Keyboard Shortcuts — pgAdmin 4 3.0 documentation

# Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are provided in pgAdmin to allow easy access to specific functions. Alternate shortcuts can be configured through File > Preferences if desired.˝

Main Browser Window

When using main browser window, the following keyboard shortcuts are available:

Shortcut for all platforms | Function
--- | ---
Alt+Shift+F | Open the File menu
Alt+Shift+O | Open the Object menu
Alt+Shift+L | Open the Tools menu
Alt+Shift+H | Open the Help menu
Alt+Shift+B | Focus the browser tree
Alt+Shift+[ | Move tabbed panel backward
Alt+Shift+] | Move tabbed panel forward
Alt+Shift+Q | Open the Query Tool in the current database
Alt+Shift+V | View Data in the selected table/view
Alt+Shift+C | Open the context menu
Alt+Shift+N | Create an object
Alt+Shift+E | Edit object properties
Alt+Shift+D | Delete the object
Alt+Shift+G | Direct debugging

Dialog tab shortcuts

Use the shortcuts below to navigate the tabsets on dialogs:

Shortcut for all platforms | Function
--- | ---
Control+Shift+[ | Dialog tab backward
Control+Shift+] | Dialog tab forward

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
Tab | Tab | Indent selected text
Shift+Tab | Shift+Tab | Un-indent selected text
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

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
<accesskey> + o | <accesskey> + o | Open file
<accesskey> + s | <accesskey> + s | Save file
<accesskey> + n | <accesskey> + n | Find option drop down
<accesskey> + c | <accesskey> + c | Copy row(s)
<accesskey> + p | <accesskey> + p | Paste row(s)
<accesskey> + d | <accesskey> + d | Delete row(s)
<accesskey> + f | <accesskey> + f | Filter dialog
<accesskey> + i | <accesskey> + i | Filter options drop down
<accesskey> + r | <accesskey> + r | Row limit
<accesskey> + q | <accesskey> + q | Cancel query
<accesskey> + l | <accesskey> + l | Clear option drop down
<accesskey> + x | <accesskey> + x | Execute option drop down
<accesskey> + t | <accesskey> + t | Display connection status
<accesskey> + y | <accesskey> + y | Copy SQL on history panel

Debugger

When using the Debugger, the following shortcuts are available:

Shortcut (Windows/Linux) | Shortcut (Mac) | Function
--- | --- | ---
<accesskey> + i | <accesskey> + i | Step in
<accesskey> + o | <accesskey> + o | Step over
<accesskey> + c | <accesskey> + c | Continue/Restart
<accesskey> + t | <accesskey> + t | Toggle breakpoint
<accesskey> + x | <accesskey> + x | Clear all breakpoints
<accesskey> + s | <accesskey> + s | Stop
Alt + Shift + q | Alt + Shift + q | Enter or Edit values in Grid

Inner panel navigation

When using the Query Tool and Debugger, the following shortcuts are available for inner panel navigation:

Shortcut (Windows/Linux) | Shortcut (Mac) | Function
--- | --- | ---
Alt + Shift + Right Arrow | Alt + Shift + Right Arrow | Move to next inner panel
Alt + Shift + Left Arrow | Alt + Shift + Left Arrow | Move to previous inner panel

Note

<accesskey> is browser and platform dependant. The following table lists the default access keys for supported browsers.

| Windows | Linux | Mac
--- | --- | --- | ---
Internet Explorer | Alt | Alt |
Chrome | Alt | Alt | Ctrl+Alt
Firefox | Alt+Shift | Alt+Shift | Ctrl+Alt
Safari | Alt |  | Ctrl+Alt