QlikView has a wide range of shortcuts, some of which aren’t even options in the menu, or listed in the reference manual.
The below list captures some of the most common, as well as some less common (for example, Alt+Drag, Ctr+Shift+S, etc).
| Shortcut | Description | Type |
| CTRL+N | New file | General |
| CTRL+O | Open file | General |
| CTRL+SHIFT+O | Open file from server | General |
| CTRL+S | Save file | General |
| F12 | Save file as | General |
| CTRL+P | General | |
| CTRL+SHIFT+P | Print as PDF | General |
| CTRL+E | Edit script | Script |
| CTRL+R | Reload script | Script |
| CTRL+SHIFT+R | Partial reload | Script |
| CTRL+T | Table viewer | Script |
| CTRL+Z | Undo | General |
| CTRL+Y | Redo | General |
| CTRL+X | Cut | General |
| CTRL+C | Copy | General |
| CTRL+V | Paste | General |
| DEL | Remove | General |
| CTRL+A | Activate all | General |
| CTRL+F | Search | General |
| SHIFT+CTRL+F | Advanced search | General |
| CTRL+Q | Current selections | Selections |
| CTRL+G | Toggles layout design grid on or off | UI |
| SHIFT+LEFTARROW | Go back a selection | Selections |
| SHIFT+RIGHTARROW | Go forward a selection | Selections |
| CTRL+SHIFT+L | Lock selections | Selections |
| CTRL+SHIFT+U | Unlock selections | Selections |
| CTRL+SHIFT+D | Clear all selections | Selections |
| CTRL+ALT+U | User preferences | Settings |
| CTRL+ALT+D | Document properties | Settings |
| CTRL+ALT+S | Sheet properties | Settings |
| CTRL+ALT+V | Variable overview | Settings |
| CTRL+ALT+E | Expression overview | Settings |
| CTRL+B | Add bookmark | Bookmarks |
| CTRL+SHIFT+B | More bookmarks | Bookmarks |
| CTRL+M | Edit module | Script |
| CTRL+ALT+A | Alerts | Script |
| CTRL+L | Lock selections in active object | Selections |
| CTRL+U | Unlock selections in active object | Selections |
| CTRL+D | Clear selections in active object | Selections |
| ALT+ENTER | Object properties | UI |
| CTRL+QSC | Show available shortcuts when in script pane | Script |
| CTRL+G | Go to line number in the script | Script |
| CTRL+K,C | Comment lines in script | Script |
| CTRL+K,U | Uncomment lines in script | Script |
| CTRL+Q,T,A | Add tab in script | Script |
| CTRL+Q,T,P | Promote active tab | Script |
| CTRL+Q,T,D | Demote active tab | Script |
| CTRL+Q,T,N | Rename active tab | Script |
| CTRL+Q,T,R | Remove active tab | Script |
| CTRL+Q,Q | Creates an autogenerated script | Script |
| CTRL+Q,U,I | Opens Unicode input utility | Script |
| CTRL+Q,J,P,G | Creates a script for reading attributes from jpeg files | Script |
| CTRL+Q,M,P,3 | Creates a script for reading attributes from mp3 files | Script |
| CTRL+Q,W,M,A | Creates a script for reading attributes from wma files | Script |
| F1 | Activates context sensitive help | General |
| F3 | Enters search mode if a searchable object is activated | UI |
| F6 | Activates the sheet tab to the left of the currently active tab | UI |
| F7 | Activates the sheet tab to the right of the currently active tab | UI |
| CTRL+F6 | Activates the leftmost sheet tab | UI |
| CTRL+F7 | Activates the rightmost sheet tab | UI |
| CTRL+SHIFT+S | Show all hidden objects | UI |
| CTRL+Q,B,N,F | From script editor to see the backus-naur form script syntax | Script |
| ALT+DRAG | Move locked object | UI |
| CTRL+TAB | Switch between open QV documents | UI |
(note that this post was moved from the old “dici” website and was originally posted in May 2016)
