These keyboard shortcuts were taken from the Tableau Desktop online manual.
Table C-1: General Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcut | ||
Description | Windows | Mac OS X |
Select all data | Ctrl+A | Command+A |
Use Rectangular Selection tool | A | A |
Lock and Unlock Rectangular Selection tool | Shift+A | Shift+A |
Smaller cell size | Ctrl+B | Command+B |
Bigger cell size | Ctrl+Shift+B | Command+Shift+B |
Copy selected data | Ctrl+C | Command+C |
Place selected field on Columns shelf | Alt+Shift+C | Option+Shift+C |
Connect to data source | Ctrl+D | Command+D |
Use Lasso Selection tool | D | D |
Lock and unlock Lasso Selection tool | Shift+D | Shift+D |
Describe sheet | Ctrl+E | Command+E |
Makes the find command in the data pane active | Ctrl+F | Command+F |
Place selected field on Filters shelf | Alt+Shift+F | Option+Shift+F |
Enter/exit full screen | Control+Command+F | |
Switch in and out of presentation mode | F7, Ctrl+H | Option+Return |
Place selected field on Size | Alt+Shift+I | Option+Shift+I |
Flip orientation of column labels at bottom of view | Ctrl+L | |
Place selected field on Detail | Alt+Shift+L | Option+Shift+L |
New worksheet | Ctrl+M | Command+T |
Turn off and on pan and zoom in a map | Ctrl+M+A | |
New workbook | Ctrl+N | Command+N |
Open file | Ctrl+O | Command+O |
Place selected field on Color | Alt+Shift+O | Option+Shift+O |
Ctrl+P | Command+P | |
Place selected field on Pages shelf | Alt+Shift+P | Option+Shift+P |
Place selected field on Rows shelf | Alt+Shift+R | Option+Shift+R |
Save file | Ctrl+S | Command+S |
Use Radial Selection tool | S | S |
Lock and unlock Radial Selection tool | Shift+S | Shift+S |
Place selected field on Shape | Alt+Shift+S | Option+Shift+S |
Place selected field on Text/Label | Alt+Shift+T | Option+Shift+T |
Paste clipboard | Ctrl+V | Command+V |
Swap rows and columns | Ctrl+W | Control+Command+W |
Cut text selection (for example, in captions, titles, formulas, and so on) | Ctrl+X | Command+X |
Place selected field on Rows shelf | Alt+Shift+X | Option+Shift+X |
Redo | Ctrl+Y | Command+Shift+Z |
Place selected field on Columns shelf | Alt+Shift+Y | Option+Shift+Y |
Undo | Ctrl+Z | Command+Z |
Clear the current worksheet | Alt+Shift+Backspace | Option+Shift+Delete |
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 |
Show Me! | Ctrl+1, Ctrl+Shift+1 | Command+1 |
Add the selected field to the sheet (only works with a single field) | Enter | Return |
Opens the Help | F1 | Shift+Command+Question Mark |
Deletes the selected sheet (on a dashboard) | Ctrl+F4 | |
Closes the current workbook | Alt+F4 | Command+W |
Starts and stops forward playback on the pages shelf | F4 | |
Starts and stops backward playback on the pages shelf | Shift+F4 | |
Refreshes the data source | F5 | Command+R |
Skip forward one page | Ctrl+Period | Command+Period |
Skip backward one page | Ctrl+Comma | Command+Comma |
Cycle forward through open worksheets | Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+F6 | Shift+Command+Close Brace |
Cycle backward through open worksheets | Ctrl+Shift+Tab, Ctrl+Shift+F6 | Shift+Command+Open Brace |
Run update | F9 | Shift+Command+0 |
Toggles Automatic Updates on and off | F10 | Option+Command+0 |
Reverts workbook to last saved state | F12 | Option+Command+E |
Clears the selection (Desktop and Reader only) | Esc | Esc |
Table C-2: Navigation and Selection Shortcuts
Keyboard/Mouse Action | ||
Description | Windows | Mac |
Selects the mark | Click | Click |
Selects a group of marks | Drag | Drag |
Adds individual marks to the selection | Ctrl+click | Command+click |
Adds a group of marks to the selection | Ctrl+drag | Command+drag |
Pans around the view | Shift+drag, click and hold+drag | Shift+drag, click and hold+drag |
Zooms into a point in the view (requires zoom mode if not map) | Double-click, Ctrl+Shift+click | Double-click, Shift+Command+click |
Zooms out from a point on a map (requires zoom mode if not a map) | Ctrl+Shift+Alt+click | Shift+Option+Command+click |
Zooms out | Shift+double-click | Shift+double-click |
Zooms into an area in the view (requires zoom mode if not a map) | Ctrl+Shift+drag | Shift+Command+drag |
Zooms in and out on a map (Desktop and Reader only) | Ctrl+scroll | Command+scroll |
Drags a row and scrolls through a long list simultaneously | Click+drag to bottom of pane+hold | Click+scroll, Command+hold |
Table C-3: Field Selection Shortcuts
Keyboard/Mouse Action | ||
Description | Windows | Mac |
Opens the Drop Field menu | Right-click+drag to shelf | Option+drag to shelf |
Copies a field in the view to be placed on another shelf or card | Ctrl+drag | Command+drag |
Adds a field to the view | Double-click | Double-click |