OK, so we already know how to speed up coding, but are there any shortcuts which we can use in designer? Of course! Let’s first turn on “Show Shortcut keys in ScreenTips” option, which will allow us to memorize some of the QlikView designer shortcuts faster. To turn it on, simply right click in the Designer’s menu area and choose “Customize” from the menu. Go to Options tab. After that tick the box near function’s name, like on below screen:
From now on Shortcuts will be shown when you hover over menu icons:
This time I will not cover “Edit” menu Commands, as they are exactly same as in my previous post for QlikView Edior Shortcuts (you do not want to ready again that Ctrl+C = Copy, do you? :))
QlikView designer shortcuts: File Menu Command shortcuts
| New File | CTRL + N |
| Open File. | CTRL + O |
| Open in Server. | CTRL + SHIFT + O |
| Save. | CTRL + S |
| Save As. | F12 |
| Print. | CTRL + P |
| Print As PDF. | CTRL + SHIFT + P |
| Edit Script. | CTRL + E |
| Reload. | CTRL + R |
| Partial Reload. | CTRL + SHIFT + R |
| Table Viewer. | CTRL + T |
QlikView designer shortcuts: View / Selections Menu Commands Shortcuts
| Current Selections | CTRL + Q |
| Toggles layout design grid on or off. | CTRL + G |
| Back | SHIFT + LEFT |
| Forward | SHIFT + RIGHT |
| Lock on the Selections menu (locks all selections). | CTRL + SHIFT + L |
| Unlock on the Selections menu (unlocks all selections). | CTRL + SHIFT + U |
| Clear on the Selections menu (clears all selections). | CTRL + SHIFT + D |
| Make all hidden sheets and sheet objects visible | CTRL + SHIFT + S |
QlikView designer shortcuts: Settings Menu Command Shortcuts
| User Preferences | CTRL + ALT + U |
| Document Properties | CTRL + ALT + D |
| Sheet Properties | CTRL + ALT + S |
| Variable Overview | CTRL + ALT + V |
| Expression Overview | CTRL + ALT + E |
| Add Bookmark | CTRL + B |
| More | CTRL + SHIFT + B |
| Edit Module | CTRL + M |
| Alerts | CTRL + ALT + A |
QlikView designer shortcuts: Object Menu Command Shortcuts
| Lock (locks selections in active object). | CTRL + L |
| Unlock (unlocks selections in active object) | CTRL + U |
| Clear (clears selections in active object). | CTRL + D |
| Properties… (opens the Properties dialog in active object). | ALT + ENTER |
QlikView designer shortcuts: F Key Keyboard Shortcuts
| Activates context sensitive help. | F1 |
| Enters search mode if a searchable object is activated. | F3 |
| Activates the sheet tab to the left of the currently active tab. | F6 |
| Activates the sheet tab to the right of the currently active tab. | F7 |
I hope you enjoyed this list of useful Qlikview Shortcuts!
[wpfmb type=’success’ theme=1]You can read about Editor shortcuts in my other blog post[/wpfmb]
Hello here is another extremely useful shortcut.
CTRL + Shift + S = disables all conditions and makes all “Hidden objects” available
Thank you very much for your comment Ali, this indeed is a great shortcut to remember! I have added it to the post 🙂