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Keyboard reference

Last updated 6 August 2026

The Power Editor has two modes. In cursor mode the arrow keys move a cursor between cells and typing replaces what is in one. In edit mode you are inside a cell and the keys go to the text. Almost everything below is about moving between the two without thinking about it.

Mod means Command on a Mac and Ctrl everywhere else. Pressing ? anywhere in the app opens the same table in a dialog.

Move cursor between cellsUp / Down / Left / Right
Move forward / back (skip merged)Tab / Shift+Tab
Move down / up in same columnEnter / Shift+Enter
Enter edit mode on the current cellF2
Replace cell content (any printable key)A-Z 0-9
Open the Notes cell appendingany letter

Editing

Commit and move to next cellTab / Enter
Commit and stay on the cellF2
Revert and stay on the cellEsc
Two-step Esc: pressing Esc once reverts the edit you are in the middle of. Pressing it again clears the selection and leaves cursor mode. So Esc never does both at once, and never loses a selection you meant to keep.

Selection and range

Extend selection by one cellShift+Up / Shift+Down / Shift+Left / Shift+Right
Extend selection by mouseclick-drag
Clear all values in selectionDel / Backspace
Copy selection (TSV, paste in Excel)Mod+C
Paste TSV (Excel-compatible)Mod+V
Fill the cursor's column downMod+D

Rows

Move selected row up / downAlt+Up / Alt+Down
Click row label to select; click cell to editmouse

The plan

Save the plan to its fileMod+S
UndoMod+Z
RedoMod+Shift+Z

Save is ignored while you are typing in a field, so it cannot fire in the middle of an edit and write half of one.

Help

Open this shortcuts dialog?
Close this dialogEsc

Ballooning

Inside the new-plan wizard's ballooning step, the number keys choose what the next balloon will be.

Dimension, thread, GD&T, basic, finish, note1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Cycle the same listShift+wheel