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Dan Ahlvin on 07 Apr 2016 06:23:30

Enable and improve the hotkeys in Power BI. This would enable a much better user experience and accessibility. For example, [Control] + [Page Up] should send you to the next page.
Another helpful Excel hotkey is to move charts pixel by pixel with the arrow keys.
Finally the current Power BI hotkeys should be mapped to more sensible keys. For example, in Excel, if I press [Alt] then H (for Home), then S (for Sort&Filter), then F (for Filter), my selection of text will get filtered. Each letter is easy to remember and type because it's got a mnumonic that makes sense. In Power BI, if I press Alt then Y02 (for Modeling) then Y03 (for Y03 for new Column) I generate a new column. This is difficult to type (pressing alt, y, 0, 2, y, 0, 3) and also difficult to remember. Updating the hotkeys will significantly increase the usability of the Power BI.

Administrator on 17 Jun 2021 00:18:22

Keyboard shortcuts exist today in Power BI Desktop, additional improvements planned for accessibility - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-accessibility-keyboard-shortcuts

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Lisa Ann Donaldson on 05 Jul 2020 23:03:10

RE: Hotkeys in Power BI

Yes, yes, yes. Much needed.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:58:14

RE: Hotkeys in Power BI

a "repeat step" for column formatting button would also be helpful

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T Mandou on 05 Jul 2020 22:56:16

RE: Hotkeys in Power BI

Agree. It would be great to have hot keys keyboard shortcuts that would allow you to go straight to the Search Bar in Fields and Select those using keyboard to be added to the existing chart.

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Vivek Karumudi on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:57

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Yes much needed feature especially the [Control] + [Page Up] for navigating between pages...!!! and also the other hotkeys will save me so much effort from constantly navigating between keyboard and mouse.

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Ryan on 05 Jul 2020 22:51:54

RE: Hotkeys in Power BI

how about a keyboard shortcut for ANY of the buttons on the modeling tab? anyone?
bueller?

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n.papanov on 05 Jul 2020 22:33:57

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Need that for sure! Current hotkeys are insult!

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William Harding on 05 Jul 2020 22:20:44

RE: Hotkeys in Power BI

Brilliant. Hotkeys are what separate power users from the rest, without them it is difficult to make lots of changes to a dataset.

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Karim.Sylla on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:57

RE: Hotkeys in Power BI

I fully support it. Keyboard shortcuts are the "key" enabler for efficient work with the tool. Please include the map of supported shortcuts in documentation.