How to navigate over tabs in Creo using keyboard and to activate key tips

Why Keyboard shortcuts?

In Creo, there are too many options that make your job easy. A good designer always used to prefer using keyboards to perform all the required functions. Using the keyboard to perform all the functions is the efficient way. Here, we can go with few tips to navigate over tabs using the keyboard. 

How to activate these key tips?

A key tip is a term for activate a command. Once, the command is activated you can use these keyboard shortcuts. Here are the few steps to activate the command,

    1. Press the ALT key on your keyboard.
    2. The key tips will appear on the ribbon.
    3. Press the letter shown on the ribbon concerning the required tab.
    4. Then, the tab will be navigated.
    5. To hide the key tips again press the ALT key.

Tabs and their respective letters:

1. Tabs in Layout:

Tips to navigate over tabs in Creo using keyboard
Key tips for tabs in Layout

  • F - File 
  • K - Design
  • S - Annotate
  • X - Organize
  • A - Tools
  • V - View

2. Tabs in Sketch:

Tips to navigate over tabs in Creo using keyboard
Key tips for tabs in Sketch
  • F - File
  • K - Sketch
  • A - Analysis
  • T - Tools
  • V - View

3. Tabs in Part:

a) Subtype - Solid

Tips to navigate over tabs in Creo using keyboard
Key tips for tabs in part - solid


  • F - File
  • M - Model
  • A - Analysis
  • B - Live Simulation
  • S - Annotate
  • T - Tools
  • V - View
  • L - Flexible Modelling
  • P - Applications

b) Subtype - Sheetmetal

Tips to navigate over tabs in Creo using keyboard
Key tips for tabs in Part - Sheetmetal
  • F - File
  • B - Sheetmetal
  • C - Model
  • A - Analysis
  • D - Live Simulation
  • S - Annotate
  • T - Tools
  • V - View
  • L - Flexible Modelling
  • P - Applications

4. Tabs in assembly:

Tips to navigate over tabs in Creo using keyboard
Key tips for tabs in Assembly


  • F - File
  • M - Model
  • A - Analysis
  • B - Live Simulation
  • S - Annotate
  • N - Manikin
  • T - Tools
  • V - View
  • C - Framework
  • P - Applications

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