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Keyboard navigation and shortcuts in Qlik Sense

To help accessibility, Qlik Sense supports keyboard navigation for the hub, the app overview page, the Qlik Sense toolbar, and within sheet view. Qlik Sense also provides a range of keyboard shortcuts to help you interact easily with Qlik Sense and help you explore your apps.

When navigating Qlik Sense with the keyboard, the center of focus is highlighted. You can use keyboard navigation to interact with the object and settings within the app overview page as well as the objects and menus in the Qlik Sense toolbar. Within sheet view, you can use keyboard navigation is to interact with visualizations in your sheets.

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

Keyboard navigation in the hub

Keyboard navigation

Action

Tab

Moves focus forward .

While 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.
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.

Keyboard navigation in the app overview and toolbar

Keyboard navigation

Action

Tab

Moves focus forward.

While 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 .

While 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.

Keyboard navigation in sheet view

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

Information noteKeyboard shortcuts are expressed assuming that you are working in Windows. For Mac OS use Cmd instead of Ctrl.

Keyboard navigation in sheet view

Keyboard navigation

Action

Tab

Moves focus forward between items in the toolbar and the visualizations in the sheet.

While 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..

While 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 (Mac OS)

Navigates to the first sheet of the app.

Ctrl+End

Ctrl+Fn+Right (Mac OS)

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.
Space bar Opens the current visualization in full screen.

Shift + F10

Alt + Shift + F10 (Internet Explorer 11)

FN + Shift + F10 (Mac OS)

Opens the context menu for the selected visualization.

Information noteIf Shift + F10 does not work in your browser, use Alt + Shift + F10.
Ctlr + E Toggles sheet edit on/off.

Keyboard navigation in visualization context menus

Keyboard navigation

Action

Tab Moves focus from the sheet to the context menu.
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/Return Performs the action for the focused item.

Keyboard navigation in the visualization Export data dialog

Keyboard navigation

Action

Tab Move the focus forward.
Shift+Tab Move the focus backward
Esc Close the export dialog.
Enter/Return Performs the action for the focused item.

Keyboard navigation in the selection bar

Keyboard navigation

Action

Ctrl+Shift+Z Step back in the selection history.
Ctrl+Shift+Y Step forward in the selection history.

Keyboard shortcuts

Information noteKeyboard shortcuts are expressed assuming that you are working in Windows. For Mac OS use Cmd instead of Ctrl.

For keyboard shortcuts specific to the data load editor, see Keyboard shortcuts in the Data load editor.

For keyboard shortcuts specific to smart search, see Keyboard shortcuts used in smart search.

For keyboard shortcuts specific to QMC, see Keyboard shortcuts in QMC.

Shortcut Action Supported in Qlik Sense Supported in Qlik Sense Desktop
Ctrl+P Prints the current view or active sheet/story. Yes Yes
Ctrl+C Copies the selected item to the clipboard. Yes Yes
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. Yes Yes
Ctrl+V Pastes the most-recently copied item from the clipboard. Yes Yes
Ctrl+Z Undo action. Repeat to undo earlier actions. Yes Yes
Ctrl+Y (Cmd+shift+Z for Mac OS) Redo actions. Yes Yes
Ctrl+H

Opens online help in the context of the current function.

Information note

Data load editor and expression editor only.

Yes Yes
Ctrl+F Opens smart search. Yes Yes
Ctrl+E In sheet view, opens and closes the editing of the selected sheet. Yes Yes
Ctrl+S Saves changes to the app.

No (changes are automatically saved)

Ctrl+S saves changes in the data load editor

Yes
Ctrl+O Opens an app file copied to the clipboard using Ctrl+C. No Yes
Ctrl+A

Selects all code.

Information note

Data load editor and expression editor only.

Yes Yes
Ctrl+D

Deletes the content of the current line.

Information note

Data load editor and expression editor only.

Yes Yes
Ctrl+K Comments or uncomments the selected lines in the data load editor. Yes Yes
Ctrl+00 Inserts a test script in the data load editor. Yes Yes
Tab Indents code in the data load editor. Yes Yes
Shift+Tab Outdents code in the data load editor. Yes Yes
Left arrow Navigates to the previous slide in storytelling view. Yes Yes
Right arrow Navigates to the next slide in storytelling view. Yes Yes
Up arrow Scrolls up in a table. Yes Yes
Down arrow Scrolls down in a table. Yes Yes
Ctrl+left arrow Navigates to the previous sheet in sheet view. Yes Yes
Ctrl+right arrow Navigates to the next sheet in sheet view. Yes Yes

Ctrl+Home

Ctrl+Fn+Left (Mac OS)

Navigates to the first sheet of the app in sheet view. Yes Yes

Ctrl+End

Ctrl+Fn+Right (Mac OS)

Navigates to the last sheet of the app in sheet view. Yes Yes
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.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Delete Deletes selected item. Yes Yes
Backspace Deletes selected item. Yes Yes
Enter/Return Performs the action for the active option or button (for example, in dialogs). Yes Yes
Ctrl++ Zoom in. Yes Yes
Ctrl+- Zoom out. Yes Yes
Ctrl+0 Reset zooming. Yes Yes

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