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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45 actions and 45 key variants match.
- Tableau Desktop Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Create a new workbook Anywhere | Mac CmdN | Source |
| Create a new worksheet Workbook open | Mac CmdT | Source |
| Describe the sheet Worksheet | Mac CmdE | Source |
| Switch presentation mode Workbook open | Mac OptionReturn | Source |
| Open a file Anywhere | Mac CmdO | Source |
| Save the file Workbook open | Mac CmdS | Source |
| Save to Tableau Public Workbook open | Mac ShiftCmdS | Source |
| Revert to the last saved version Workbook open | Mac OptionCmdE | Source |
| Print the view Workbook open | Mac CmdP | Source |
| Connect to a data source Anywhere | Mac CmdD | Source |
| Search the data pane Data pane | Mac CmdF | Source |
| Refresh the data source Workbook open | Mac CmdR | Source |
| Run data updates on the view Worksheet | Mac ShiftCmd0 | Source |
| Toggle automatic data updates Worksheet | Mac OptionCmd0 | Source |
| Open the Show Me pane Worksheet | Mac Cmd1 | Source |
| 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 |
| Open the data model window Worksheet | Mac CmdShiftI | Source |
| Swap rows and columns Worksheet | Mac CtrlCmdW | Source |
| Toggle the dashboard grid Dashboard | Mac G | Source |
| Switch between dashboard and layout tabs Dashboard | Mac T | Source |
| Undo the last change Anywhere | Mac CmdZ | Source |
| Redo the undone change Anywhere | Mac CmdShiftZ | 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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