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Microsoft Power BI Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

Keyboard shortcuts for Power BI Desktop on Windows. Covers report navigation, visuals, table and matrix navigation, panes, and the DAX formula bar.
Key label style

Frequently used shortcuts

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
Space
Multi-select objects
Ctrl+Space
Keytips to navigate and select ribbon buttons
Alt

On visual

Move focus to visual menu
Alt+Shift+F10
Show data
Alt+Shift+F11
Enter a visual
Ctrl+Right
Enter a layer
Enter
Exit a layer or visual
Esc
Select or clear selection of a data point
Enter
or
Space
Multi-select
Ctrl+Enter
or
Ctrl+Space
Right-click
Context Menu+F10
or
Shift+F10
Clear selection
Ctrl+Shift+C
Show or hide tooltip
Ctrl+H
Move a visual on the canvas (small moves)
UpDownLeftRight
in editing mode
Move a visual on the canvas (bigger moves)
Shift+UpDownLeftRight
in editing mode
Resize a visual
UpDownLeftRight
in editing mode
Maintain aspect ratio
Shift+Drag
in editing mode
Group visuals
Ctrl+G
in editing mode, with visuals selected

Table navigation

Move focus up / down one cell (across all cells in all areas)
UpDown
Move focus left / right one cell (across all cells in all areas)
LeftRight
Moves the focus to the last cell in the current row
Ctrl+Right
or
End
Moves the focus to the first cell in the current row
Ctrl+Left
or
Home
Moves the focus to the last element in the current column
Ctrl+Down
Moves the focus to the first element in the current column
Ctrl+Up
Moves the focus to the first element in the table (top left corner)
Ctrl+Home
Moves the focus to the last element in the table (bottom right corner)
Ctrl+End
Moves the focus to the last row displayed in the current column
Pg Dn
Moves focus to the first row displayed in the current column
Pg Up
Selecting multiple noncontiguous rows
Ctrl+Enter
or
Ctrl+Space
Selecting multiple contiguous rows
Shift+UpDown
Clear selected rows
Ctrl+Shift+C
Open URL links
Ctrl+Alt+O
or
Alt+Shift+O
Open Context Menu
Shift+F10

Matrix navigation

Expand matrix
Shift+Right
Collapse matrix
Shift+Left

Pane navigation

Multi-select
Ctrl+Space
Collapse a single table
Left
Expand a single table
Right
Collapse all tables
Alt+Shift+1
Expand all tables
Alt+Shift+9
Open a context menu
Context Menu+F10
or
Shift+F10

Canvas zoom

Zoom in
Ctrl+=
or
Ctrl+Scroll up
Zoom out
Ctrl+-
or
Ctrl+Scroll down
Scroll canvas up
Pg Up
Scroll canvas down
Pg Dn
Scroll canvas left
Alt+Pg Up
Scroll canvas right
Alt+Pg Dn

Slicer

Interact with a slicer
Enter
Move focus between menu items
UpDown
Move focus to first menu item
Home
Move focus to last menu item
End
Select multiple contiguous items
Shift+UpDown
Open context menu
Shift+F10

Selection pane

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

Submit
Ctrl+Enter
or
Enter
Go to line number
Ctrl+G
Move line up / down
Alt+UpDown
Copy line up / down
Alt+Shift+UpDown
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+][
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
Select the line below
Shift+Down
Enter multiple lines of code up / down
Ctrl+Alt+UpDown
Comment a line
Ctrl+/
or
Ctrl+K,Ctrl+C
Uncomment a line
Ctrl+/
or
Ctrl+K,Ctrl+U
Increase font size
Ctrl+=
or
Scroll up
Decrease font size
Ctrl+-
or
Scroll down
Show or hide "Read more" tooltips
Ctrl+I
Show accessibility 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 formula bar itself to tab to next UI element
Ctrl+M

Enter data

Exit editable grid
Ctrl+Tab

Model view navigation

Move focus to first card in relationship diagram
Tab
Move focus to the next card
Tab
or
RightDown
Move focus to the previous card
Shift+Tab
or
LeftUp

On card in model view

Move focus to relationship line connected to card
Ctrl+Alt+R
Move focus to first field list item on the card
Enter
Move focus to next item within the card
Tab
Move focus back to entire card
Esc
Open context menu
Shift+F10
Move focus to the next field list item
RightDown
Move focus to the previous field list item
UpLeft

On relationship in model view

Move focus to next card connected to relationship line
Ctrl+Alt+R
Move focus to previously focused card connected to relationship line
Alt+Shift+R
Open relationship properties pane
Enter
Move focus to next relationship line connected to card
Tab
or
RightDown
Move focus to previous relationship line connected to card
Shift+Tab
or
LeftUp
Select focused relationship
Enter

Intro

Power BI Desktop's shortcuts split into two families, an accessibility-first set for moving around reports (Tab, arrow keys, F6), and a VS Code-style set for editing DAX formulas.

Windows-specific shortcut notes

Editing mode matters. Moving, resizing, and grouping a visual with the keyboard only works once you've entered editing mode on that visual; the same arrow keys just move focus between objects otherwise.

Two ways to right-click. A dedicated Windows context-menu key (between Left Alt and the arrow keys on many keyboards) plus F10 opens a context menu, or Shift+F10 does the same on any keyboard.

The DAX formula bar is a real code editor. Ctrl+D, Ctrl+Shift+L, Ctrl+/, and Alt+Click behave exactly like they do in VS Code, because Power BI reuses the same editor component for DAX.

Printable PDF

A printable PDF of Power BI shortcuts for Windows is available. Section navigation (Ctrl+F6) and the DAX formula bar's editing shortcuts are the ones worth learning first.

FAQ

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Visit the Microsoft Power BI app page for an overview and helpful links.

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