The Ultimate List of Einstein Analytics Shortcuts

Why click with your mouse when there is a shortcut? Well, maybe you are not aware of the many amazing shortcuts there are available in Einstein Analytics. Look no further, here is a list of all the shortcuts you should know and use. Big thanks to Geoff Rothman for finding a lot of these.

Dashboard Editor

Save – S

Preview/edit – E

Clone – N

Delete widget – select+backspace

Move multiple – cmd+select

Toggle reflow – drag+shift

Dashboard JSON

Collapse All

• Mac: cmd+alt+ctrl+0
• Windows: ctrl+alt+0

Collapse to Main Keys

• Mac: cmd+alt+0
• Windows: alt+0

Delete Line/Selected

• Mac: cmd+D
• Windows: ctrl+D

Duplicate Line/Selected

• Mac: cmd+shift+D
• Windows: ctrl+shift+D

Expand All

• Mac: cmd+alt+shift+0
• Windows: alt+shift+0

Expand Single Collapsed

• Mac: cmd+shift+L
• Windows: ctrl+shift+L

Find Next

• Mac: cmd+G
• Windows: ctrl+K

Note you can use this one in the search function as well as by highlight some text.

Find Previous

• Mac: cmd+shift+G
• Windows: ctrl+shift+K

Note you can use this one in the search function as well as by highlight some text.

Go to Line

• Mac: cmd+L – enter line number
• Windows: ctrl+L – enter line number

Go to End

• Mac: cmd+arrow down
• Windows: ctrl+end

Go to Start

• Mac: cmd+arrow up
• Windows: ctrl+home

Go to Line Start

• Mac: cmd+arrow left
• Windows: alt+arrow left

Go to Line Start

• Mac: cmd+arrow right
• Windows: alt+arrow right

Go One Word Left

• Mac: alt+arrow left
• Windows: ctrl+arrow left

Go One Word Right

• Mac: alt+arrow right
• Windows: ctrl+arrow right

Go to Matching

• Mac: ctrl+P
• Windows: ctrl+P

Select to Matching

• Mac: ctrl+shift+P
• Windows: ctrl+shift+P

Remove to Line End

• Mac: ctrl+K
• Windows: alt+Delete

Remove to Line Start

• Mac: cmd+backspace
• Windows: alt+backspace

Remove Word Left

• Mac: alt+backspace
• Windows: ctrl+backspace

Search

• Mac: cmd+F
• Windows: ctrl+F

Search & Replace

• Mac: cmd+F x2
• Windows: ctrl+F x2

Select All

• Mac: cmd+A
• Windows: ctrl+A

Select or Find Next

• Mac: ctrl+G
• Windows: alt+K

Select or Find Previous

• Mac: ctrl+shift+G
• Windows: alt+shift+K

Select to End

• Mac: cmd+shift+arrow down
• Windows: ctrl+shift+end

Select to Start

• Mac: cmd+shift+arrow up
• Windows: ctrl+shift+home

Select Line Down

• Mac: shift+arrow down
• Windows: shift+arrow down

Select Line Up

• Mac: shift+arrow up
• Windows: shift+arrow up

Select to Line Start

• Mac: cmd+shift+arrow left
• Windows: alt+shift+arrow left

Select to Line End

• Mac: cmd+shift+arrow right
• Windows: alt+shift+arrow right

Select Word Left

• Mac: alt+shift+arrow left
• Windows: ctrl+shift+arrow left

Select Word Right

• Mac: alt+shift+arrow right
• Windows: ctrl+shift+arrow right

Select Character Left

• Mac: shift+arrow left
• Windows: shift+arrow left

Select Character Right

• Mac: shift+arrow right
• Windows: shift+arrow right

To Lower Case

• Mac: ctrl+shift+U
• Windows: ctrl+shift+U

To Upper Case

• Mac: ctrl+U
• Windows: ctrl+U

Dataflow Editor

Download dataflow – D

Upload dataflow – U

Preview JSON – V

Anything missing? Let me know in the comments.

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