The following are keyboard shortcuts to help you save time when authoring dashboards in Tableau desktop for windows.
Shortcuts for data
Ctrl+D : Used to connect to data source
Ctrl+F : Activates find command in the data pane
F5 : Used to refresh data source
F9 : Used to run data updates on a view
F10 : Used to toggle automatic data updates on and off
Shortcuts for managing workbooks, sheets and files
Ctrl+N : Used to open a new workbook
Ctrl+M : Used to open a new worksheet
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+F6 or Ctrl+PgDn : Used to cycle forward through open worksheets
Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+F6 or Ctrl+PgUp : Used to cycle backward through open worksheets
F7 or Ctrl+H : Used to switch in and out of presentation mode
Ctrl+O : Used to open a file
Ctrl+S : Used to save file
Ctrl+Shift+S : Used to save file as
F12 : Used to revert workbook to the last saved state
Alt+F4 : Used to close current workbook
Ctrl+P : Used to print
F1 : Used to access help
Shortcuts for resizing rows & columns
Ctrl+B : Used to create smaller cell size
Ctrl+Shift+B : Used to create large cell size
Ctrl+left arrow : Used to make rows narrower
Ctrl+right arrow : Used to make rows wide
Ctrl+down arrow : Used to make columns shorter
Ctrl+up arrow : Used to make columns taller
Shortcuts for authoring views
Ctrl+1 or Ctrl+Shift+1 : Used to reveal the show me tab
Enter or Double-click : Used to add the selected field to the view
Alt+Shift+C or Alt+Shift+Y : Used to place the selected field on the columns shelf
Alt+Shift+R or Alt+Shift+X : Used to place the selected field on the rows shelf
Alt+Shift+F : Used to place the selected field on the filters shelf
Alt+Shift+I : Used to place the selected field on the size shelf
Alt+Shift+L : Used to place the selected field on the detail shelf
Alt+Shift+O : Used to place the selected field on color shelf
Alt+Shift+P : Used to place the selected field on the pages shelf
Alt+Shift+S : Used to place the selected field on the shape shelf
Alt+Shift+T : Used to place the selected field on the text/label shelf
Right-click+drag to shelf : Used to open the drop field menu
Ctrl+drag : Used Copy a field in the view and place it on another shelf
Ctrl+W : Used to swap rows and columns
Ctrl+L : Used to flip orientation of column labels
G : Used to toggle dashboard grid on and off
T : Used to toggle between dashboard and layout tabs
Ctrl+X : Used to cut selection e.g. titles
Ctrl+V : Used to paste clipboard
Ctrl+Z : Used to undo actions performed
Ctrl+Y : Used to redo actions undone
Alt+Shift+Backspace : Used to clear the current workspace
Shortcuts for pages
F4 : Used to start or stop forward playback on the pages shelf
Shift+F4 : Used to start or stop backward playback on the pages shelf
Ctrl+Period : Used to skip forward one page
Ctrl+Comma : Used to skip backward one page
Shortcuts for selecting and navigating marks
Click : Used to select marks
Drag : Used to select a group of marks
Ctrl+Click : Used to add individual mark to the selection
Ctrl+Drag : Used to add a group of marks to the selection
Ctrl+A : Used to select all data
Ctrl+C : Used to copy selected data
ESC : Used to clear mark selection
A : Used to choose rectangular selection tool in maps
D : Used to choose lasso selection tool in maps
S : Used to select radial selection tool in maps
Shift+Drag : Used to pan around the view
Double-click or Ctrl+Shift+Click : Used to zoom into a point in the view
Shift+Double-click : Used to zoom out of the view
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