Keyboard shortcuts in React Spreadsheet component
18 Jun 20248 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 + Alt + K | Open the List All Sheets dropdown option. |
| 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 + F11 | Add a new sheet. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
Note
You can refer to our React Spreadsheet feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our React Spreadsheet example to knows how to present and manipulate data.