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Tips and Tricks

Essential Keyboard Shortcuts in Workday

Keyboard shortcuts make navigating Workday fast and efficient. Check out a few of our favorites!

Select Multiple Items in a List

To select multiple items in a list, hover over the top item you want, hold down the Shift key, scroll to the bottom item you want to include, and then press the space bar or Enter key to select the group of items. 

Select Non-Consecutive Items in a List

To select non-consecutive items in a list, hold down the CTRL key while selecting the additional items.

Select All Items in a List

Select all items in a list using the keyboard shortcut CTRL+A.

Search Prefixes

Search prefixes help you find business processes and tasks while typing less into the search bar. To find a list of search prefixes, type a question mark (?) in the search box and then hit “Enter” on your keyboard.

Browser Tabs

Open a second tab in Workday while leaving the first tab unchanged: right click on any actionable item (blue font) and choose "See in New Tab."

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