It’s time to speed up development and level up your Power Apps prowess.
Keyboard shortcuts have existed in Power Apps for a long time, but are very rarely discussed, despite having ability to save us precious time.
Below is a list of all of shortcuts I’m aware of. If you know of any others, please contact me.
General Power Apps shortcuts
Windows | macOS | Description |
Ctrl + S | Cmd + S | Save |
Ctrl + Shift + S | Cmd + Shift + S | Save a copy |
Ctrl + Shift + P | Cmd + Shift + P | Publish |
Ctrl + O | Cmd + O | Open an app |
Ctrl + A | Cmd + A | Select all |
Ctrl + X | Cmd + X | Cut |
Ctrl + C | Cmd + C | Copy |
Ctrl + V | Cmd + V | Paste |
Ctrl + Z | Cmd + Z | Undo |
Ctrl + Y | Cmd + Y | Re-do |
Ctrl + F | Cmd + F | Find text in app |
Ctrl + H | Cmd + H | Replace text in app |
Ctrl + - | Cmd + - | Zoom out |
Ctrl + + | Cmd + + | Zoom in |
F1 | F1 | Open Microsoft Learn |
F5 | F5 | Preview app toggle |
F11 | Fn + F | Browser full screen toggle |
F12 | F12 | Download app |
Windows | macOS | Description |
Home | Cmd + ← | Go to start of line |
End | Cmd + → | Go to end of line |
Page Up | Cmd + ↑ | Go to start of formula bar |
Page Down | Cmd + ↓ | Go to end of formula bar |
Ctrl + ← | Option + ← | Go to next item to left |
Ctrl + → | Option + → | Go to next item to right |
Ctrl + Shift + ← | Option + Shift + ← | Select item to left |
Ctrl + Shift + → | Option + Shift + → | Select item to right |
Shift + Home | Cmd + Shift + ← | Select everything to left |
Shift + End | Cmd + Shift + ← | Select everything to right |
Ctrl + D | Cmd + D | Select next occurrence |
Ctrl + Shift + L | Cmd + Shift + L | Add all occurrences |
Alt + ↑ | Option + ↑ | Move line up |
Alt + ↓ | Option + ↓ | Move line down |
Shift + Alt + ↑ | Option + Shift + ↑ | Copy line up |
Shift + Alt + ↓ | Option + Shift + ↓ | Copy line down |
When a control is selected
Windows | macOS | Description |
F2 | F2 | Rename control |
Ctrl + [ | Cmd + [ | Move control down one |
Ctrl + ] | Cmd + ] | Move control up one |
Ctrl + Shift + [ | - | Move control to bottom |
Ctrl + Shift + ] | - | Move control to top |