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Posted on by David Tailor

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Hello,

i want to check for F9 key if it is pressed and add a condition to exit a page.
is it possible in BC?

note: we can try on a test page just for simplicity to check if F9 key is pressed and show a message "F9 key is pressed".

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David

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Yi Yong 2,789 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello David,

You can use the 'ShortcutKey' to fulfil this, however, not all shortcut commands are usable.

Refer to the below Microsoft Learn for the list of shortcut keys that are reserved.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/keyboard-shortcuts

To exit a page with conditions, you can use the Trigger OnClosePage.
Gerardo Rentería Ga... 27,621 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hi

I hope this can help you

Dynamics 365 Business Central: Create a shortcut key to automatically enter data (Data Entry Shortcut Keys) | Dynamics 365 Lab (yzhums.com)

Unique ShortCutKey for Actons: Return (vld-nav.com)

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David Tailor 928 on at

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Hi Guys,

thanks for your answers.
small comment: the page in question has a type: CardPart, which has some fields for input.
i need to detect if F9 is pressed to exit the page and return to the main page.
hope i can achieve this.

Regards,

David
Yi Yong 2,789 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello David,

You can use Currpage.close() to exit the current page but it will not bring you back to the main menu.

F9 shortcut key will not work on pages with existing action functions with F9 as their shortcutkey property.