Grist Shortcuts#

General#

Key (Mac) Key (Windows) Description
F1,⌘ / F1,Ctrl + / Display shortcuts pane
⌘ Z Ctrl + Z Undo last action
⌘ ⇧ Z,⌃ Y Ctrl + Shift + Z,Ctrl + Y Redo last action
⌘ F Ctrl + F Find
⌘ G Ctrl + G Find next occurrence
⌘ ⇧ G Ctrl + Shift + G Find previous occurrence
Key (Mac) Key (Windows) Description
↓ ↓ Move downward to next record or field
↑ ↑ Move upward to previous record or field
→ → Move right to the next field
← ← Move left to the previous field
Tab Tab Move to the next field, saving changes if editing a value
⇧ Tab Shift + Tab Move to the previous field, saving changes if editing a value
PageDown PageDown Move down one page of records, or to next record in a card list
PageUp PageUp Move up one page of records, or to previous record in a card list
⌘ ↑ Ctrl + ↑ Move up to the first record
⌘ ↓ Ctrl + ↓ Move down to the last record
Home Home Move to the first field or the beginning of a row
End End Move to the last field or the end of a row
⌥ ↓ Alt + ↓ Open next page
⌥ ↑ Alt + ↑ Open previous page
⌘ O Ctrl + O Activate next page widget
⌘ ⇧ O Ctrl + Shift + O Activate previous page widget
Space Space Opens a record card in a table widget

Selection#

Key (Mac) Key (Windows) Description
⇧ ↓ Shift + ↓ Adds the element below the cursor to the selected range
⇧ ↑ Shift + ↑ Adds the element above the cursor to the selected range
⇧ → Shift + → Adds the element to the right of the cursor to the selected range
⇧ ← Shift + ← Adds the element to the left of the cursor to the selected range
⌘ A Ctrl + A Selects all currently displayed cells
⌘ Shift ↑ Ctrl + Shift + ↑ Selects cells above the selected cell in the same column
⌘ Shift ↓ Ctrl + Shift + ↓ Selects cells below the selected cell in the same column
⌘ Shift → Ctrl + Shift + → Selects cells to the right of the selected cell in the same row
⌘ Shift ← Ctrl + Shift + ← Selects cells to the left of the selected cell in the same row
⌘ ⇧ A Ctrl + Shift + A Copy anchor link

Editing#

Key (Mac) Key (Windows) Description
Enter,F2 Enter,F2 Start editing the currently-selected cell
Enter Enter Finish editing a cell, saving the value
Escape Escape Discard changes to a cell value
⌘ D Ctrl + D Fills current selection with the contents of the top row in the selection
Delete Backspace,Delete Clears the currently selected cells
Enter Enter Toggles the value of checkbox cells
= = When typed at the start of a cell, make this a formula column
⌘ ; Ctrl + ; Insert the current date
⌘ ⇧ ; Ctrl + Shift + ; Insert the current date and time

Data manipulation#

Key (Mac) Key (Windows) Description
⌘ ⇧ Enter Ctrl + Shift + Enter Insert a new record, before the currently selected one in an unsorted table
⌘ Enter Ctrl + Enter Insert a new record, after the currently selected one in an unsorted table
⌘ ⇧ D Ctrl + Shift + D Duplicate the currently selected record(s)
⌘ Delete Ctrl + Backspace,Ctrl + Delete Delete the currently selected record(s)
⌥ ⇧ = Alt + Shift + = Insert a new column, before the currently selected one
⌥ = Alt + = Insert a new column, after the currently selected one
⌃ M Ctrl + M Rename the currently selected column
⌥ ⇧ - Alt + Shift + - Hide the currently selected column
⌥ - Alt + - Delete the currently selected columns