How do you use the keyboard to move to the next cell in a row after selecting items in a drop-down

Jason Nairnsey

I'm challenge by this situation and the only way I have worked out how to do it is to use the mouse to click into another cell.

What happens is, after I have made a selection of one or more options from a drop-down list, the following keyboard commands result in undesirable effects:

Tab or Enter while mouse is hovering over list: selects / deselects list item

Tab or Enter while mouse is hovering over cell: sometimes adds another selection, other times removes all selections

ESC: loses the selection (same as Excel would)

Is there another key that would keep the selected items and move me to the next cell in the row?

Steve Patton

I am hoping there is an answer, as I experience this as well and can cause minor mistakes if I am not paying attention. One thing I found is if I hit the space bar twice after my entry, then I can tab to the next cell without issue. Not the fix you are looking for, but if you want to keep from going to the mouse, it does work.

Jason Nairnsey

Thanks @Steve Patton . Double space bar then tab is a good suggestion. Thank you for that, I will let the rest of the organisation know. It isn't the most professional look, but a great workaround. Does anyone else know if there is a more elegant solution to this?

JacquiM

Any more info on this? It is super annoying trying to move to the next cell after selecting from a drop down.