Where you can only select one item, the input focus is shown by a solid box. Where you can select several items, the input focus is shown by a dashed box.
| Action |
Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Select the item or action that has the input focus. |
Spacebar |
| Select multiple adjacent items in a list. |
Spacebar to select first item, then Shift+↓ (down arrow) to select the other items |
| Select each item without deselecting previously selected items. |
Spacebar to select first item, then ↓ (down arrow) to next item and Spacebar to select |
| Deselect the item with the input focus in a multiple selection list. |
Spacebar |
| Select all items in a multiple selection list that has the input focus. |
Ctrl+/ (forward slash) |
| Deselect all items in the multiple selection list that has the input focus. |
Ctrl+\ (backward slash) |