--- schema_version: "1" id: c344a30368d73f5deba84332b3473167580f36fe35b56f645a9e282bb9f47da0 title: Keyboard Shortcuts collection: tableau version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/tableau/current/en-us/public/desktop/shortcut.md canonical_url: https://help.tableau.com/current/public/desktop/en-us/shortcut.htm source_site: help.tableau.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 29cc56b55b92d0084b64faee47c6512630aed4ad8de352bf4fbade66c4a173cd description: Reference list of keyboard shortcuts for working in Tableau. --- [Skip to main content](#main-content) # Keyboard Shortcuts This is a list of keyboard shortcuts for working in Tableau. For information on navigating a view using a keyboard, see [Keyboard Accessibility for Tableau on the Web](https://help.tableau.com/current/public/desktop/en-us/access_keyboard_navigation.htm). For information about keyboard shortcuts supported in Tableau Prep, see [Tableau Prep Keyboard Shortcuts](https://help.tableau.com/current/prep/en-us/prep_keyboard_shortcuts.htm) in the Tableau Prep help. ## Shortcuts for managing workbooks, sheets, and files (Tableau Desktop)

Description	Windows shortcut	Mac shortcut
New workbook	Ctrl+N	Command+N
New worksheet	Ctrl+M	Command+T
Describe sheet	Ctrl+E	Command+E
Cycle forward through open worksheets	Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+F6	Shift+Command+Right bracket
Cycle backward through open worksheets	Ctrl+Shift+Tab, Ctrl+Shift+F6	Shift+Command+Left bracket
Switch in and out of Presentation Mode	F7 , Ctrl+H	Option+Return
Switch in and out of Full Screen mode		Control+Command+F
Open file	Ctrl+O	Command+O
Save file	Ctrl+S	Command+S
Save to Tableau Public	Ctrl+Shift+S	Shift+Command+S
Revert workbook to last saved state	F12	Option+Command+E
Close the current workbook	Alt+F4	Command+W
Print	Ctrl+P	Command+P
Open Help	F1	Control+Command+?

## Shortcuts for managing workbooks, sheets, and files (Tableau Server, Tableau Cloud)

Description	Windows shortcut	Mac shortcut
New worksheet	Ctrl+Alt+T	Option+Command+T
Switch in and out of Full Screen mode	F11	Control+Command+F
Save file	Ctrl+S	Command+S
Save workbook as	Ctrl+Shift+S	Shift+Command+S
Close the current workbook	Alt+F4	Option+Q
Print (or export as PDF)	Ctrl+P	Command+P
Open Help	F1	Control+Command+/

## Shortcuts for data (Tableau Desktop)

Description	Windows shortcut	Mac shortcut
Connect to data source	Ctrl+D	Command+D
Activate the find command in the Data pane	Ctrl+F	Command+F
Refresh data source	F5	Command+R
Run data updates on a view	F9	Shift+Command+0
Toggle automatic data updates on and off	F10	Option+Command+0

## Shortcuts for data (Tableau Server, Tableau Cloud)

Description	Windows shortcut	Mac shortcut
Connect to data source	Ctrl+D	Command+D
Refresh data source	Alt+F5	Option+F5
Rename data source	Alt+F2	Option+F2
New data source	Ctrl+Alt+D	Control+D
Edit data source	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D	Control+Shift+D

## Shortcuts for authoring views (Tableau Desktop)

Description	Windows shortcut	Mac shortcut
Show Me!	Ctrl+1 , Ctrl+Shift+1	Command+1
Add the selected field to the sheet. (Only works with a single field.)	Enter or double-click	Return or double-click
Place selected field on Columns shelf	Alt+Shift+C	Option+Shift+C
Place selected field on Filters shelf	Alt+Shift+F	Option+Shift+F
Place selected field on Size	Alt+Shift+I	Option+Shift+I
Place selected field on Detail	Alt+Shift+L	Option+Shift+L
Place selected field on Color	Alt+Shift+O	Option+Shift+O
Place selected field on Pages shelf	Alt+Shift+P	Option+Shift+P
Place selected field on Rows shelf	Alt+Shift+R	Option+Shift+R
Place selected field on Shape	Alt+Shift+S	Option+Shift+S
Place selected field on Text/Label	Alt+Shift+T	Option+Shift+T
Place selected field on Rows shelf	Alt+Shift+X	Option+Shift+X
Place selected field on Columns shelf	Alt+Shift+Y	Option+Shift+Y
Open the Drop Field menu	Right-click+drag to shelf	Option+drag to shelf
Open the View Data Model window	Ctrl+Shift+I	Command+Shift+I
Copy a field in the view and place it on another shelf or card	Ctrl+drag	Command+drag
Swap rows and columns	Ctrl+W	Control+Command+W
Flip orientation of column labels at bottom of view	Ctrl+L
Toggle dashboard grid on and off	G	G
Toggle between Dashboard and Layout tabs	T	T
Cut text selection (in captions, titles, formulas, etc.)	Ctrl+X	Command+X
Paste clipboard	Ctrl+V	Command+V
Undo	Ctrl+Z	Command+Z
Redo	Ctrl+Y	Command+Shift+Z
Clear the current worksheet	Alt+Shift+Backspace	Option+Shift+Delete
Move floating dashboard object	Arrow key moves 1 pixel, Shift+Arrow moves 10 pixels	Arrow key moves 1 pixel, Shift+Arrow moves 10 pixels
Resize floating dashboard object	Alt+Arrow key resizes in 1-pixel increments, Shift+Alt+Arrow resizes in 10-pixel increments	Option+Arrow key resizes in 1-pixel increments, Shift+Option+Arrow resizes in 10-pixel increments

## Shortcuts for authoring views (Tableau Server, Tableau Cloud)

Description	Windows shortcut	Mac shortcut
Add the selected field to the sheet. (Only works with a single field.)	Double-click	Double-click
Copy a field in the view and place it on another shelf or card	Ctrl+drag	Command+drag
Toggle dashboard grid on and off	G	G
Toggle between Dashboard and Layout tabs	T	T
Open the View Data Model window	Ctrl+Shift+I	Command+Shift+I
Cut text selection (in captions, titles, formulas, etc.)	Ctrl+X	Command+X
Paste clipboard	Ctrl+V	Command+V
Undo	Ctrl+Z	Command+Z
Redo	Ctrl+Y	Command+Shift+Z
Open current workbook in Tableau Desktop	Ctrl+O	Option+Command+O
Clear the current worksheet	Alt+Shift+Backspace	Option+Shift+Delete
Move floating dashboard object	Arrow key moves 1 pixel, Shift+arrow moves 10 pixels	Arrow key moves 1 pixel, Shift+arrow moves 10 pixels
Resize floating dashboard object	Alt+Arrow key resizes in 1-pixel increments, Shift+Alt+Arrow resizes in 10-pixel increments	Option+Arrow key resizes in 1-pixel increments, Shift+Option+Arrow resizes in 10-pixel increments
Rename column field (when field is selected in the data schema pane)	F2	F2
Rename calculated field (when calculated field editor is open)	F2	F2

## Shortcuts for resizing rows and columns (Tableau Desktop)

Smaller cell size	Ctrl+B	Command+B
Bigger cell size	Ctrl+Shift+B	Command+Shift+B
Make rows narrower	Ctrl+Left arrow	Control+Command+Left arrow
Make rows wider	Ctrl+Right arrow	Control+Command+Right arrow
Make columns shorter	Ctrl+Down arrow	Control+Command+Down arrow
Make columns taller	Ctrl+Up arrow	Control+Command+Up arrow

## Shortcuts for pages (Tableau Desktop)

Description	Windows shortcut	Mac shortcut
Start or stop forward playback on the Pages shelf	F4	F4
Start or stop backward playback on the Pages shelf	Shift+F4	Shift+F4
Skip forward one page	Ctrl+Period	Command+Period
Skip backward one page	Ctrl+Comma	Command+Comma

## Shortcuts for selecting and navigating marks

Description	Windows shortcut	Mac shortcut
Select a mark	Click	Click
Select a group of marks	Drag	Drag
Add individual marks to the selection	Ctrl+click	Command+click
Add a group of marks to the selection	Ctrl+drag	Command+drag
Use Rectangular Selection tool	A	A
Use Lasso Selection Tool	D	D
Use Radial Selection Tool	S	S
Select all data	Ctrl+A	Command+A
Copy selected data	Ctrl+C	Command+C
Clear the mark selection	Esc	Esc
Pan around the view	Shift+drag	Shift+drag
Zoom in to a point in the view (if not map, requires zoom mode)	Double-click , Ctrl+Shift+click	Double-click, Shift+Command+click
Zoom out from a point on a map (if not map, requires zoom mode)	Ctrl+Shift+Alt+click	Shift+Option+Command+click
Zoom out	Shift+Double-click	Shift+Double+click
Zoom in to an area in the view (requires zoom mode if not map)	Ctrl+Shift+drag	Shift+Command+drag
Zoom in and out on a map	Scroll	Scroll
Drag a row and scroll through a long list simultaneously	Click+drag to bottom of pane+hold	Click+scroll, Command+hold