Keyboard navigation and shortcuts

Qlik Sense supports keyboard accessibility. You can use a keyboard to navigate in the hub, the app overview, the toolbar, sheets, data, and visualizations. There is also a range of keyboard shortcuts.

When you navigate with the keyboard, the center of focus is highlighted.

Keyboard shortcuts are expressed assuming that you are working in Windows. For macOS, use Command instead of Ctrl.

The hub

For more information, see The hub.

Keyboard controls in the hub
Keyboard navigation	Description
Tab	Moves focus forward. In an active menu, Tab will cycle between the menu options.
Shift + Tab	Moves focus back.
Ctrl + G	Switches to grid layout.
Ctrl + Shift + L	Switches to list layout.
Left + right arrows	Shifts through a horizontal list in focus, such as grid view.
Up + down arrows	Shifts through a vertical list in focus, such as list view.
Enter or Space	Selects or enters the item in focus. In the tab navigation menu, press Enter or Space a second time to open the drop-down menu.
Ctrl + up arrow	Navigates to first item in list.
Ctrl + down arrow	Navigates to last item in list.
Alt + N	Opens Create new app dialog.
Ctrl + Delete	Opens Delete confirmation dialog for app in focus.
Shift + F10	Opens context menu for app in focus.
Esc	Closes a dialog or context menu.
Up + down arrows	Shifts focus between app thumbnail and app detail in a focused app in grid view.

App overview and toolbar

The Skip to content button is the first element when you navigate using a keyboard on the app overview page. Click Enter to skip navigation and land on Sheets on the toolbar. If you click Tab, you will open the global menu.

For more information on navigating the app overview page and the Qlik Sense toolbar, see Navigating in the user interface.

Keyboard controls in the app overview and toolbar
Keyboard navigation	Description
Tab	Moves focus forward. In an active menu, Tab will cycle between the menu options. If a sheet is open, Tab will also move focus to the sheet.
Shift + Tab	Moves focus back . In an active menu, Shift + Tab will cycle between the menu options. If a sheet is open, Tab will also move focus to the sheet.
Enter or Space	Opens current focus.
Esc	Closes an open menu.
Right arrow	Navigates to the next sheet or story on the app overview page.
Left arrow	Navigates to the previous sheet or story on the app overview page.
Up arrow	Navigates to the next bookmark on the app overview page.
Down arrow	Navigates to the previous bookmark on the app overview page.
Ctrl + G	Switches to grid layout.
Ctrl + Shift + L	Switches to list layout.
Ctrl + up	Navigates to first item in list.
Ctrl + down	Navigates to last item in list.

Sheet view

You can use keyboard navigation to interact with visualizations in your sheets, access options in visualization, context menus, and download visualization data.

The Skip to content button is the first element when you navigate using a keyboard in sheet view. Click Enter to skip navigation and land on main content. For example, if you are viewing Analyze > Sheet, you will land on Smart Search. If you click Tab instead, you will open the Analyze menu.

For more information, see Arbeitsblatt-Ansicht.

Keyboard controls in sheet view
Keyboard navigation	Description
Tab	Moves focus forward between items in the toolbar and the visualizations in the sheet. In an active menu, Tab will cycle between the menu options.
Shift + Tab	Move focus backward between items in the toolbar and the visualizations in the sheet. In an active menu, Shift+Tab will cycle between the menu options.
Ctrl + Right arrow	Navigates to the next sheet.
Ctrl + Left arrow	Navigates to the previous sheet.
Ctrl + Home, Ctrl + Fn + Left (macOS)	Navigates to the first sheet of the app.
Ctrl + End, Ctrl + Fn + Right (macOS)	Navigates to the last sheet of the app.
Right arrow	Navigates to the next visualization in the row.
Left arrow	Navigates to the previous visualization object in the row.
Up arrow	Navigate to the visualization in the row above.
Down arrow	Navigate to the visualization in the row below.
Ctrl + up arrow	Navigate to the first visualization in the sheet.
Ctrl + down arrow	Navigate to the last visualization in the sheet.
Enter	Changes between the current visualization and View data mode. If visualization is a table, moves focus to the first data cell inside the table.
Shift + Enter or Space	Opens the current visualization in full screen.
Shift + F10, Alt + Shift + F10 (Internet Explorer 11), Fn + Shift + F10 (macOS)	Opens the context menu for the selected visualization.
Ctrl + E	Toggles sheet edit on and off.

Selections mode

When a user has focus on a table or chart and selections are made they are in selection mode. When cells or objects are actively selected, a selection menu displays on the top bar of the table or chart.

For more information, see Untersuchen mit Auswahlen.

In selections menu

Keyboard controls in selections menu
Keyboard navigation	Description
Shift + Tab	Moves focus from selections to the Confirm button (unless the search bar is visible in the listbox, then it moves focus there first and the next Shift + Tab moves focus to the Confirm button in the selections menu). Select Enter to Confirm selections and exit selections menu.
Left/Right arrow	Moves focus to ( ...) sub menu, Clear selection, Cancel selection, Confirm selection. Informationshinweis (...) sub menu navigation: Enter sub menu and navigate with Up and Down arrows to selection options: Select all, Select possible, Select alternative, Select excluded.
Esc	Cancels the selection and returns focus to visualization.
Tab	Moves focus back to the visualization with selections retained.

In selections mode

Keyboard controls in selections mode
Keyboard navigation	Description
Up arrow	Navigates to the row above.
Down arrow	Navigates to the row below.
Space bar	Selects value.
Shift + up/down arrows	Selects multiple values.
Enter	Confirms selections.
Esc	Cancels selections.

In current selection

Keyboard controls in current selection
Keyboard navigation	Description
Tab	Navigates to next selection or Clear all fields button.
Enter/Space bar	If you press Enter/space bar on a current selection, it opens the list box pop-over. If you press Enter/space bar on Clear all fields, the selections are deleted.

List boxes

For more information, see Suchen innerhalb von Auswahlen oder Visualisierungen.

Inside of list box

Keyboard controls in list boxes
Keyboard navigation	Description
Space (on a selectable cell)	Enters Selections mode.
Shift + up/down arrows (on a selectable cell)	Selects multiple values.
Up arrow	Navigates to the cell in the row above.
Down arrow	Navigates to the cell in the row below.
Esc	Moves focus back to the object.
Ctrl + Space (while selecting)	Selects value and deselects all other values.
Ctrl + A	Selects all values.
Ctrl + F	Opens and focuses search form.

In selections mode

Keyboard controls in list boxes, in selections mode
Keyboard navigation	Description
Up arrow	Navigates to the row above.
Down arrow	Navigates to the row below.
Space bar	Selects value.
Shift + up/down arrows	Selects multiple values.
Enter	Confirms selections. When focus is on the search bar in the list box, selects whatever is in the current search. Any items currently selected that would be selected by this search are unselected.
Enter + Ctrl	When focus is on the search bar in the list box, clears the current selections then select the search result
Esc	Cancels selections.

Visualization context menus

The context or option menu is represented by More .

For more information, see Optionsmenü.

Keyboard controls in visualization context menus
Keyboard navigation	Description
Shift + F10, Alt + Shift + F10 (Internet Explorer 11), Fn + Shift + F10 (macOS)	Opens the context menu for the selected visualization.
Esc	Close the context menu.
Down arrow	Navigate the focus to the next item in the context menu.
Up arrow	Navigate the focus to the previous item in the context menu.
Right arrow	Open an item's sub-menu.
Left arrow	Close an item's sub-menu.
Enter	Performs the action for the focused item.

Filter panes

For more information, see Filter pane.

Tastatursteuerungen in Filterfenstern
Tastaturnavigation	Beschreibung
Leertaste oder Eingabetaste	Setzt den Fokus auf das erste Listenfeld im Filterfenster. Ein weiterer Tastendruck setzt den Fokus auf den ersten Wert im Listenfeld. Wenn der Fokus sich auf einem ausgeblendeten Listenfeld befindet, drücken Sie die Eingabetaste, um das Listenfeld in einem Popover zu öffnen.
Esc	Bewegt den Fokus um eine Ebene zurück (von den Werten zum Listenfeld zum Filterfensterobjekt).
Pfeil rechts	Wenn sich der Fokus auf einem einzelnen Listenfeld im Filterfenster befindet, bewegt die „Pfeil rechts“-Taste den Fokus auf das nächste Listenfeld auf der rechten Seite. Wenn sich der Fokus auf einem Wert in einem Listenfeld befindet, wird er mit der „Pfeil rechts“-Taste zum nächsten Wert im Listenfeld bewegt.
Pfeil links	Wenn sich der Fokus auf einem einzelnen Listenfeld im Filterfenster befindet, bewegt die „Pfeil links“-Taste den Fokus auf das nächste Listenfeld auf der linken Seite. Wenn sich der Fokus auf einem Wert in einem Listenfeld befindet, wird er mit der „Pfeil links“-Taste zum vorherigen Wert im Listenfeld bewegt.
Pfeil nach oben	Wenn sich der Fokus auf einem einzelnen Listenfeld im Filterfenster befindet, bewegt die „Pfeil nach oben“-Taste den Fokus auf das vorherige Listenfeld (links neben oder über dem aktuellen Listenfeld). Wenn sich der Fokus auf einem Wert in einem Listenfeld befindet, wird er mit der „Pfeil nach oben“-Taste zum vorherigen Wert im Listenfeld bewegt.
Pfeil nach unten	Wenn sich der Fokus auf einem einzelnen Listenfeld im Filterfenster befindet, bewegt die „Pfeil nach unten“-Taste den Fokus auf das nächste Listenfeld (rechts neben oder unter dem aktuellen Listenfeld). Wenn sich der Fokus auf einem Wert in einem Listenfeld befindet, wird er mit der „Pfeil nach unten“-Taste zum nächsten Wert im Listenfeld bewegt.

Straight tables

For more information, see Table.

Outside of table

Keyboard controls in straight tables, outside of table
Keyboard navigation	Description
Enter or Space	Enters View data mode.
Esc	Closes View data mode.
Shift + Enter or Space	Enters Full screen mode.

Inside of table

These commands work once focus is inside a cell in the table. Click the table cell to put it in focus.

Keyboard controls in straight tables, inside of table
Keyboard navigation	Description
Enter or Space (on a selectable cell)	Enters Selections mode.
Shift + up/down arrows (on a selectable cell)	Selects multiple values.
Enter or Space (on header cell or other cell with an action)	Executes cell action.
Right arrow	Navigates to the next cell in the table.
Left arrow	Navigates to the previous cell in the table.
Up arrow	Navigates to the cell in the row above.
Down arrow	Navigates to the cell in the row below.
Esc	Moves focus back to the object.
Ctrl + Space (while selecting)	Selects value and deselects all other values.

View data mode

For more information, see Datenvisualisierungen anzeigen.

In view data mode

Keyboard navigation in view data mode, inside of table
Keyboard navigation	Description
Space (on a selectable cell)	Enters Selections mode.
Enter or Space (on header cell)	Changes the table sorting.
Right arrow	Navigates to the next cell in the table.
Left arrow	Navigates to the previous cell in the table.
Up arrow	Navigates to the cell in the row above.
Down arrow	Navigates to the cell in the row below.
Esc	Moves focus back to the visualization.
Ctrl + Shift + left arrow	Go to previous page.
Ctrl + Shift + right arrow	Go to next page.
Tab	Go to pagination controls at bottom of table.

In view data mode, in selections mode

Keyboard navigation in view data mode, in selections mode
Keyboard navigation	Description
Enter	Confirms selection.
Space (on a selectable cell)	Selects or deselects a cell.
Up arrow	Navigates to the cell in the row above.
Down arrow	Navigates to the cell in the row below.
Esc	Cancels selections.
Ctrl + Shift + left arrow	Go to previous page.
Ctrl + Shift + right arrow	Go to next page.
Tab (while in table)	Go to pagination controls at bottom of table.

In pagination controls

Pagination controls are at the bottom of the data table. You can change how many rows are displayed and move between pages.

Keyboard navigation in data table pagination controls
Keyboard navigation	Description
Tab	Go to next pagination item.
Shift + Tab	Go to previous pagination item.
Space or Enter	Select pagination item.
Space (when dropdown is in focus)	Opens dropdown where you can change the number of rows that are displayed.
Up arrow and down arrow (in dropdown)	Moves up and down the dropdown menu.
Shift + Tab	Leave pagination footer, go back to table.

Insight Advisor Search and Analysetypen für Insight Advisor

For more information, see Creating visualizations with Insight Advisor.

In Insight Advisor results

Keyboard controls in Insight Advisor results
Keyboard navigation	Description
Tab	Moves focus forward between items in the toolbar and the visualizations in the sheet. In an active menu, Tab will cycle between the menu options.
Shift + Tab	Move focus backward between items in the toolbar and the visualizations in the sheet. In an active menu, Shift + Tab will cycle between the menu options.
Right arrow	Navigates to the next visualization in the row.
Left arrow	Navigates to the previous visualization object in the row.
Up arrow	Navigate to the visualization in the row above.
Down arrow	Navigate to the visualization in the row below.
Ctrl + up arrow	Navigate to the first visualization in the sheet.
Ctrl + down arrow	Navigate to the last visualization in the sheet.
Enter	Enters View data mode.
Space or Shift + Enter	Opens the current visualization in full screen.
Esc	Closes the full screen mode.
Shift + F10, Alt + Shift + F10 (Internet Explorer 11), FN + Shift + F10 (macOS)	Opens the context menu for the selected visualization. InformationshinweisIf Shift + F10 does not work in your browser, use Alt + Shift + F10.

Insight Advisor assets panel

Keyboard controls in the Insight Advisor assets panel
Keyboard navigation	Description
<letter key>	Navigate to the first item in the list that starts with this letter (if the item currently in focus starts with a different letter). Navigate to the next item in the list that starts with this letter (if the item currently in focus starts with the same letter).
Ctrl + up arrow	Navigate to the last item in the previous category.
Ctrl + down arrow	Navigate to the first item in the next category.
Up arrow	Navigate to the item immediately above the current one (asset or category).
Down arrow	Navigate to the item immediately below the current one (asset or category).
Left arrow	Navigates to the category holding the item with the current focus (when focus is on an asset).
Right arrow	Navigates to the first item of the selected category (when the focus is on a category).
Space or Enter	Selects the item that has focus.

Keyboard shortcuts

Some Qlik Sense features have specific shortcuts:

Tastaturkombinationen im Dateneditor
Tastaturkürzel in der intelligenten Suche
Keyboard shortcuts in QMC (nur auf Englisch)

Keyboard shortcuts in Qlik Sense
Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + P	Prints the current view or active sheet/story.
Ctrl + C	Copies the selected item to the clipboard.
Ctrl + X	Cuts the selected item and copies it to the clipboard. When using the Google Chrome browser: if the cursor is put in front of a row in the Data load editor or in the expression editor, without selecting anything, the entire row is cut.
Ctrl + V	Pastes the most-recently copied item from the clipboard.
Ctrl + Z	Undo action. Repeat to undo earlier actions.
Ctrl + Y	Redo actions.
Ctrl + H	Opens online help in the context of the current function. Informationshinweis Data load editor and expression editor only.
Ctrl + F	Opens smart search.
Ctrl + E	In sheet view, opens and closes the editing of the selected sheet.
Ctrl + S	Saves changes to the app. Not supported in Qlik Sense, changes are automatically saved. Ctrl + S saves changes in the Data load editor
Ctrl + O	Opens an app file copied to the clipboard using Ctrl + C. Not supported in Qlik Sense.
Ctrl + A	Selects all code. Informationshinweis Data load editor and expression editor only.
Ctrl + D	Deletes the content of the current line. Informationshinweis Data load editor and expression editor only.
Ctrl + K	Comments or uncomments the selected lines in the data load editor.
Ctrl + 00	Inserts a test script in the data load editor.
Tab	Indents code in the data load editor.
Shift + Tab	Outdents code in the data load editor.
Left arrow	Navigates to the previous slide in storytelling view.
Right arrow	Navigates to the next slide in storytelling view.
Up arrow	Scrolls up in a table.
Down arrow	Scrolls down in a table.
Ctrl + left arrow	Navigates to the previous sheet in sheet view.
Ctrl + right arrow	Navigates to the next sheet in sheet view.
Ctrl + Home, Cmd + Fn + Left (macOS)	Navigates to the first sheet of the app in sheet view.
Ctrl + End, Ctrl + Fn + Right (macOS)	Navigates to the last sheet of the app in sheet view.
Esc	Exits play mode in storytelling view. Deselects a visualization when editing in sheet view. Deselects an object. Undoes selections in a visualization. Closes a dialog or window.
Delete	Deletes selected item.
Backspace	Deletes selected item.
Enter	Performs the action for the active option or button (for example, in dialogs).
Ctrl + +	Zoom in.
Ctrl + -	Zoom out.
Ctrl + 0	Reset zooming.
Shift	When held while dragging and dropping a field into a sheet, adds the field as a filter pane.

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