Inspired by DSNY 4’s Sabrina Vasquez and her blog about Tableau keyboard shortcuts, I thought it would be a good idea to share some keyboard shortcuts for Alteryx Designer as well!
PC shortcuts will be bolded while the Mac shortcuts will be italicized.
Shortcuts using F1 - F10:
✾ F1
F1
Opens the help page for the selected tool
✾ F2
F2
Opens the annotation window for the selected tool
✾ Ctrl + F4
⌘ + F4
Closes the workflow
✾ Alt + F4
⌘ + F4
Closes Alteryx Designer
✾ F5
F5
Refreshes the workflow
✾ Shift + F10
⌘ + F10
Opens the context menu (the context menu varies based selected item: canvas, tool, or connection)
Shortcuts to Select and Align Tools:
✾ Space Bar + Left Click
Space Bar + Left Click
Pan the canvas
✾ Ctrl + A
⌘ + A
Selects all items
✾ Ctrl + D
⌘ + D
Deselects all items
✾ Ctrl + Shift + -
⌘ + Shift + -
Aligns tools horizontally
✾ Ctrl + Shift + +
⌘ + Shift + +
Aligns tools vertically
Shortcuts managing workflows:
✾ Ctrl + R
⌘ + R
Runs workflow or stops workflow from running
✾ Ctrl + O
⌘ + O
Opens workflow
✾ Ctrl + R
⌘ + R
Runs workflow or stops workflow from running
✾ Ctrl + F4
⌘ + F4
Closes the workflow
✾ Ctrl + S
⌘ + S
Saves Workflow
✾ Ctrl + Shift + S
⌘ + Shift + S
Saves all open workflows
✾ Ctrl + N
⌘ + N
Opens new workflow
✾ Ctrl + Tab
⌘ + Tab
Moves between open workflows
Shortcuts to Show and Hide Tools and Windows:
✾ Ctrl + Alt + T
⌘ + Alt + T
Shows or hides the tool palette
✾ Ctrl + Alt + V
⌘ + Alt + V
Shows or hides the overview window
✾ Ctrl + Alt + R
⌘ + Alt + R
Shows or hides the results window
✾ Ctrl + Alt + C
⌘ + Alt + C
Shows or hides the configuration window
✾ Ctrl + Alt + D
⌘ + Alt + D
Shows or hides the interface designer
Shortcuts for Magnification:
✾ Ctrl + + / -
⌘ + + / -
Zooms in or out
✾ Ctrl + 0
⌘ + 0
Zooms to the workflow or selection
Hope these shortcuts help make the workflow building just a little easier and with that, let’s analyze away!