Formula editor in Power BI Desktop
The formula editor (often referred to as the DAX editor) includes robust editing and shortcut enhancements to make authoring and editing formulas easy and intuitive.
Use the formula editor
You can use the following keyboard shortcuts to increase your productivity and streamline creating formulas in the formula editor.
| Keyboard Command | Result |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+C | Copy line (empty selection) |
| Ctrl+G | Go to line… |
| Ctrl+L | Select current line |
| Ctrl+M | Toggle Tab moves focus |
| Ctrl+U | Undo last cursor operation |
| Ctrl+X | Cut line (empty selection) |
| Shift+Enter | Insert line below |
| Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Insert line above |
| Ctrl+Shift+\ | Jump to matching bracket |
| Ctrl+Shift+K | Delete line |
| Ctrl+] / [ | Indent/outdent line |
| Ctrl+Home | Go to beginning of file |
| Ctrl+End | Go to end of file |
| Ctrl+↑ / ↓ | Scroll line up/down |
| Ctrl+Shift+Alt + (arrow key) | Column (box) selection |
| Ctrl+Shift+Alt +PgUp/PgDn | Column (box) selection page up/down |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Select all occurrences of current selection |
| Ctrl+Alt+ ↑ / ↓ | Insert cursor above / below |
| Ctrl+F2 | Select all occurrences of current word |
| Shift+Alt + (drag mouse) | Column (box) selection |
| Shift+Alt + ↓ / ↑ | Copy line up/down |
| Shift+Alt+→ | Expand selection |
| Shift+Alt+← | Shrink selection |
| Shift+Alt+I | Insert cursor at end of each line selected |
| Alt+ ↑ / ↓ | Move line up/down |
| Alt+PgUp / PgDn | Scroll page up/down |
| Alt+Click | Insert cursor |
| Home / End | Go to beginning/end of line |
Related content
The following articles provide more information about formulas and DAX in Power BI Desktop.