Qlik Sense supports keyboard accessibility. You can use a keyboard to navigate in your activity centers, 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.
For keyboard navigation in activity centers, see Keyboard navigation and shortcuts in Qlik Cloud.
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 app interface.
| Keyboard navigation | Description |
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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. |
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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. |
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Enter or Space |
Opens current focus. |
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Esc |
Closes an open menu. |
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Right arrow |
Navigates to the next sheet or story on the app overview page. |
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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.
For more information, see 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. |
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Ctrl + Right arrow |
Navigates to the next sheet. |
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Ctrl + Left arrow |
Navigates to the previous sheet. |
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Ctrl + Home, Ctrl + Fn + Left (macOS) |
Navigates to the first sheet of the app. |
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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. (Analysis mode) |
| Up arrow |
Navigate to the visualization in the row above. (Analysis mode) |
| Down arrow |
Navigate to the visualization in the row below. (Analysis mode) |
| Ctrl + up arrow |
Navigate to the first visualization in the sheet. (Analysis mode) |
| Ctrl + down arrow |
Navigate to the last visualization in the sheet. (Analysis mode) |
| 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. |
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Shift + F10, 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 Exploring with selections.
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. Information note (...) sub menu navigation: Enter sub menu and navigate with Up and Down arrows to selection options: Select all, Select possible, Select alternative, Select excluded.
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| Esc |
Cancels the selection and returns focus to visualization. |
| Tab | Moves focus back to the visualization with selections retained. |
In selections mode
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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
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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 Searching within selections or visualizations.
Inside of list box
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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
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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 
.
For more information, see Options menu.
| Keyboard navigation | Description |
|---|---|
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Shift + F10, 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.
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Keyboard navigation |
Description |
|---|---|
| Space or Enter |
Moves focus to the first listbox in the filter pane. Another key press brings the focus to the first value inside that listbox. If the focus is on a collapsed listbox, press Enter to open the listbox in a pop-over. |
| Esc | Moves focus back one level (from the values to the listbox to the filter pane object). |
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Right arrow |
If the focus is on an individual listbox within the filter pane, the right arrow key moves the focus to the next listbox on the right. If the focus is on a value inside a listbox, the right arrow key moves to the next value in the listbox. |
| Left arrow |
If the focus is on an individual listbox within the filter pane, the left arrow key moves the focus to the next listbox on the left. If the focus is on a value inside a listbox, the left arrow keymoves to the previous value in the listbox. |
| Up arrow |
If the focus is on an individual listbox within the filter pane, the up arrow key moves the focus to the previous listbox (to the left, or above, the current listbox). If the focus is on a value inside a listbox, the up arrow key moves to the previous value in the listbox. |
| Down arrow |
If the focus is on an individual listbox within the filter pane, the down arrow key moves the focus to the next listbox (to the right, or below, the current listbox). If the focus is on a value inside a listbox, the down arrow key moves to the next value in the listbox. |
Tables and View data mode
These keyboard controls apply to:
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Straight table visualizations.
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Legacy table visualizations.
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View data mode for visualizations.
Note the following:
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In straight tables, some keyboard controls are only available with the Use pagination and Increased accessibility settings turned on. See Managing accessibility settings.
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Pagination is always on in View data mode.
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Pagination is not available for legacy tables, but is on when you enter View data mode by putting focus on the object.
Outside of table or View data mode
| Keyboard navigation | Description |
|---|---|
| Enter or Space | Enters View data mode, or puts table in focus. |
| Esc | Closes View data mode, or exits focus on table. |
| Shift + Enter or Space | Enters Full screen mode. |
Inside of table or View data mode
These commands work once focus is inside a cell in the table. In legacy tables and View data mode, you can put the focus on a cell by pressing Enter a second time, or by clicking a cell.
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Keyboard navigation |
Description |
|---|---|
| Space (on a selectable cell) | Enters and exits Selections mode. |
| Enter | Confirms selection. |
| Shift + up/down arrows (on a selectable cell) | Selects multiple values. |
| Enter or Space (on header cell) | Expands and selects column options. |
| 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, or between options if column options are expanded. |
| Down arrow | Navigates to the cell in the row below, or between options if column options are expanded. |
| Esc | Moves focus back to the object, changes the focus back to cell, or exits column header options. |
| Ctrl + Space (while selecting) | Selects value and deselects all other values. |
| Tab | Enters pagination footer. |
In pagination controls
Pagination controls are at the bottom of the straight table. You can change how many rows are displayed and move between pages.
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Keyboard navigation |
Description |
|---|---|
| Tab | Goes to next pagination item. |
| Shift + Tab |
Goes to previous pagination item. |
| Space or Enter | Selects pagination item, or opens a dropdown that is in focus. |
| Up arrow and down arrow (in dropdown) | Moves up and down the dropdown menu. |
| Shift + Tab or Esc | Exits pagination footer or expanded dropdown. |
Insight Advisor Search and Insight Advisor Analysis Types
For more information, see Creating visualizations with Insight Advisor.
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. |
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Shift + F10, FN + Shift + F10 (macOS) |
Opens the context menu for the selected visualization. Information noteIf Shift + F10 does not work in your browser, use Alt + Shift + F10.
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Insight Advisor assets panel
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Keyboard navigation |
Description |
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<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). |
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Ctrl + up arrow |
Navigate to the last item in the previous category. |
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Ctrl + down arrow |
Navigate to the first item in the next category. |
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Up arrow |
Navigate to the item immediately above the current one (asset or category). |
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Down arrow |
Navigate to the item immediately below the current one (asset or category). |
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Left arrow |
Navigates to the category holding the item with the current focus (when focus is on an asset). |
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Right arrow |
Navigates to the first item of the selected category (when the focus is on a category). |
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Space or Enter |
Selects the item that has focus. |
Keyboard shortcuts
Some Qlik Sense features have specific shortcuts:
| 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. Information note
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. Information note
Data load editor and expression editor only. |
| Ctrl + D |
Deletes the content of the current line. Information note
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. |
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Ctrl + Home, Cmd + Fn + Left (macOS) |
Navigates to the first sheet of the app in sheet view. |
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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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