Keyboard shortcuts in Angular Spreadsheet component
19 Jun 202415 minutes to read
The keyboard shortcuts supported in the spreadsheet are,
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + O | Displays dialog to open a file. |
| Ctrl + S / Alt + F2 | Saves the workbook. |
| Ctrl + P | Print the active worksheet when the spreadsheet is in focus. |
| F2 | Enables edit mode. |
| ESC | Cancel edit mode and discard the changes. |
| Backspace and SPACE | Clears content of the active cell and enables edit mode. |
| Ctrl + C | Copies the selected cells. |
| Ctrl + X | Cuts the selected cells. |
| Ctrl + V | Paste the clipboard(cut or copied) content in the new selected range. |
| Ctrl + B | Applies or removes bold formatting. |
| Ctrl + I | Applies or removes italic formatting. |
| Ctrl + U | Applies or removes underline. |
| Ctrl + 5 | Applies or removes |
| Ctrl + Z | Reverses (Undo) the last action. |
| Ctrl + Y | Repeats (Redo) the last reversed action. |
| Ctrl + K | It opens the Insert Hyperlink dialog for adding new hyperlink to a cell. If the selected cell already contains hyperlink, it opens the Edit Hyperlink dialog. |
| Ctrl + F / Shift + F5 | Opens Find dialog. |
| Ctrl + H | Opens Find and Replace dialog. |
| Ctrl + G | Opens GoTo dialog, which helps to navigate to cell. |
| Ctrl + Shift + L | Applies filter to the first row of the selected range or used range. |
| Alt + F | Opens the File menu. |
| Alt + H | Go to Home tab. |
| Alt + N | Go to Insert tab. |
| Alt + M | Go to Formulas tab. |
| Alt + A | Go to Data tab. |
| Alt + W | Go to View tab. |
| Tab | Navigate the active cell to the next cell in the same row. |
| Shift + Tab | Navigate the active cell to the previous cell in the same row. |
| Right or Left arrow | Move the focus to next or previous item in the tab if the focus is on ribbon tab. |
| Up arrow | When a menu is open, move focus to the next item. |
| Down arrow | When a menu is open, move focus to the previous item. |
| Spacebar or Enter | Activate a selected button. |
| Ctrl + F8 | Expand or collapse the ribbon content. |
| Ctrl + Shift + U | Expand or collapse the formula bar. |
| Ctrl + 9 | Hide the selected row. |
| Ctrl + 0 | Hide the selected column. |
| Home | Moves the selection to starting column in worksheet. |
| Ctrl + Home | Move the selection to the first visible cell on a worksheet. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Home | Extend the selection of cells to the beginning of the worksheet. |
| Ctrl + End | Move to the last cell on a worksheet, right most last column and last row cell. |
| Ctrl + & | Apply an outline border to the selected cells. |
| Ctrl + Shift + & | Apply an outline border to the cells that you’ve chosen. |
| Ctrl + Shift + ~ | Apply the General number format. |
| Ctrl + Shift + $ | Apply the Currency format with two decimal places (negative numbers in parentheses). |
| Shift + F10 | Open the context menu. |
| Ctrl + % | Apply the Percentage format with no decimal places. |
| Ctrl + ^ | Apply the Scientific number format with two decimal places. |
| Ctrl + Shift + # | Apply the Date format with the day, month, and year. |
| Ctrl + Shift + @ | Apply the Time format with the hour and minute, and AM or PM. |
| Ctrl + Shift + ! | Apply the Number format with two decimal places, thousands separator, and minus sign (-) for negative values. |
| Ctrl + Spacebar | Select an entire column in a worksheet. |
| Shift + Spacebar | Select an entire row in a worksheet. |
| Shift + F3 | Opens Insert Function dialog. |
| Ctrl + Alt + N | Opens new workbook. |
| Shift + Page Down | Perform page down by selecting all cells between. |
| Shift + Page Up | Perform page up by selecting all cells between. |
| Ctrl + Left | Navigate to the non-blank cell before the active cell in the same row. |
| Ctrl + Right | Navigate to the last non-blank cell in the same row as the active cell. |
| Ctrl + Up | Navigate to the first non-blank cell in the same row as the active cell. |
| Ctrl + Down | Navigate to the last cell that is not blank in the same column as the active cell. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Left | Extend the cell selection to the previous non-blank cell in the same row as the active cell. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Right | Extend the cell selection to the last non-blank cell in the same row as the active cell. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Up | Extend the selection of cells to the first non-blank cell in the same row as the active cell. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Down | Extend the selection of cells to the last non-blank cell in the same row as the active cell. |
| Shift + Alt + K | Open the List All Sheets dropdown option. |
| Up arrow | Navigate from the active cell to the previous cell in the same column. |
| Down arrow | Navigate from the active cell to the next cell in the same column. |
| Left arrow | Navigate from the active cell to the previous cell in the same row. |
| Right arrow | Navigate from the active cell to the next cell in the same row. |
| Page Up | Move page up. |
| Page Down | Move page down. |
| Shift + Up | Extend the selection of cells to the previous row. |
| Shift + Down | Extend the selection of cells to the next row. |
| Shift + Left | Extend the selection of cells to the previous column. |
| Shift + Right | Extend the selection of cells to the next column. |
| Ctrl + Top | Navigate to the non-blank cell before the active cell in the same column. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Top | Extend the cell selection to the previous non-blank cell in the same column as the active cell. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Bottom | Extend the cell selection to the last non-blank cell in the same column as the active cell. |
| Enter | Navigate the active cell to the next cell in the same column. |
| Shift + Enter | Navigate to the previous cell in the same column from the active cell. |
| Alt + Down | Open the list data validation menu and filter menu. |
| Alt + Up | Close the list data validation menu and filter menu. |
| Delete | Remove the contents of the cell. |
| Shift + Home | Extend the cell selection to the first column of a worksheet. |
| Shift + F11 | Add a new sheet. |
| Ctrl + Shift + 9 | Unhide the selected rows. |
| Ctrl + Shift + 0 | Unhide the selected columns. |
| Ctrl + D | Fill the cell down. |
| Ctrl + R | Fill the cell right. |
| Alt + Enter | While editing, add a new line. |
| Enter | Complete the cell editing and select the cell below in the same column. |
| Shift + Enter | Complete the cell editing and select the cell above in the same column. |
| Tab | Complete the cell editing and select the next cell in the same row. |
| Shift + Tab | Complete the cell editing and select the previous cell in the same row. |
| Shift + F2 | Open the dialog box to add or edit notes for the desired cells. Meanwhile, upon pressing the Esc key, the dialog box for notes, when in focus, will save and close. |
| Alt | Focus on the active ribbon tab. |
| Left | Move the focus to the previous items in the ribbon content. |
| Right | Move the focus to the next items in the ribbon content. |
| Alt + Down | Open the ribbon dropdown menu. |
| Esc / Alt + Up | Close the ribbon dropdown menu. |
Note
You can refer to our Angular Spreadsheet feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our Angular Spreadsheet example to knows how to present and manipulate data.