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Tableau Desktop keyboard shortcuts

Workbooks, fields, shelves, pages, and mark selection in Tableau Desktop.

45 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 14, 2026

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Everything Blocks and structure Editing Files and printing Formulas and data Navigation Presenting Search Selection Tabs and windows

15 actions and 30 key variants match.

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Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Place the field on the Columns shelf Field selected Mac OptionShiftC 1 more variant Source
Place the field on the Filters shelf Field selected Mac OptionShiftF 1 more variant Source
Place the field on Size Field selected Mac OptionShiftI 1 more variant Source
Place the field on Detail Field selected Mac OptionShiftL 1 more variant Source
Place the field on Color Field selected Mac OptionShiftO 1 more variant Source
Place the field on the Pages shelf Field selected Mac OptionShiftP 1 more variant Source
Place the field on the Rows shelf Field selected Mac OptionShiftR 1 more variant Source
Place the field on Shape Field selected Mac OptionShiftS 1 more variant Source
Place the field on Label Field selected Mac OptionShiftT 1 more variant Source
Use rectangular selection View Mac A 1 more variant Source
Use lasso selection View Mac D 1 more variant Source
Use radial selection View Mac S 1 more variant Source
Select all the data View Mac CmdA 1 more variant Source
Copy the selected data View Mac CmdC 1 more variant Source
Clear the mark selection View Mac Esc 1 more variant Source

About Tableau Desktop and its shortcuts

Tableau Desktop is built for dragging fields onto a canvas, so its keyboard supports that rather than replacing it: moving between worksheets and dashboards, duplicating a sheet, showing the view as a table, and the selection commands for working with marks.

Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server and Tableau Public are not the same, and the browser versions lose commands. Some bindings also differ between the Windows and Mac builds.

Where the Tableau Desktop keys came from

Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of Tableau Desktop. Report a key that is wrong

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