Keyboard Shortcuts

The grid can be driven entirely from the keyboard. The status bar always shows the keys that apply to what is selected right now.

Key	Action
Arrow keys	Move between cells
Shift + Arrow	Extend the cell selection
Tab	Move to the next cell, committing any open edit
Shift + Tab	Move to the previous cell
Tab on the last cell	Move to the first cell of the next row, or create a new row at the end of the grid
Enter, after editing	Move down one row in the same column

Editing

Key	Action
Enter	Open the focused cell, or confirm the edit
Escape	Cancel the edit and restore the value
Any character	Start editing, replacing the current value
Delete / Backspace	Clear the selected cells
Arrow up / down, while editing	Commit and move one row

Arrow left and right move the text cursor inside an open editor, as they do in a spreadsheet.

Clipboard and undo

Key	Action
Ctrl + C	Copy the selected cells
Ctrl + V	Paste at the focused cell
Ctrl + Z	Undo the last edit, paste, clear or fill — up to 50 steps

Saving

Key	Action
Ctrl + S	Open the save dialog
Ctrl + Enter, in the dialog	Save
Escape, in the dialog	Close without saving

Ctrl+S commits an edit that is still open, then opens the dialog. It does nothing when there is nothing to save, and it always suppresses the browser's own save-page dialog.

Mouse

Action	Result
Double-click a cell	Start editing
Click and drag over cells	Select a rectangle
Drag the fill handle	Copy the focused value down or up the column
Drag a column header edge	Resize the column
Click a column header	Sort ascending, then descending, then off

On macOS, use Cmd wherever this page says Ctrl.

Editing & Saving — what each key commits
Selection & Bulk Operations — selecting with the keyboard
Adding, Deleting & Pasting — what a paste does with each clipboard shape
Grid Overview — the status bar that mirrors these keys

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