Keyboard Shortcuts


There are keyboard shortcuts available to activate common operations:

Keyboard Shortcut Operation Description
Windows / Linux macOS
Ctrl+N Cmd+N New Create a new KeyStore
Ctrl+O Cmd+O Open Open an existing KeyStore from disk
Ctrl+Shift+D Cmd+Shift+D Open Open the Default KeyStore
Ctrl+Shift+C Cmd+Shift+C Open Open the CA Certificates KeyStore
Ctrl+Shift+1 Cmd+Shift+1 Open PKCS#11 Open an PKCS#11 KeyStore
Ctrl+Shift+M Cmd+Shift+M Open Windows-MY Open Windows-MY KeyStore
Ctrl+W Cmd+W Close Close the active KeyStore
Ctrl+Shift+W Cmd+Shift+W Close All Close all KeyStores
Ctrl+S Cmd+S Save Save the active KeyStore to disk
Ctrl+Alt+S Cmd+Alt+S Save As Save the active KeyStore to disk with a new name
Ctrl+Shift+S Cmd+Shift+S Save All Save all changed KeyStores
Ctrl+Z Cmd+Z Undo Undo the last action
Ctrl+Y Cmd+Y Redo Redo the previously undone action
Ctrl+X Cmd+X Cut Cut the selected KeyStore entry to the buffer
Ctrl+C Cmd+C Copy Copy the selected KeyStore entry to the buffer
Ctrl+V Cmd+V Paste Paste the buffer's contents into the active KeyStore
Ctrl+Alt+C Cmd+Alt+C Compare Compare certificates
Ctrl+G Cmd+G Generate Key Pair Generate a Key Pair with self-signed certificate in the active KeyStore
Ctrl+Alt+G Cmd+Alt+G Generate Secret Key Generate a Secret Key in the active KeyStore
Ctrl+Alt+D Cmd+Alt+D Generate DH Parameters Generate Diffie–Hellman Parameters
Ctrl+T Cmd+T Import Trusted Certificate Import a Trusted Certificate into the active KeyStore
Ctrl+K Cmd+K Import Key Pair Import a Key Pair into the active KeyStore
Ctrl+Alt+V Cmd+Alt+V Verify PKCS#7/CMS signature Verify a PKCS#7/CMS signature
Ctrl+P Cmd+P Set Password Set the active KeyStore's password
Enter Enter View KeyStore Entry Details Display the details of the currently selected KeyStore entry
Alt+Enter Alt+Enter Properties Display the properties of the active KeyStore
Ctrl+E Cmd+E Examine File Examine the contents of a file
Ctrl+F Cmd+F Find Find an entry in the active KeyStore
Ctrl+L Cmd+L Examine Clipboard Examine the contents of the system clipboard
Ctrl+Alt-T Cmd+Alt-T Examine TLS/SSL Examine a Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection's certificate(s)
Ctrl+D Cmd+D Detect File Type Detect a cryptographic file's type
F1 F1 Help Display KeyStore Explorer's help pages
F2 N/A Rename Rename the Key entry
Ctrl+, Cmd+, Preferences Display KeyStore Explorer's preferences dialog
Esc Esc Close Dialog Close currently opened dialog
Alt+F4 N/A Exit Exit KeyStore Explorer
N/A Cmd+Q Quit Quit KeyStore Explorer


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