Power BI keyboard shortcuts

Power BI Desktop documents shortcuts for report visuals, tables, matrices, panes, canvas zoom, slicers, selection, DAX, data entry, and model relationships. This page focuses on the Windows desktop report experience and keeps context-specific keys in the group where they apply.

Windows · 32 shortcuts

General report commands

Open the shortcut overlay and use common report editing commands from Power BI Desktop.

ActionWindows
Show the keyboard shortcuts overlayShift?
Copy selected contentCtrlC
PasteCtrlV
UndoCtrlZ
RedoCtrlY
Save the reportCtrlS
Find in the reportCtrlF
Cancel or clear the current selectionEscape

Visuals and canvas

Navigate report visuals, open visual menus, and change the canvas zoom while a report page is active.

ActionWindows
Move to the next visualTab
Move to the previous visualShiftTab
Open the visual context menuShiftF10
Zoom in on the report canvasCtrl+
Zoom out on the report canvasCtrl-
Reset canvas zoomCtrl0
Open the Selection paneAltS
Focus the selected visualEnter

Tables and matrices

Move through a table or matrix visual and expand or collapse its hierarchy when that visual has focus.

ActionWindows
Move to the next table cellTab
Move to the previous table cellShiftTab
Move to the next table rowDown
Move to the previous table rowUp
Expand a matrix hierarchyRight
Collapse a matrix hierarchyLeft
Move to the next matrix levelRight
Move to the previous matrix levelLeft

Formula and model views

Use the documented navigation and editing keys in the DAX formula bar, data entry, model view, and relationship view.

ActionWindows
Accept a formula editEnter
Cancel a formula editEscape
Insert a new line in the formula barShiftEnter
Enter data in a cellEnter
Move to the next model objectTab
Move to the previous model objectShiftTab
Open the relationship context menuShiftF10
Move between panesF6

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