Database navigation with keyboard - is there a way?

[Luis Malpica Arce]

Hi!

I created a database in Confluence, and my teammates use it to track issues in our project.

There are multiple fields, but we haven’t found a way to navigate and fill in the different fields via keyboard. The only way to jump from one field to the next is by clicking with the mouse, and then you can edit the field.

It is very tedious to use the mouse just to choose the next field and write.

Is there a keyboard shortcut that I am missing?

[Tomislav Tobijas · Accepted solution]

Hi @Luis Malpica Arce ,

As Pavel said, this isn't currently supported in Databases.

However, I've had a quick chat with the support team and they've forwarded me the following feature suggestion: CONFCLOUD-79738: Support usage of Confluence's global shortcuts when focus is on Databases 

Although it does not specifically state keyboard navigation for the database, some internal communication that involved devs and a few supervisors indicated that the focus here would be/is on database-related shortcuts.

That said, I would recommend voting on this suggestion and leaving a comment based on your request/requirements.

Cheers,
Tobi

[Pavel Junek · Accepted solution]

Hi Luis,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

Unfortunately, there isn't a direct keyboard shortcut to jump between different fields in a database within Confluence. 

Viewing Keyboard Shortcuts:

• Press Shift + ? when viewing a page to see all available keyboard shortcuts.
• When editing a page, press Ctrl + / (Windows) or Command + / (Mac) to view the shortcuts specific to editing

Editing and Formatting:

• Use the slash command (/) to quickly access tools from the toolbar, such as paragraph formatting, lists, links, images, mentions, emojis, tables, and layouts

Pavel

[Krista de Goede]

No answer here but wanting to add my name to the chorus of others expressing this is really crucial missing functionality for the Database feature to really be useful for a database of any considerable size (whether that is by number of rows or columns).

In the meantime I suppose you could leverage the import feature, but it is really disheartening to have to first create the table in a spreadsheet app only to import the data into your Confluence database.

[Matti White]

I had the same question. I really hope this can be prioritised, as it makes it very time-consuming to actually add anything to a database 🙏