Visual-Eyes Keyboard Shortcuts
Navigate Visual-Eyes faster using keyboard shortcuts for common tasks like creating records, switching screens, and saving changes. This reference includes shortcuts for general navigation, exam documentation, and dispensing workflows.
Control | Function |
| Enter / Tab | Move forward one field |
| Shift + Enter / Shift + Tab | Move back one field |
| Spacebar | Check/uncheck checkboxes, activates a button |
| F1 | Patient screen |
| Ctrl + F1 | New Patient |
| Ctrl + A | New Patient (from Px screen), Add Payment (from Invoice screen) |
| F2 / Shift + Ctrl + B | Billing screen |
| Ctrl + F2 / Ctrl + B | New Billing |
| F3 / Shift + Ctrl + I | Invoice screen |
| Ctrl + F3 / Ctrl + I | New Invoice |
| F4 | Scheduler screen |
| F5 / Shift + Ctrl + E | Exam screen |
| Ctrl + F5 / Ctrl + E | New Exam |
| F6 | Find screen |
| F7 / Ctrl + N | New record for the current screen |
| F8 / Ctrl + S | Save |
| F9 / Shift + Ctrl + M | Rx screen |
| Ctrl + F9 / Ctrl + M | New Rx order |
| F10 / Shift + Ctrl + L | CL screen |
| Ctrl + F10 / Ctrl + L | New CL order |
| F11 / Ctrl + P | Print default report for current screen |
| F12 / Ctrl + T | Edit |
| Shift + Ctrl + V | Insurance screen |
| Ctrl + U | New Insurance Policy |
| Shift + Ctrl + R | Recall screen |
| Ctrl + R | New Recall |
| Shift + Ctrl + O | Note screen |
| Ctrl + O | New Note |
| Shift + Ctrl + K | Linking screen |
| Ctrl + K | New Link |
| Shift + Ctrl + D | ToDo screen |
| Ctrl + D | New ToDo |
| Shift + Ctrl + G | Routing screen |
| Ctrl + G | New Routing |
| Shift + Ctrl + Q | Contact screen |
| Ctrl + Q | New Contact Consent record |
| Shift + Alt + Backspace | Logout |
| Alt + F4 | Shut Down |
| F7 / Ctrl + N | New Exam |
| F8 / Ctrl + S | Save |
| Ctrl + Home | Move to the beginning of the exam |
| Ctrl + End | Move to the end of the exam |
| Page Up | Move up one panel |
| Page Down | Move down one panel |
| Ctrl + A | Add panels to the exam |
| Insert | Enters the default negative for the field |
| Ctrl + Insert | Enter default negatives for an entire panel; moves to the next panel |
| Alt + Insert | Enter default negatives for an entire panel; remain at the beginning of the panel |
| Ctrl + | Copies current field from old exam to new exam |
| Ctrl + Shift + | Copies current panel from old exam to new exam |
| Alt + H | Highlight the current panel (use Alt + H to remove the highlight) |
| Alt + P | Move to Panel History tab |
| Alt + S | Move to Split Screen tab |
| Alt + G | Move to Group History tab |
| Alt + V | Move to Versions tab |
| Alt + . | Copies a value from the right eye field to the left eye field |
| Alt + , | Copes a value from the left eye field to the right eye field |
| Ctrl + 0 through 4 | Used in memo field to grade the results |
| Ctrl + + | Increase gradient |
| Ctrl + - | Decrease gradient |
| Esc | Undo changes in the current field |
| Scroll through sphere and cyl values in quarter diopters and axis values in steps of one in the refraction panels | |
Dispensing Shortcuts
- ALT+P goes into both the PD fields (Only works in edit mode)
- ALT+L goes into the LookupID field (Works both in edit and non-edit mode)
- ALT+F goes into the frame status field (Only works in edit mode)
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