortcuts

1. Open the user settings or profile area.
2. Go to the **Shortcuts** tab.
3. Review the configured user shortcuts.
4. Remove shortcuts that you no longer use, or change the keyboard combination for an existing shortcut.
5. Select **Apply** to save your changes.

Changes take effect immediately after you select **Apply**.

![Screenshot showing the Shortcuts tab with editable user shortcut entries.](images/gui-shortcuts-user-shortcuts-tab.png)

You can also review the global shortcuts defined in the system through **View Shortcuts** on the user menu.

![Screenshot showing the user menu option for viewing shortcuts.](images/gui-shortcuts-user-view-shortcuts-menu.png)

![Screenshot showing the View Shortcuts page with configured global shortcuts.](images/gui-shortcuts-user-view-shortcuts-page.png)

## Additional Notes

* User shortcuts can only be defined for the **Open Page** action.
* You can create as many user shortcuts as needed for your workflow.
* User shortcuts are personal and do not affect other users.

The recorded walkthrough is available below:

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For reference information, see [[user-guide-user-profile-view-shortcuts]] and [[administration-global-shortcuts]], both in the User Guide.

Continue with [[tutorials-gui-shortcuts-global-shortcuts]].