Keyboard shortcuts for Power BI Desktop

While working, Keyboard shortcuts can be very helpful for moving around in the Power BI reports using a keyboard. In this article we are describing the shortcuts available in a Power BI report.

While using the Power BI Desktop, you can press Shift + ? to show the keyboard shortcuts, as shown in the following image:

FREQUENTLY USED SHORTCUTS

To do this action	Press
Move focus between sections	Ctrl+F6
Move focus forward in section	Tab
Move focus backward in section	Shift+Tab
Select or clear selection of an object	Enter OR spacebar
Multi-select objects	Ctrl+spacebar

SHORTCUTS ON VISUAL

To do this action	Press
Move focus to visual menu	Alt+Shift+F10
Show data	Alt+Shift+F11
Enter a visual	Ctrl+→
Enter a layer	Enter
Exit a layer or visual	Esc
Select or clear selection of a data point	Enter+spacebar
Multi-select	Ctrl+Enter OR Ctrl+spacebar
Clear selection	Ctrl+Shift+C
Show or hide tooltip	Ctrl+H
Right-click	Context Key+F10

Note:

In Windows keyboard: The Windows context key is between the Left Alt key and the Left Arrow Key.

In Other keyboard: Shift + F10

TABLE AND MATRIX NAVIGATION SHORTCUTS

(Can be used across all cells in all areas)

To do this action	Press
Move focus up OR Down one cell	↑ OR ↓
Move focus left OR Right one cell	← OR →

PANE NAVIGATION SHORTCUTS

To do this action	Press
Multi-select	Ctrl+spacebar
Collapse a single table	←
Expand a single table	→
Collapse all tables	Alt+Shift+1
Expand all tables	Alt+Shift+9

SLICER SHORTCUT

To do this action	Press
Interact with a slicer	Ctrl+→

SELECTION PANE SHORTCUTS

To do this action	Press
Activate selection pane	F6
Move an object up in the layering	Ctrl+Shift+F
Move an object down in the layering	Ctrl+Shift+B
Hide / show (toggle) an object	Ctrl+Shift+S

DAX EDITOR SHORTCUTS

To do this action	Press
Move line up / down	Alt+↑ OR ↓
Copy line up / down	Shift+Alt+↑ OR ↓
Insert line below	Ctrl+Enter
Insert line above	Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Jump to matching bracket	Ctrl+Shift+\
Indent line / Extend line into the margin	Ctrl+] OR [
Insert cursor	Alt+Click
Select current line	Ctrl+I
Select all occurrences of current selection	Ctrl+Shift+L
Select all occurrences of current word	Ctrl+F2

SHORTCUT TO ENTER DATA

To do this action	Press
Exit editable grid	Ctrl+Tab

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