Complete Grafana keyboard shortcuts reference — 15 shortcuts across 2 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Cross-platform (browser).
Grafana's dashboard editor has a keyboard layer of single letters and two-key sequences that act on the focused panel — the one under the mouse or last clicked — and it is the difference between editing a twenty-panel dashboard in minutes or an hour. The table follows Grafana's own reference; ? in the app shows the list for your version.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + S | Save the current dashboard |
| Ctrl + K | Open the command palette |
| f | Open the dashboard finder / search |
| d k | Toggle kiosk mode (hides the menu) |
| d e | Expand all rows |
| d s | Open dashboard settings |
| Esc | Exit panel when in full screen view or edit mode |
| ? | Display all keyboard shortcuts available in your version |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| e | Toggle panel edit view |
| v | Toggle panel full screen view |
| p u | Open share panel link configuration |
| p e | Open share panel embed configuration |
| p s | Open share panel snapshot configuration |
| p d | Duplicate panel |
| p r | Remove panel |
The most essential Grafana shortcuts are: Ctrl + S (Save the current dashboard), Ctrl + K (Open the command palette), f (Open the dashboard finder / search).
Press them while the Grafana web interface has focus. Panel shortcuts additionally require the mouse to be hovering the panel you want to affect. Two-letter entries are sequences: press the keys one after the other rather than together.
The Grafana shortcut for save the current dashboard is Ctrl + S.
Print the Grafana cheat sheet and keep it next to your keyboard for the first week, then switch to active recall: open Shortcut Speedrun and practice Grafana shortcuts against the clock until they're automatic.
Yes — use My Stack to combine Grafana shortcuts with any other platform on this site into one printable reference, which is useful if your daily workflow spans several tools.
Those are panel shortcuts, and they only apply to the panel the mouse is currently hovering over. Move the pointer onto a panel first, then press the key. Shortcuts written as two letters, such as d then s, are sequences rather than combinations - press the first key, release it, then press the second.
Ctrl + S saves the dashboard, with a diff of what changed since the last save. Ctrl + K is the command palette — dashboards, folders and actions all searchable from one box — and is the fastest way to any dashboard by name; f opens the dashboard finder alone. The d sequences act on the dashboard: d k toggles kiosk mode for a wall display, d e expands every collapsed row and d s opens dashboard settings. Esc leaves a full-screen or edit view.
Hover over a panel (or click it) to focus it, then e opens the panel editor and v toggles full-screen view — the pair for inspecting one graph closely. The p sequences manage panels: p d duplicates the focused panel, p r removes it, and p u, p e and p s open the share dialog on the link, embed and snapshot tabs. Duplicate-then-edit is how a row of similar panels is built quickly.
The time-range keys (t z to zoom out, t ← and t → to shift) and the refresh key (Ctrl + R, or the browser's reload) are on the ? list along with the explore and inspect keys. Sequences are typed letter by letter without modifiers, and they need focus outside a text field — click the dashboard background first if nothing happens.
Open your assistant with this page preloaded as the source — great for follow-up questions like "which of these work in other apps?"