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title: "Log Viewer and Activity Monitor Shortcuts keys for SQL Server"  
description: "Log Viewer and Activity Monitor Shortcuts keys for SQL Server"  
author: "Vijay Shukla"  
published: 2013-04-02  
updated: 2019-01-19  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1196/log-viewer-and-activity-monitor-shortcuts-keys-for-sql-server  
category: "shortcut keys"  
tags: ["shortcut keys"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Log Viewer and Activity Monitor Shortcuts keys for SQL Server

##### Log Viewer Keyboard Shortcuts

| ##### Action | ##### SQL Server 2012 | ##### SQL Server 2008 R2 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Refresh](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12865/how-to-refresh-dropdownlist-but-keep-old-selected-value-json) | No equivalent | F5 |
| Move between the Select logs pane and the [Log file](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/327201/create-log-file-in-c-sharp) [summary](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33860/how-to-calculate-column-summary-in-sql-server) pane. | No equivalent | F6 |
| Move to the Log file summary pane | No equivalent | ALT+S |
| Load a new log | No equivalent | CTRL+SHIFT+L |
| [Export](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81106/coronavirus-export-and-protectionism) a log | No equivalent | CTRL+SHIFT+E |
| Filter a log | No equivalent | CTRL+SHIFT+F |
| [Search](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87358/in-search-of-nathuram-godse-a-controversial-legacy) in a log | No equivalent | CTRL+SHIFT+S |

##### Activity Monitor Keyboard Shortcuts

| ##### Action | ##### SQL Server 2012 | ##### SQL Server 2008 R2 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Launches](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2585/spotify-launches-lock-screen-and-notification-area-support-for-android-13-s-redesigned-media-player) [Activity](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/23119/how-to-save-activity-state-in-android) Monitor | CTRLl+ALT+A | CTRLl+ALT+A |
| Closes Activity Monitor | CTRL+F4 | CTRL+F4 |
| Refresh | F5 | F5 |
| Filter the [monitor display](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/102402/how-does-a-computer-monitor-display-images) | CTRL+SHIFT+F | CTRL+SHIFT+F |
| Cycle through panels | F6 | F6 |
| [Expand](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13054/here-s-how-crm-can-help-you-expand-your-business) or collapse selected pane | CTRL and + or - | CTRL and + or - |
| Expand or collapse all panes | + or - | + or – |
| Copies entire selected row in grid | CTRL+C | CTRL+C |
| Copy cell | CTRL+SHIFT+C | CTRL+SHIFT+C |
| Drop-down for [filtering](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33958/how-to-filtering-with-the-entity-framework-is-an-asp-dot-net-mvc-application) in grid | ALT+DOWN | ALT+DOWN |
| Scroll up or down Activity Monitor | CTRL+ALT+UP/DOWN | CTRL+ALT+UP/DOWN |

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