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 Shortcutsfrom the Helpmenu. 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 |
|---|---|---|
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Open search bar
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Command-Shift-K | Ctrl+Shift+K |
| ? | ? | |
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Enter or exit Development Mode This shortcut is overridden when you're in the LookML editor (IDE)
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Control-Shift-D | Ctrl+Shift+D |
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Show or hide left navigation menu
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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 .
| Shortcut | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
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Show keyboard shortcuts menu
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? | ? |
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Reload data
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Command-Return | Ctrl+Enter |
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Enter or exit Development Mode
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Control-Shift-D | Ctrl+Shift+D |
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Search
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Command-Shift-K | Ctrl+Shift+K |
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Clear cache and refresh dashboard
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Command-Shift-Return | Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
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Enter edit mode
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Command-Shift-E | Ctrl+Shift+E |
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Download dashboard
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Command-Shift-D | Alt+Shift+D |
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Schedule delivery
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Option-Shift-S | Alt+Shift+S |
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Reset filters
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Command-Option-R | Ctrl+Alt+R |
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Hide keyboard shortcuts menu
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Esc | Esc |
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 .
| Shortcut | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
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Show keyboard shortcuts menu
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? | ? |
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Reload data
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Command-Return | Ctrl+Enter |
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Add text tile
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Option-Shift-T | Alt+Shift+T |
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Add query tile
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Option-Shift-V | Alt+Shift+V |
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Save
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Command-S | Ctrl+S |
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Add filter
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Option-Shift-F | Alt+Shift+F |
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Hide keyboard shortcuts menu
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Esc | Esc |
Shortcuts for viewing Looks
The following shortcuts are available when you're viewing Looks :
| Shortcut | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
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Edit Look
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Command-E | Ctrl+E |
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Explore from here
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Control-Option-E | Ctrl+Alt+E |
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Edit settings
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Control-Command-E | Ctrl+Shift+E |
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Get LookML
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Option-Command-A | Ctrl+Alt+A |
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Download
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Command-Shift-L | Ctrl+Shift+L |
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Run
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Command-Return | Ctrl+Enter |
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Save
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Command-Shift-S | Ctrl+Shift+S |
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Add to dashboard
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Command-Shift-A | Ctrl+Shift+A |
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Clear cache & refresh
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Command-Shift-Return | Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
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Make public
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Command-Shift-P | Ctrl+Shift+P |
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Send
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Option-Shift-S | Alt+Shift+S |
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Schedule
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Option-Command-S | Alt+Ctrl+S |
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Share
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Command-U | Ctrl+U |
Shortcuts for exploring
The following shortcuts are available when you're exploring data :
| Shortcut | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
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Clear filters, clear fields, delete custom fields, and delete table calculations
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Command-K | Ctrl+K |
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Clear fields, delete custom fields, and delete table calculations
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Option-Command-K | Ctrl+Alt+K |
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Get LookML
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Option-Command-A | Ctrl+Alt+A |
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Download current query
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Command-Shift-L | Ctrl+Shift+L |
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Run query
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Command-Return | Ctrl+Enter |
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Add to dashboard
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Command-Shift-A | Ctrl+Shift+A |
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Clear cache and run query
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Command-Shift-Return | Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
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Make public
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Command-Shift-P | Ctrl+Shift+P |
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Send
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Option-Shift-S | Alt+Shift+S |
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Share
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Command-U | Ctrl+U |
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Toggle show only selected series in a visualization Excludes table visualizations
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Option-Click | Alt+Click |
Shortcuts in the LookML development environment
The following shortcuts are available in the LookML integrated development environment (IDE) :
| Shortcut | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
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Search for file
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Command-J | Ctrl+J |
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Show or hide the IDE file browser
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Command-B | Ctrl+B |
| Option-Command-0 | Alt+Ctrl+0 | |
| Option-Command-= | Alt+Ctrl+= | |
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Save
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Command-S | Ctrl+S |
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Undo
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Command-Z | Ctrl+Z |
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Redo
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Command-Shift-Z | Ctrl+Shift+Z |
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Toggle comment
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Command-/ | Ctrl+/ |
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Increase indent
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Command-] | Ctrl+] |
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Decrease indent
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Command-[ | Ctrl+[ |
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Delete current or selected lines
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Command-D | Ctrl+D |
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Duplicate line or section
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Command-Shift-D | Ctrl+Shift+D |
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Move current or selected lines up
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Option-Up Arrow | Alt+Up Arrow |
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Move current or selected lines down
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Option-Down Arrow | Alt+Down Arrow |
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Collapse or uncollapse selected lines
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Option-Command-Shift-L | Alt+Shift+L |
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Vertical selection
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Option-Drag | Alt+Drag |
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Jump to reference definition
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Option-Click | Alt+Click |
| Command-Shift-F | Ctrl+Shift+F | |
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Show or hide LookML quick help and metadata
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Option-Command-/ | Alt+Ctrl+/ |
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Show autosuggest tips
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Control-Space | Ctrl+Space |
