Main dialog - Keyboard shortcuts
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Keyboard shortcuts available in Simple Failover.

Shortcut
Description
CTRL+N
New Server Set
Use to create a New Server Set. Opens the Server Set Properties dialog.

Pause
Server Set Pause / Resume
Use to pause or resume polling of the currently selected Server Set.
This will not influence the polling of any other Server Sets in the Server Set list.
Only available when the Server Sets tab is selected, and a Server Set is currently selected.

Alt+Pause
Pause all polling / Resume all polling
Use to pause or resume the polling of all Server Sets.

F5
Server Set Test now
Use to immediately poll the currently selected Server Set.
Only available when the Server Sets tab is selected, and a Server Set is currently selected.

Alt+F5
Re-test all Server Sets now
Use to initiate polling of all Server Sets immediately.

CTRL+INS
Make Copy
Use to copy the properties of the currently selected Server Set. Opens the Server Set Properties dialog with allmost all of the values from the source Server Set and a few empty fields to be filled out to create a new target Server Set.
Only available when the Server Sets tab is selected, and a Server Set is currently selected.

Delete
Delete Server Set
Use to delete the currently selected Server Set.
Only available when the Server Sets tab is selected, and a Server Set is currently selected.

F4
Server Set Properties
Use to edit the properties of the currently selected Server Set. Opens the Server Set Properties dialog.
Only available when the Server Sets tab is selected, and a Server Set is currently selected.

F9
Ping
When a server appears to be down, for many, the first trouble shooting step is to open a command prompt and ping the server IP address.
Only available when the Server Sets tab is selected, and a server in a Server Set is currently selected.

CTRL+F1
Problem KB
The keyboard shortcut is only available when a problem has occured and the problem is selected in the Problems tab in the main dialog.

Ctrl+F8
Clear Activity Log
The entries on the Activity Log tab are cleared.
This is handy if you're going to perform a controlled re-test of a single or all of the Server Sets in your list.

Ctrl+F10
Options
Opens the Options dialog where you can edit the general options of Simple Failover.

Alt+S
Server Sets tab
Selects the Server Sets tab.

Alt+A
Activity Log tab
Selects the Activity Log tab.

Alt+P
Problems tab
Selects the Problems tab.

CTRL+TAB
Move forward through tabs

SHIFT+CTRL+TAB
Move backwards through tabs

F1
Help
Opens this help file.