Keyboard shortcuts

Mac uses Cmd; Windows and Linux use Ctrl. Shortcuts that work everywhere are listed first, then the view-specific ones.

Global

1. 1Press Cmd+K or Ctrl+K to open the command palette.
2. 2Press Cmd+F or Ctrl+F to open the search bar.
3. 3Press Cmd+J or Ctrl+J to focus the active workspace.
4. 4Press Cmd+Z or Ctrl+Z to undo.
5. 5Press Cmd+Shift+Z or Cmd+Y to redo.

Start with Command+K

If you only remember one shortcut, make it Command+K (or Ctrl+K on Windows).

It opens Golden’s command palette—a searchable list of just about everything you can do. Jump between views, switch chart types, run a data prep step, toggle a panel, or execute commands without taking your hands off the keyboard.

Every command in the palette displays its keyboard shortcut right beside it, using the right symbols for your operating system. Instead of memorizing dozens of shortcuts, you’ll naturally pick them up as you work.

Think of Command+K as the shortcut that teaches you all the other shortcuts.

Work anywhere

These shortcuts work across most of Golden, no matter what you’re doing.

• ⌘K / Ctrl+K: Open the command palette

• ⌘Z / Ctrl+Z: Undo

• ⌘⇧Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z (or ⌘Y): Redo

Two more are always available, wherever you are in an analysis:

• Ctrl+1: Toggle the left sidebar

• Ctrl+2: Toggle the AI pane for the view you're in (Analyst on a chart, Storyteller on a dashboard, Data Agent in Prep)

The Ctrl+number shortcuts make it easy to show and hide the panels you use most without leaving the keyboard.

Analyze: building a chart

• Ctrl+3: Toggle the encodings and shelves pane

• Ctrl+4: Toggle the filter bar

• Ctrl+5: Toggle the format pane

• ⌘⇧C / Ctrl+Shift+C: Copy the chart as an image

Prep: getting data ready

• Ctrl+8: Switch to the table view

• Ctrl+9: Switch to the data dictionary

Communicate: building a dashboard

• Ctrl+4: Toggle the filter bar
• Ctrl+5: Toggle the Format pane
• Ctrl+6: Toggle the Encode pane
• Ctrl+7: Toggle the Layers pane
• Ctrl+8: Toggle dashboard formatting

On a Communicate dashboard

1. 1Press Cmd+C or Cmd+V to copy and paste components.
2. 2Press Cmd+D or Ctrl+D to duplicate selected elements.
3. 3Press Delete or Backspace to remove a component.
4. 4Use arrow keys to nudge items by 1px (hold Shift for 10px).
5. 5Press + or = to zoom in and - to zoom out, 10% per press, with or without Cmd or Ctrl. Zoom centers on your cursor when it is over the canvas.
6. 6Hold Cmd or Ctrl and scroll, hold Shift and scroll, or pinch on a trackpad to zoom with the mouse.
7. 7Press Escape to clear your selection.

Editing text and annotations

1. 1Press Cmd+Enter or Ctrl+Enter to save annotations.
2. 2Press Enter to confirm an inline rename.
3. 3Press Escape to cancel an inline rename.