Keyboard Shortcuts — pgAdmin 4 2.0 documentation

# Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are provided in pgAdmin to allow easy access to specific functions.

Desktop Runtime

When running in the Desktop Runtime, the following keyboard shortcuts are available:

Shortcut (Windows/Linux) | Shortcut (Mac) | Function
--- | --- | ---
Alt+Shift+A | Option+Shift+A | Display the runtime’s About box
Alt+Shift+P | Option+Shift+U | Open the runtime preferences dialogue
Alt+Shift+U | Option+Shift+U | Open an arbitrary URL
Ctrl+Q | Cmd+Q | Quit
Ctrl+Plus | Cmd+Plus | Zoom in
Ctrl+Minus | Cmd+Minus | Zoom out
Ctrl+0 | Cmd+0 | Reset the zoom level

SQL Editors

When using the syntax-highlighting SQL editors, the following shortcuts are available:

Shortcut (Windows/Linux) | Shortcut (Mac) | Function
--- | --- | ---
Alt+Left | Option+Left | Move to the beginning of the line
Alt+Right | Option+Right | Move to the end of the line
Ctrl+Alt+Left | Cmd+Option+Left | Move left one word
Ctrl+Alt+Right | Cmd+Option+Right | Move right one word
Ctrl+/ | Cmd+/ | Comment selected code (Inline)
Ctrl+. | Cmd+. | Uncomment selected code (Inline)
Ctrl+Shift+/ | Cmd+Shift+/ | Comment/Uncomment code (Block)
Ctrl+A | Cmd+A | Select all
Ctrl+C | Cmd+C | Copy selected text to the clipboard
Ctrl+R | Cmd+R | Redo last edit un-done
Ctrl+V | Cmd+V | Paste text from the clipboard
Ctrl+Z | Cmd+Z | Undo last edit
Ctrl+Plus | Cmd+Plus | Zoom in
Ctrl+Minus | Cmd+Minus | Zoom out
Tab | Tab | Indent selected text
Shift+Tab | Shift+Tab | Un-indent selected text

Query Tool

When using the Query Tool, the following shortcuts are available:

Shortcut (Windows/Linux) | Shortcut (Mac) | Function
--- | --- | ---
F5 | F5 | Execute query
F7 | F7 | EXPLAIN query
Shift+F7 | Shift+F7 | EXPLAIN ANALYZE query
F8 | F8 | Execute query to CSV file
Alt+G | Alt+G | Jump (to line:column)
Ctrl+Space | Ctrl+Space | Auto-complete
Ctrl+F | Cmd+F | Find
Ctrl+G | Cmd+G | Find next
Ctrl+Shift+G | Cmd+Shift+G | Find previous
Ctrl+Shift+F | Cmd+Shift+F | Replace