The table scrolls inside the visual with the mouse wheel and by touch (with momentum). When the focus is on the table, these
keys scroll it:
| Key | Scrolls |
|---|
Arrow Down / Arrow Up | A line down / up |
Arrow Right / Arrow Left | A step right / left |
Page Down / Page Up | A page down / up |
Home / End | To the top / bottom |
The keys are left alone while you type in a field, and while a menu, a side panel or a dialog is open (they have their own use
of the arrow keys).
Copy
| Key | Copies |
|---|
Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on a Mac) with cells selected | The cells as text, laid out as in a spreadsheet: one line per row (in table order), a tab between columns (in column order). A place between selected cells that is not selected stays empty. Cells that have scrolled out of the window are formatted from their value. The selection outline flashes briefly. |
Ctrl+C with the first column selected | The row labels with the corner cells above them - or, narrowed to the header, the corner cells alone - as text and HTML. |
While you edit text (the Font Name box, a rename field), Ctrl+C is that field's own copy. For whole columns, rows or the table,
use the right-click menus or the Export tab.
Selecting
| Key | With a click |
|---|
Ctrl / Cmd | Adds one item to the selection, or removes it |
Shift | Selects a range from the last item you clicked |
Details are in Selecting.
Editing fields
| Field | Keys |
|---|
| Rename Column, Row Header name, Set Width input | Enter accepts, Esc cancels. In Rename Column with several columns selected, Enter and Tab go on to the next header. |
| Ribbon boxes (Font Name, Font Size, Number Format) | Enter or leaving the box applies |
| Dialogs (Number Format, Financial Headers Settings, the Reset confirmation) | Enter confirms, Esc cancels |
| Menus and the small rule forms | Esc closes |
| A card in the Formatting panel | Enter or Space opens it |
Mouse
| Action | Result |
|---|
| Drag the right edge of a header | Resizes the column (Set Width) |
| Drag a rule's ⋮⋮ handle in the Conditional Formatting panel | Changes its priority |
| Click a Layer Toggle | Opens the table down to that layer |
Click the + / - icon | Opens or closes a row or a group of columns |
| Right-click a row label / column header | The row / column menu |
| Right-click a value cell | Power BI's own menu |