Risksheet provides keyboard shortcuts for common grid operations including navigation, cell editing, clipboard operations, and row management.
Several operations behave differently depending on whether you use the keyboard shortcut or the toolbar button. The most important distinction is between the Delete key (clears cell content) and the toolbar delete button (removes the entire row). Understanding this difference prevents accidental data loss.
Use these shortcuts to move through the Risksheet grid without touching the mouse.
Shortcut
Action
Description
Arrow Up
Move up
Moves the active cell one row up
Arrow Down
Move down
Moves the active cell one row down
Arrow Left
Move left
Moves the active cell one column left
→ Arrow Right
Move right
Moves the active cell one column right
Tab
Next cell
Moves the active cell to the next column in the current row
Shift + Tab
Previous cell
Moves the active cell to the previous column in the current row
Home
Row start
Moves the active cell to the first column in the current row
End
Row end
Moves the active cell to the last column in the current row
Ctrl + Home
Grid start
Moves the active cell to the first cell in the grid (top-left corner)
Ctrl + End
Grid end
Moves the active cell to the last cell in the grid (bottom-right corner)
Page Up
Page up
Scrolls the grid view one page up and moves the active cell accordingly
Page Down
Page down
Scrolls the grid view one page down and moves the active cell accordingly
When columns are frozen via the Freeze Pane context menu action, the Home key moves to the first unfrozen column. Frozen columns remain visible during horizontal scrolling regardless of the active cell position.
Activates the cell editor for the currently selected cell. The cursor appears inside the cell for text modification.
Enter
Confirm edit
Confirms the current cell edit value and advances the active cell to the next row in the same column.
Escape
Cancel edit
Cancels the current cell edit and reverts the cell to its previous value. Also exits edit mode without saving changes.
Delete
Clear cell content
Clears the content of the selected cell without removing the row. The row and work item remain intact.
Backspace
Clear and edit
Clears the current cell content and immediately enters edit mode, allowing you to type a replacement value.
This distinction is critical for data integrity:
Keyboard Delete key: Clears only the content of the selected cell. The row, work item, and all other cell values remain untouched.
Toolbar delete button: Removes the entire row from the Risksheet grid, which deletes or removes the underlying work item depending on your dataTypes.risk.removeStrategy configuration.
Always use the keyboard Delete key when you intend to erase a single cell value. Use the toolbar button only when you want to remove the entire risk item row.
You can paste a single copied value into multiple target cells at once. This is the recommended approach for bulk data entry across large risk analysis tables:Step 1. Select the source cell containing the value you want to replicate.Step 2. Press Ctrl + C to copy the cell value.Step 3. Select the target cells. You have two options:
Range selection: Click the first target cell, hold Shift, then click the last target cell.
Individual selection: Hold Ctrl and click each target cell individually.
Step 4. Press Ctrl + V to paste the copied value into all selected cells.
Multi-cell paste works on unmerged cells only. In hierarchical Risksheet layouts where cells are merged across levels, the paste operation applies to the visible (unmerged) cells in the selection. Merged cells that span multiple rows will not receive the pasted value.
The Ctrl + D fill-down shortcut, familiar from Excel for copying the value from the cell above into the current cell or range, is not available in the current version of Risksheet. This feature has been requested by users working with large risk analysis tables (thousands of entries across 40+ columns) and is tracked as a future enhancement.Workaround: Use the Ctrl + C / multi-select / Ctrl + V workflow described above to achieve similar results.
Row management in Risksheet involves two distinct categories of operations: cell-level edits and row-level structural changes. The following table clarifies the methods and effects for each.
Operation
Method
Effect
Clear cell value
Keyboard Delete
Erases cell content only
Remove entire row
Toolbar delete btn
Deletes the work item
Create new risk item
Context menu
Adds row of level type
Overwrite reference
Context menu
Converts ref to local
Action
Method
Scope
Available When
Clear cell
Delete key
Single cell content
Cell is editable (not read-only)
Remove row
Toolbar button
Entire work item row
Grid is not readonly
Create new item
Context menu > New [type]
Adds a new row
Grid is editable and level has showInMenu: true
Overwrite reference
Context menu > Overwrite Row Item
Converts referenced item to local
Item has systemReferenceType of reference
The behavior of the toolbar delete button depends on the dataTypes.risk.removeStrategy configuration property. When set to delete, the work item is permanently removed. See Data Types and Configuration Properties Index for details.
Right-clicking any cell in the Risksheet grid opens a context menu with the following actions. These are not keyboard shortcuts but are essential for grid interaction.
Menu Action
Description
Availability
Open Row Item
Opens the current row’s work item in Polarion’s standard item editor view
Always available
Open Linked Item
Opens a linked work item from an item link or multi-item link column
Cell contains a valid item link (link value does not start with *)
Open Task Item
Opens a linked task work item from a task link column
Cell is in a task link column with a valid task reference
New [Level Name]
Creates a new work item of the specified level type
Grid is editable; level has showInMenu: true in levels configuration
Overwrite Row Item
Converts a referenced item to overwrite mode, allowing local modifications
Item systemReferenceType is reference
Remove Row Item
Removes the selected row from the grid
Grid readonly is false
Freeze Pane
Freezes all columns to the left of the current column position
Always available
Unfreeze Pane
Removes column freezing, returning to normal scrolling
Columns are currently frozen (frozenColumns > 0)
Debug
Outputs diagnostic information about the selected cell to the browser console
Only visible when debug is true in configuration
You can register custom context menu actions through the window.risksheet.customContextMenuActions extension point. Each custom action requires a label, an enable condition function, and an execution function. See JavaScript API for implementation details.
Open Linked Item: The menu label displays the level definition name or column header text. This action is available when the cell contains a valid item link (the link value does not begin with *, which indicates an unsaved item).
Open Task Item: The menu label uses the task type name from dataTypes.task.name if configured, otherwise defaults to “Task”.
Column freezing locks columns to the left of the selected position, keeping them visible during horizontal scrolling. This is particularly useful for wide FMEA/HARA tables where the risk item identifier columns should remain visible while scrolling through assessment columns.
Operation
Method
Description
Freeze columns
Right-click > Freeze Pane
Locks all columns to the left of the right-clicked column in place during horizontal scrolling
Unfreeze columns
Right-click > Unfreeze Pane
Releases all frozen columns, returning to normal scrolling behavior
Column freezing (Freeze Pane) is available in the current version. Row freezing — the ability to lock specific rows in place during vertical scrolling — is not yet available but has been requested as a future enhancement.
When the debug configuration option is enabled, the Debug context menu item outputs the following diagnostic information to the browser developer console (F12 > Console tab):
Debug Output
Description
Ghost status
Whether the selected row is a ghost/placeholder item (used in baseline comparison mode)
Column ID
The binding identifier of the selected column
Cell value
The current value of the selected cell
Full item object
The complete data object for the work item in the current row
Comparison state
Current state of the comparison manager (when in baseline comparison mode)
Not all shortcuts are available in every grid state. The Risksheet grid can operate in several modes, each restricting different categories of actions.
Grid State
Navigation
Cell Editing
Clipboard
Row Management
Context Menu
Normal (editable)
✅ All
✅ All
✅ All
✅ All
✅ All actions
Read-only (readonly: true)
✅ All
❌ None
✅ Copy only
❌ None
Open items only
Reviewer mode (reviewer: true)
✅ All
➖ Review columns only
✅ Copy only
❌ None
Open items + reviews
Baseline comparison
✅ All
❌ None
✅ Copy only
❌ None
Open items only
Historical revision
✅ All
❌ None
✅ Copy only
❌ None
Open items only
When viewing a historical revision (non-empty revision parameter), the grid automatically enters read-only mode regardless of the readonly configuration setting. This prevents edits to past document states.
