Complete Airtable keyboard shortcuts and commands reference — 42 shortcuts across 6 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & Mac.
Airtable's grid view behaves like a spreadsheet, and its shortcuts follow that expectation — fill down, copy, today's date — with a set of Ctrl + Shift keys for the view controls that spreadsheets do not have. The bindings are the same in the browser and desktop apps; on macOS Cmd replaces Ctrl.
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + Z | Undo action | Mac: Cmd + Z. |
| Ctrl + Y or Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo action | Mac: Cmd + Y or Cmd + Shift + Z. |
| Ctrl + P | Print the current table view or current expanded record (if inside an expanded record) | Mac: Cmd + P. |
| Ctrl + J | Opens the table switcher in the current base | Mac: Cmd + J. |
| Ctrl + K | Opens the quick base switcher if on the home screen or inside a base | Mac: Cmd + K. |
| Ctrl + Shift + K | Opens the view switcher in the current base | Mac: Cmd + Shift + K. |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | Opens the filter menu in the current view. Press Enter to create a new filter | Mac: Cmd + Shift + F. |
| Ctrl + Shift + D | Opens the grouped records menu in the current view. Press Enter to collapse or expand all | Mac: Cmd + Shift + D. |
| Ctrl + Shift + S | Opens the sort menu in the current view. Press Enter to re-apply the most recent sort | Mac: Cmd + Shift + S. |
| Ctrl + Shift | Toggles extensions | Mac: Cmd + Shift. |
| Ctrl + F or Ctrl + G | Opens find bar. Use Esc to close find bar | Mac: Cmd + F or Cmd + G. |
| Ctrl + ; | Sets the selected date/datetime field to now | Mac: Cmd + ;. |
| Shift + Tab / Tab | Move back (Shift Tab) and forth (Tab) between similar elements. Functionality varies | Same on Mac. |
| Ctrl + PrtScn | Press Cmd Prtscn for a fullscreen screenshot. Press Windows Shift S and then move your mou | Same on Mac. |
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + C | Copy a cell or range of cells | Mac: Cmd + C. |
| Ctrl + X | Cut a cell or range of cells | Mac: Cmd + X. |
| Ctrl + V | Paste a cell (if you select a range of cells, you can paste the same value into multiple c | Mac: Cmd + V. |
| Ctrl + D | Allows users to select all occurrences of a variable or text | Mac: Cmd + D. |
| Space | Expand the active record (use Esc to return to table) | Same on Mac. |
| Shift + Space | Expand the active cell (you can then use arrow keys to move to different cells) | Same on Mac. |
| Shift + Click | Select adjacent fields to perform bulk field operations | Same on Mac. |
| Ctrl + Click | Select non-adjacent fields to perform bulk field operations | Mac: Cmd + Click. |
| Fn + Up + Fn + Down | Scrolls one screen up or down | Same on Mac. |
| Alt + Pg + Up + Alt + Pg + Dn + Alt + Fn + Up + Alt + Fn + Down | Scrolls one screen left or right | Mac: Opt + Pg + Up + Opt + Pg + Dn + Opt + Fn + Up + Opt + Fn + Down. |
| Ctrl + Left + Ctrl + Right + Ctrl + Up + Ctrl + Down | Jump to the edge of the table. If a view is grouped, ↑ and ↓ will jump to the top and bott | Mac: Cmd + Left + Cmd + Right + Cmd + Up + Cmd + Down. |
| CtrlShift + Left + Ctrl + Shift + Right + Ctrl + Shift + Up + Ctrl + Shift + Down | Jump to edge of table and select cells | Mac: Cmd + Shift + Left + Cmd + Shift + Right + Cmd + Shift + Up + Cmd + Shift + Down. |
| Shift + Left + Shift + Right + Shift + Up + Shift + Down | Select range of cells. You can also click while holding Shift to select cells | Same on Mac. |
| Shift + Enter | Insert a record below the selected cell | Same on Mac. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Enter | Insert a record at the end of an unsorted/ungrouped grid view | Mac: Cmd + Shift + Enter. |
| Enter + F2 | Edit the selected cell | Same on Mac. |
| Enter + Ctrl + V | After clicking on a record in an attachment field this will open the attachment upload win | Mac: Enter + Cmd + V. |
| Hold + Alt + while + dragging + with + mouse | Duplicate a record or field | Mac: Hold + Opt + while + dragging + with + mouse. |
| ⌥ + Up / ⌥ + Down | Manually move records up and down in order | Same on Mac. |
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + Up / Ctrl + Down | Scroll to edge of gallery | Mac: Cmd + Up / Cmd + Down. |
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left + Right | Scroll kanban board to the left or right by one stack | Same on Mac. |
| Ctrl + Left + Ctrl + Right | Scroll kanban board to the left or right edge | Mac: Cmd + Left + Cmd + Right. |
| Ctrl + Up + Ctrl + Down | Scroll all stacks to top or bottom | Mac: Cmd + Up + Cmd + Down. |
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + Delete | Deletes selected records | Mac: Cmd + Delete. |
| Shift + Click or Ctrl + Click | Select multiple records | Mac: Shift + Click or Cmd + Click. |
| Enter | Creates a new record when going through the 'create record flow.' | Same on Mac. |
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + Shift / Ctrl + Shift + , | Move to the previous or next record while viewing an expanded record | Mac: Cmd + Shift / Cmd + Shift + , or Cmd + Shift + > / Cmd + Shift + .. |
| Esc | Close an expanded record | Same on Mac. |
The most essential Airtable shortcuts are: Space (Expand record), Shift + Space (Select row), Ctrl + Shift + K (Add record).
The Airtable shortcut for expand record is Space.
Print the Airtable cheat sheet and keep it next to your keyboard for the first week, then switch to active recall: open Shortcut Speedrun and practice Airtable shortcuts against the clock until they're automatic.
Yes — use My Stack to combine Airtable shortcuts with any other platform on this site into one printable reference, which is useful if your daily workflow spans several tools.
Space expands the highlighted record into a full form, which is the way to read long text fields and attachments without widening columns, and Shift + Space selects the whole row. Ctrl + Shift + K adds a record at the bottom and Ctrl + Shift + D duplicates the current one. Ctrl + ; enters today's date and Ctrl + Shift + ; the current time into a date field. Ctrl + D fills the selected cells with the value of the top one, and Ctrl + C copies a range that pastes cleanly into a spreadsheet.
Ctrl + F searches the view. The controls that define a view — filter, sort, group — have Ctrl + Shift keys: Ctrl + Shift + F opens the filter panel, Ctrl + Shift + S the sort panel and Ctrl + Shift + G the grouping panel. Changes to these are saved with the view, so make a personal view before experimenting on a shared one.
Kanban, calendar and gallery views take a smaller set of keys, and the interface designer has none of these. Airtable's in-app shortcut list (the ? in the help menu) reflects the view you are in.
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