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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15 actions and 15 key variants match.
- Tableau Desktop Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Place the field on the Columns shelf Field selected | Mac OptionShiftC | Source |
| Place the field on the Filters shelf Field selected | Mac OptionShiftF | Source |
| Place the field on Size Field selected | Mac OptionShiftI | Source |
| Place the field on Detail Field selected | Mac OptionShiftL | Source |
| Place the field on Color Field selected | Mac OptionShiftO | Source |
| Place the field on the Pages shelf Field selected | Mac OptionShiftP | Source |
| Place the field on the Rows shelf Field selected | Mac OptionShiftR | Source |
| Place the field on Shape Field selected | Mac OptionShiftS | Source |
| Place the field on Label Field selected | Mac OptionShiftT | Source |
| Use rectangular selection View | Mac A | Source |
| Use lasso selection View | Mac D | Source |
| Use radial selection View | Mac S | Source |
| Select all the data View | Mac CmdA | Source |
| Copy the selected data View | Mac CmdC | Source |
| Clear the mark selection View | Mac Esc | 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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