Airtable Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 36 keyboard shortcuts found in Airtable.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Ctrl Z — Undo action

Ctrl Shift Z — Redo action

Ctrl P — Print the current table view or current expanded record (if inside an expanded record)

Ctrl J — Opens the table switcher in the current base

Ctrl K — Opens the quick base switcher if on the home screen or inside a base

Ctrl Shift K — Opens the view switcher in the current base

Ctrl Shift F — Opens the filter menu in the current view, press enter to create a new filter

Ctrl Shift D — Opens the grouped records menu in the current view, press enter to collapse or expand all groups

Ctrl Shift S — Opens the sort menu in the current view, press enter to re-apply the most recent sort

Ctrl Shift \ — Toggles blocks

Ctrl F — Opens the find bar, use esc to close it

Ctrl ; — Sets the selected date/datetime field to now

Grid View

Ctrl C — Copy a cell or range of cells

Ctrl X — Cut a cell or range of cells

Ctrl V — Paste a cell (if you select a range of cells, you can paste the same value into multiple cells at once)

Space — Expand the active record, use esc to return to the table

Shift Space — Expand the active cell, you can then use arrow keys to move to different cells

PgUp — Scrolls one screen up

PgDn — Scrolls one screen down

Alt PgUp — Scrolls one screen left

Alt PgDn — Scrolls one screen right

Ctrl (arrows) — Jump to the edge of the table

Ctrl Shift (arrows) — Jump to the edge of table and select cells

Shift (arrows) — Select range of cells, you can also click while holding shift to select cells

Shift Enter — Insert a record below the selected cell

Enter — Edit the selected cell

Gallery View

Ctrl Up/Down — Scroll to edge of gallery

Kanban View

Left — Scroll kanban board to the left by one stack

Right — Scroll kanban board to the right by one stack

Ctrl Left — Scroll kanban board to the left edge

Ctrl Right — Scroll kanban board to the right edge

Ctrl Up — Scroll all stacks to the top

Ctrl Down — Scroll all stacks to the bottom

Expanded Record

Ctrl Shift < — Move to the previous record while viewing an expanded record

Ctrl Shift > — Move to the next record while viewing an expanded record

Esc — Close expanded record