Keyboard shortcuts in Looker

Looker offers users a variety of keyboard shortcuts.

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 or hide keyboard shortcut help menu

When viewing or editing dashboards, use the Esc key to hide the keyboard shortcut help menu
? ?
Enter or exit Development Mode

This shortcut is overridden when you're in the LookML editor (IDE)
Control-Shift-D Ctrl+Shift+D
Show or hide left navigation menu Control-; Ctrl+;

Shortcuts for viewing dashboards

Depending on your permissions and the access level you have for a dashboard, these are the shortcuts you can use when viewing dashboards.

ShortcutMacWindows
Show keyboard shortcuts menu??
Reload data Command-ReturnCtrl+Enter
Enter or exit Development ModeControl-Shift-DCtrl+Shift+D
SearchCommand-Shift-KCtrl+Shift+K
Clear cache and refresh dashboardCommand-Shift-ReturnCtrl+Shift+Enter
Enter edit modeCommand-Shift-ECtrl+Shift+E
Download dashboardCommand-Shift-DAlt+Shift+D
Schedule deliveryOption-Shift-SAlt+Shift+S
Reset filtersCommand-Option-RCtrl+Alt+R
Hide keyboard shortcuts menuEscEsc

Shortcuts for editing dashboards

Depending on your permissions and the access level you have for a dashboard, these are the shortcuts you can use when dashboards are in edit mode.

ShortcutMacWindows
Show keyboard shortcuts menu??
Reload data Command-ReturnCtrl+Enter
Add text tileOption-Shift-TAlt+Shift+T
Add query tileOption-Shift-VAlt+Shift+V
Save Command-SCtrl+S
Add filterOption-Shift-FAlt+Shift+F
Hide keyboard shortcuts menuEscEsc

Shortcuts for viewing Looks

The following shortcuts are available when you're viewing Looks:

ShortcutMacWindows
Edit LookCommand-ECtrl+E
Explore from hereControl-Option-ECtrl+Alt+E
Edit settingsControl-Command-ECtrl+Shift+E
Get LookMLOption-Command-ACtrl+Alt+A
DownloadCommand-Shift-LCtrl+Shift+L
RunCommand-ReturnCtrl+Enter
SaveCommand-Shift-SCtrl+Shift+S
Add to dashboardCommand-Shift-ACtrl+Shift+A
Clear cache & refreshCommand-Shift-ReturnCtrl+Shift+Enter
Make publicCommand-Shift-PCtrl+Shift+P
SendOption-Shift-SAlt+Shift+S
ScheduleOption-Command-SAlt+Ctrl+S
ShareCommand-UCtrl+U

Shortcuts for exploring

The following shortcuts are available when you're exploring data:

ShortcutMacWindows
Clear filters, clear fields, delete custom fields, and delete table calculationsCommand-KCtrl+K
Clear fields, delete custom fields, and delete table calculationsOption-Command-KCtrl+Alt+K
Get LookMLOption-Command-ACtrl+Alt+A
Download current queryCommand-Shift-LCtrl+Shift+L
Run queryCommand-ReturnCtrl+Enter
Add to dashboardCommand-Shift-ACtrl+Shift+A
Clear cache and run queryCommand-Shift-ReturnCtrl+Shift+Enter
Make publicCommand-Shift-PCtrl+Shift+P
SendOption-Shift-SAlt+Shift+S
ShareCommand-UCtrl+U
Toggle show only selected series in a visualization

Excludes table visualizations
Option-ClickAlt+Click

Shortcuts in the LookML development environment

The following shortcuts are available in the LookML integrated development environment (IDE):

ShortcutMacWindows
Search for fileCommand-JCtrl+J
Show or hide the IDE file browserCommand-BCtrl+B
Fold LookML (all)Option-Command-0Alt+Ctrl+0
Unfold LookML (all)Option-Command-=Alt+Ctrl+=
SaveCommand-SCtrl+S
UndoCommand-ZCtrl+Z
RedoCommand-Shift-ZCtrl+Shift+Z
Toggle commentCommand-/Ctrl+/
Increase indentCommand-]Ctrl+]
Decrease indentCommand-[Ctrl+[
Delete current or selected linesCommand-DCtrl+D
Duplicate line or sectionCommand-Shift-DCtrl+Shift+D
Move current or selected lines upOption-Up ArrowAlt+Up Arrow
Move current or selected lines downOption-Down ArrowAlt+Down Arrow
Collapse or uncollapse selected linesOption-Command-Shift-LAlt+Shift+L
Vertical selectionOption-DragAlt+Drag
Jump to reference definitionOption-ClickAlt+Click
Format fileCommand-Shift-FCtrl+Shift+F
Show or hide LookML quick help and metadata Option-Command-/Alt+Ctrl+/
Show autosuggest tipsControl-SpaceCtrl+Space