Keyboard shortcuts for working with tables—ArcGIS Pro

The following list of keyboard shortcuts can help you save time and be more productive when working with tables and the table view. In most cases, the table view must be active to use the shortcuts. If a shortcut can be used in more than one capacity, the shortcut for the cell takes priority.

Open and close tables

Use these keyboard shortcuts to open and close tables.

Keyboard shortcuts for opening and closing tables
Keyboard shortcut	Action
Ctrl+T or Ctrl+double-click a layer or table name	Open the attribute table for the selected layer or stand-alone table from the Contents pane.
Ctrl+F4	Close the active table.

Navigate in the table

Use these keyboard shortcuts to move around in the table.

Keyboard shortcuts for navigating tables and the table view
Keyboard shortcut	Action
Tab	Go to the next column. If at the end of a row, go to the first cell in the next row.
Shift+Tab	Go to the previous column. If at the end of a row, go to the last cell in the previous row.
Enter	Go to the next row in the same column.
Home or Ctrl+Left arrow	Go to the first cell in a row.
End or Ctrl+Right arrow	Go to the last cell in a row.
Ctrl+Home	Go to the first row, first cell.
Ctrl+End	Go to the last row, last cell.
Up arrow key, Down arrow key, Left arrow key, Right arrow key	Go in the direction of the arrow key.
Ctrl+Up arrow	Go to the first row in the same column.
Ctrl+Down arrow	Go to the last row in the same column.
Ctrl+Mouse wheel	Increase or decrease the scale of the table.
Ctrl+0	Reset the scale of the table back to 100 percent.
Shift+Mouse wheel	Scroll the table window horizontally.
Ctrl+G	Display the Go to row number control.
Ctrl+F	Display the Find and Replace commands.

Edit and interact with the table

Use these keyboard shortcuts when you're editing or interacting with the table.

Keyboard shortcuts for editing and interacting with tables. When editing, a pencil icon appears in the first cell on the left of the row you're editing. The cell is also outlined in bold, dark green.
Keyboard shortcut	Action
Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert	Copy the value in a cell onto the clipboard.
Ctrl+Shift+C	Copy the selected records onto the clipboard.
Ctrl+V	Paste the contents of the clipboard into a cell or range of cells.
F2	Edit the contents of a cell.
Enter	Commit the current edit.
Esc	Cancel the edit in the cell and restore the original value.
Shift+Enter	Insert a new line or multiple lines while editing.
Ctrl+Enter	Open a hyperlink.

Select in the table

Use these keyboard shortcuts to make selections in the table.

Keyboard shortcuts for making selections in tables and the table view
Keyboard shortcut	Action
Ctrl+A or Shift+click upper left cell	Select all records.
Ctrl+Spacebar	Select or deselect the active row.
Ctrl+Enter	Move to the next record and select it exclusively. If more than one row is selected, the move occurs from the row with the active cell. This is particularly useful when working sequentially through a table, reviewing or editing each record, and looking at the feature it represents on the map.
Ctrl+U or Ctrl+click upper left cell	Switch the selection.
Shift+Down arrow or Shift+Up arrow	Continuously select records. Records are deselected if you switch arrow keys while pressing Shift.
Ctrl+Shift+A or click upper left cell	Clear the selection.
Shift+Enter	Go to the previous row in the same column and select it.

Work with fields

Use these keyboard shortcuts to work with fields in the table.

Keyboard shortcuts for working with fields in tables and the table view
Keyboard shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Shift+U	Remove field sorting.
Ctrl+Shift+S	Open the Custom Sort dialog box.
Ctrl+double-click	Hide the field. This action works on a single field only. To hide multiple field columns in a table at once, press the Shift key while clicking to select multiple fields. Then, right-click a field name and click Hide Field. To show all fields again without opening the field's view, click the menu button at the top of the table view and click Show All Fields. Any hidden fields turn back on and become available in the table view and on other dialog boxes.
Ctrl+click	Select individual, separate fields.
Shift+click	Select all fields between the first and second click.
Ctrl+Shift+N	Switch between showing field names and aliases.

Interact with the map or scene from the table

These keyboard shortcuts apply to the active feature selected in the table and the view. This allows you to interact with the map or scene directly from the table.

The active feature is the row with a bolded line in the first cell on the left, which contains the cell that is outlined and shaded. To change the active feature, move the pointer to a different row by clicking or using the keyboard. The active feature may be different than the selected feature, in which the entire row is colored cyan (the default selection color).

Keyboard shortcuts for interacting with the map from tables and the table view
Keyboard shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Shift+Equal sign (=)	Zoom the view to the selected features.
Ctrl+8	Flash the active feature in the view.
Ctrl+N	Pan the view to the active feature and flash it.
Ctrl+Equal sign (=)	Zoom the view to the active feature and flash it.
Double-click the gray cell to the left of a record.	Zoom to and select the feature.
Ctrl+double-click the gray cell to the left of a record.	Pan to and select the feature.
Ctrl+P or Ctrl+I	Open the pop-up for the active feature.