Keyboard shortcuts in Power BI Desktop
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Keyboard shortcuts are helpful for moving around in Power BI reports using a keyboard. The tables in this article describe the shortcuts available in a Power BI report.
When using Power BI Desktop, you can press Shift + ? to show keyboard shortcuts, as shown in the following image.
In addition to using these keyboard shortcuts in Power BI Desktop, these shortcuts work in the following experiences as well:
- Q&A Explorer dialog
- Getting Started dialog
- File menu and About dialog
- Warning bar
- File Restore dialog
- Frowns dialog
In our continued effort to improve accessibility, the previous list of experiences also supports screen readers and high contrast settings.
Frequently used shortcuts
To do this action | Press |
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Move focus between sections | Ctrl + F6 |
Move focus forward in a section | Tab |
Move focus backward in a section | Shift + Tab |
Select or clear selection of an object | Enter or spacebar |
Multi-select objects | Ctrl + spacebar |
Keytips to navigate and select ribbon buttons | Alt |
On visual
To do this action | Press |
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Move focus to visual menu | Alt + Shift + F10 |
Show data | Alt + Shift + F11 |
Enter a visual | Ctrl + Right arrow |
Enter a layer | Enter |
Exit a layer or visual | Esc |
Select or clear selection of a data point | Enter or spacebar |
Multi-select | Ctrl + Enter or Ctrl + spacebar |
Right-click |
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Clear selection | Ctrl + Shift + C |
Show or hide tooltip | Ctrl + H |
Move a visual on the canvas (small moves)* | Arrow keys (up, down, right, left) |
Move a visual on the canvas (bigger moves)* | Shift + arrow keys |
Resize a visual* | Arrow keys |
Maintain aspect ratio* | Shift + drag the resize handles |
Group Visuals* | Select visuals + Ctrl + G |
* Must be in editing mode
Table navigation
To do this action | Press |
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Move focus up / down one cell (across all cells in all areas) | Up arrow key / Down arrow key |
Move focus left / right one cell (across all cells in all areas) | Left arrow key / Right arrow key |
Moves the focus to the last cell in the current row | Ctrl + Right arrow key / End key |
Moves the focus to the first cell in the current row | Ctrl + Left arrow key / Home key |
Moves the focus to the last element in the current column | Ctrl + Down arrow key |
Moves the focus to the first element in the current column | Ctrl + Up arrow key |
Moves the focus to the first element in the table (top left corner) | Ctrl + Home key |
Moves the focus to the last element in the table (bottom right corner) | Ctrl + End key |
Moves the focus to the last row displayed in the current column | Page down key |
Moves focus to the first row displayed in the current column | Page up key |
Selecting multiple noncontiguous rows | Ctrl + Enter / Ctrl + Space |
Selecting multiple contiguous rows | Shift + Down arrow key or Up arrow key |
Clear selected rows | Ctrl + Shift + C |
Open URL links | Ctrl + Alt + O |
Open Context Menu | Shift + F10 |
Matrix navigation
To do this action | Press |
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Expand matrix | Shift + Right arrow key |
Collapse matrix | Shift + Left arrow key |
Pane navigation
To do this action | Press |
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Multi-select | Ctrl + Spacebar |
Collapse a single table | Left arrow key |
Expand a single table | Right arrow key |
Collapse all tables | Alt + Shift + 1 |
Expand all tables | Alt + Shift + 9 |
Open a context menu |
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Canvas zoom
To do this action | Press |
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Zoom in | Ctrl + Plus or Ctrl + (mouse scroll wheel forward) |
Zoom out | Ctrl + Minus or Ctrl + (mouse scroll wheel backward) |
Scroll canvas up | Page up key |
Scroll canvas down | Page down key |
Scroll canvas left | Alt + Page up key |
Scroll canvas right | Alt + Page down key |
Slicer
To do this action | Press |
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Interact with a slicer | Enter |
Move focus between menu items | Up arrow key / Down arrow key |
Move focus to first menu item | Home |
Move focus to last menu item | End |
Select multiple contiguous items | Shift + Up arrow key / Down arrow key |
Open context menu | Shift + F10 |
Selection pane
To do this action | Press |
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Activate selection pane | F6 |
Move up an object in the layering | Ctrl + Shift + F |
Move down an object in the layering | Ctrl + Shift + B |
Hide / show (toggle) an object | Ctrl + Shift + S |
DAX formula bar
To do this action | Press |
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Submit | Ctrl + Enter or Enter |
Go to line number | Ctrl + G |
Move line up / down | Alt + Up arrow key / Down arrow key |
Copy line up / down | Shift + Alt + Up arrow key / Down arrow key |
Insert line below | Shift + Enter or Alt + Enter |
Insert line above | Ctrl + Shift + Enter |
Delete selected word | Ctrl + Del |
Delete all selected lines | Ctrl + Shift + K |
Jump to matching bracket | Ctrl + Shift + \ |
Jump to start of a line of code | Ctrl + Home |
Jump to the end of a line of code | Ctrl + End |
Indent line / Extend line into the margin | Ctrl + ] or Ctrl + [ |
Insert cursor | Alt + Click |
Select current line | Ctrl + L |
Select all occurrences of current selection | Ctrl + Shift + L |
Select all occurrences of current word | Ctrl + F2 |
Select next occurrences of current selection | Ctrl + D |
Select the line above | Shift + Up arrow key |
Select the line below | Shift + Down arrow key |
Enter multiple lines of code up / down | Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow key / Down arrow key |
Comment a line | Ctrl + / or Ctrl + K + C |
Uncomment a line | Ctrl + / or Ctrl + K + U |
Increase font size | Ctrl + + or Scroll Up |
Decrease font size | Ctrl + - or Scroll Down |
Show or hide "Read more" tooltips | Ctrl + I |
Show accessiblity widget | Alt + F1 |
Close widget, suggestions, other dialogs, or closes DAX formula bar | Esc |
Show suggestions | Ctrl + Space |
Expand or Collapse DAX formula bar | Ctrl + J |
Focus on the DAX fomula bar itself to tab to next UI element | Ctrl + M |
Enter data
To do this action | Press |
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Exit editable grid | Ctrl + Tab |
Considerations and limitations
There are a few known issues and limitations with the accessibility features. You can view descriptions of those issues and limitations in the following list:
- When using screen readers with Power BI Desktop, you'll have the best experience if you open your screen reader before opening any files in Power BI Desktop.
- If you're using Narrator, you'll have some limitations around navigating Show data as an HTML table.
Next steps
The collection of articles for Power BI accessibility are the following:
- Overview of accessibility in Power BI
- Design Power BI reports for accessibility
- Consume Power BI reports by using accessibility features
- Creating reports in Power BI using accessibility tools
- Report accessibility checklist
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