Keyboard Shortcuts in Looker
There are a variety of keyboard shortcuts available for users in Looker.
Viewing Available Keyboard Shortcuts
The available shortcuts vary by location in the Looker application. To see a list of the available shortcuts, you can choose Keyboard Shortcuts from the Help menu. You also can press ?
to see the available shortcuts.
Shortcuts for All Pages
The following shortcuts are available to all or almost all pages in Looker:
Shortcut | Mac | Windows |
---|---|---|
Open search bar | Command-Shift-K | Ctrl+Shift+K |
Show/hide keyboard shortcut help menu | ? | ? |
Enter/exit Development Mode Note: For developers, this shortcut is overridden when you are in the LookML editor (IDE) | Control-Shift-D | Ctrl+Shift+D |
Shortcuts for Dashboards
The following shortcuts are available when viewing, editing, or creating dashboards:
Shortcut | Mac | Windows |
---|---|---|
Run dashboard | Command-Return | Ctrl+Enter |
Refresh dashboard | Command-Shift-Return | Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
Toggle edit mode | Option-Command-E | Alt+Ctrl+E |
Edit dashboard settings when in edit mode | Control-Command-E | |
Choose Looks | Command-O | Ctrl+O |
Add text | Control-Command-T | |
Add/edit dashboard filters when in edit mode | Command-Shift-E | Ctrl+Shift+E |
Schedule | Option-Command-S | Alt+Ctrl+S |
Send | Option-Shift-S | Alt+Shift+S |
Download dashboard | Command-Shift-D | Ctrl+Shift+D |
Shortcuts for Viewing Looks
The following shortcuts are available when viewing Looks:
Shortcut | Mac | Windows |
---|---|---|
Edit Look | Command-E | Ctrl+E |
Explore from here | Control-Option-E | Alt+Ctrl+E |
Edit settings | Control-Command-E | |
Get dashboard LookML | Option-Command-A | Ctrl+Alt+A |
Download | Command-Shift-L | Ctrl+Shift+L |
Run | Command-Return | Ctrl+Enter |
Save | Command-Shift-S | Ctrl+Shift+S |
Add to dashboard | Command-Shift-A | Ctrl+Shift+A |
Clear cache & refresh | Command-Shift-Return | Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
Make public | Command-Shift-P | Ctrl+Shift+P |
Send | Option-Shift-S | Alt+Shift+S |
Schedule | Option-Command-S | Alt+Ctrl+S |
Share | Command-U | Ctrl+U |
Shortcuts for Exploring
The following shortcuts are available when exploring data:
Shortcut | Mac | Windows |
---|---|---|
Clear current query | Command-K | Ctrl+K |
Get dashboard LookML | Option-Command-A | Ctrl+Alt+A |
Download current query | Command-Shift-L | Ctrl+Shift+L |
Run query | Command-Return | Ctrl+Enter |
Save as a Look | Command-S | Ctrl+Shift+S |
Add to dashboard | Command-Shift-A | Ctrl+Shift+A |
Clear cache and run query | Command-Shift-Return | Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
Make public | Command-Shift-P | Ctrl+Shift+P |
Send | Option-Shift-S | Alt+Shift+S |
Schedule | Command-Shift-S | Alt+Ctrl+S |
Share | Command-U | Ctrl+U |
Toggle show only selected section/show all sections | Option-Click | Alt+Click |
Shortcuts in the LookML Development Environment
The following shortcuts are available in the LookML integrated developer environment (IDE):
Shortcut | Mac | Windows |
---|---|---|
Search for file | Command-J | Ctrl+J |
Save | Command-S | Ctrl+S |
Undo | Command-Z | Ctrl+Z |
Redo | Command-Shift-Z | Ctrl+Shift+Z |
Find | Command-F | Ctrl+F |
Toggle comment | Command-/ | Ctrl+/ |
Increase indent | Command-] | Ctrl+] |
Decrease indent | Command-[ | Ctrl+[ |
Delete current or selected lines | Command-D | Ctrl+D |
Duplicate line or section | Command-Shift-D | Ctrl+Shift+D |
Move current or selected lines up | Option-Up Arrow | Alt+Up Arrow |
Move current or selected lines down | Option-Down Arrow | Alt+Down Arrow |
Collapse selected lines | Option-Command-L | Alt+L |
Uncollapse selected lines | Option-Command-Shift-L | Alt+Shift+L |
Vertical selection | Option-Drag | Alt+Drag |
Jump to reference definition | Option-Click | Alt+Click |
Format file | Command-Shift-F | Ctrl+Shift+F |
Show/hide LookML quick help | Option-Command-/ | Alt+Ctrl+/ |
Show autosuggest tips | Control-Space | Ctrl+Space |
Additionally, most of the browser keyboard shortcuts listed here are also possible.