Kusto.Explorer keyboard shortcuts (hot-keys)
Application-level
The following keyboard shortcuts can be used from any context:
| Hot Key | Description |
|---|---|
F1 |
Opens the help |
F11 |
Toggle full-view mode |
Ctrl+F1 |
Toggle ribbon appearance |
Ctrl++ |
Increases query and data results font |
Ctrl+- |
Decreases query and data results font |
Ctrl+0 |
Resets query and data results font |
Ctrl+1 .. 7 |
Switches to Query document panel with respective number (1..7) |
Ctrl+F2 |
Renames header of the Query Editor panel |
Ctrl+N |
Opens a new query editor |
Ctrl+O |
Open query editor script in a new query editor |
Ctrl+W |
Closes active query editor |
Ctrl+S |
Saves query into a file |
Shift+F3 |
Opens Analytical Report Gallery |
Shift+F12 |
Toggles Light/Dark theme of the application |
Ctrl+F12 |
Toggles Extended Accessibility events of the application (requires restart to take effect) |
Ctrl+Shift+O |
Opens Kusto.Explorer options and settings dialog |
Esc |
Cancel running query |
Shift+F5 |
Cancel running query |
Query and results view
You can use the following keyboard shortcuts with the query editor or when the context is in the results view:
| Hot Key | Description |
|---|---|
Ctrl+Shift+C |
Copies query, deep-link, and data to the clipboard |
Alt+Shift+C |
Copies query and deep-link the clipboard in HTML format |
Alt+Shift+R |
Copies query, deep-link, and places data in the clipboard in Markdown format |
Alt+Shift+M |
Copies query and deep-link the clipboard in Markdown format |
Ctrl+~ |
Copies query and data to the clipboard in markdown format |
Ctrl+Shift+D |
Toggles mode of hiding duplicate rows in the data view |
Alt+Shift+H |
Toggles mode of hiding empty columns in the data view |
Ctrl+Shift+J |
Toggles mode of collapsing columns with single value in the data view |
Ctrl+Shift+A |
Opens a Query Analyzer tool in a new query panel |
Alt+C |
Renders Column chart over existing data |
Alt+T |
Renders Timeline chart over existing data |
Alt+A |
Renders Anomaly timeline chart over existing data |
Alt+P |
Renders Pie chart over existing data |
Alt+L |
Renders Ladder timeline chart over existing data |
Alt+V |
Renders Pivot chart over existing data |
Ctrl+Shift+V |
Shows Timeline pivot over existing data |
Ctrl+F9 |
Toggles show only matching rows/highlight matching rows modes for client text search (Ctrl+F) behavior in data grid. |
Ctrl+F10 |
Shows details panel - where selected row is presented as property grid |
Ctrl+F |
Shows search box for the panel that is currently in focus. Supported in Connetions, Data Results, and Query Editor panels |
Ctrl+Tab |
Shows Query Editor document selector dialog. You can hold Ctrl and switch between documents with Tab |
Ctrl+J |
Toggles appearance of the result panel |
Ctrl+E |
Toggles appearance of the query editor and result panel in cycle of: Query Editor and Results -> Query Editor -> Query Editor and Results -> Results |
Ctrl+Shift+E |
Toggles appearance of the query editor and result panel in cycle of: Query Editor and Results -> Results -> Query Editor and Results -> Query Editor |
F6 |
Toggles focus of the main application panel in cycle of: Connections panel -> Query Editor -> Results |
Ctrl+Shift+R |
Focuses on Results panel |
Ctrl+Shift+T |
Focuses on Connections panel |
Ctrl+Shift+Y |
Focuses on Query editor |
Ctrl+Shift+P |
Focuses on Chart panel |
Ctrl+Shift+I |
Focuses on Query Information panel |
Ctrl+Shift+S |
Focuses on Query Statistics panel |
Ctrl+Shift+K |
Focuses on Error panel |
Alt+Ctrl+L |
Locks current connection context to the Query Editor, so changing selected row in the Connection panel has no effect on the Query Editor context. |
Results Table Viewer
The following keyboard shortcuts can be used when results view (table) is in active keyboard focus:
| Hot Key | Description |
|---|---|
Ctrl+Q |
Show current column context menu |
Ctrl+S |
Toggle current column sorting |
Ctrl+U |
Opens a panel showing current column values with client-side filtering |
Ctrl+F |
Shows search box for the results |
Ctrl+F3 |
Toggles show only matching rows/highlight matching rows modes for client text search (Ctrl+F) behavior in data grid. |
Query editor
The following keyboard shortcuts can be used when editing a query in the query editor:
| Hot Key | Description |
|---|---|
F1 |
When cursor points to an operator or function - opens a help window with information about the operator or function. If the help topic isn't present - opens a help URL |
F5 |
Run currently selected query |
Shift+Enter |
Run currently selected query |
F8 |
Fetch query results from the local cache. If results aren't present - run currently selected query |
Ctrl+F5 |
Preview results of the selected query (shows few results and total count) |
Ctrl+Shift+Space |
Insert data cell selections as filters into the query |
Ctrl+Space |
Force IntelliSense rules check. Possible options will be shown in any rule matched |
Ctrl+Enter |
Adds pipe symbol and moves to a new line |
Ctrl+Z |
Undo |
Ctrl+Y |
Redo |
Ctrl+L |
Deletes current line |
Ctrl+D |
Deletes current line |
Ctrl+F |
Opens Find dialog |
Ctrl+Shift+F |
Opens Find dialog (all tabs lookup) |
Ctrl+H |
Opens Replace dialog |
Ctrl+Shift+H |
Opens Replace dialog (all tabs lookup) |
Ctrl+G |
Opens Go-to line dialog |
Ctrl+F8 |
Show my queries past 3 days |
Ctrl+ bracket |
When cursor is at bracket symbols: ( , ) , [ , ] , { , } - moves cursor to the matching opening or closing bracket |
Ctrl+Shift+Q |
Prettify current query |
Ctrl+Shift+L |
Make current query or selection lower-case |
Ctrl+Shift+U |
Make current query or selection upper-case |
Ctrl+Mouse wheel up |
Increases font of the query editor |
Ctrl+Mouse wheel down |
Decreases font of the query editor |
Alt+P |
Opens query parameters dialog |
F2 |
Open current line / selected text in editor dialog |
Ctrl+F6 |
Runs KQL static query analysis to detect common issues |
F12 |
Navigate to the definition of the symbol |
Alt+F12 |
Find all references of the current symbol |
Alt+Home |
Navigate to the definition of the symbol |
Alt+Ctrl+M |
Extract currently selected literal or tabular expression as let statement |
Ctrl+. |
Extract currently selected literal or tabular expression as let statement |
Ctrl+R, Ctrl+R |
Renames current symbol |
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D |
Inserts current timestamp as datetime literal |
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+R |
Inserts range x from 1 to 1 step 1 snippet |
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+C |
Comment current line or selected lines |
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+F |
Prettify current query |
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+V |
Duplicate current query (append it to the end of current query document) |
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+U |
Uncomment current line or selected lines |
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+S |
Turn current line or selected lines into multi-line string literal |
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+M |
Remove multi-line string literal marks (reverse of Ctrl+K, Ctrl+S) |
Ctrl+M, Ctrl+M |
Toggle outlining expansion of the current query |
Ctrl+M, Ctrl+L |
Toggle outlining expansion of all queries in the document |
JSON viewer
The following keyboard shortcuts can be used from within the results JSON viewer. They display if you double-click on a JSON-like value in the results view cell:
| Hot Key | Description |
|---|---|
Ctrl+Up Arrow |
Navigate to parent |
Ctrl+Right Arrow |
Expand current node (one level) |
Ctrl+Left Arrow |
Collapse current node (one level) |
Ctrl+. |
Toggle expansion of the current node (all child levels expanded/collapsed) |
Ctrl+Shift+. |
Toggle expansion of the current node parent (all child levels expanded/collapsed) |
Connection panel
The following keyboard shortcuts can be used from within the results JSON viewer. They display if you double-click on a JSON-like value in the results view cell:
| Hot Key | Description |
|---|---|
Ctrl+Up Arrow |
Navigate to parent |
Ctrl+Right Arrow |
Expand current node (one level) |
Ctrl+Left Arrow |
Collapse current node (one level) |
Ctrl+Shift+L |
Collapse all levels |
Ctrl+R |
Refresh currently selected connection |
Insert |
Add a new connection |
Del |
Delete current connection |
Ctrl+E |
Edit currently selected connection |
Ctrl+T |
Open a new query editor using currently selected connection |
Diagnostics and Monitoring
The following keyboard shortcuts are available from Monitoring ribbon.
| Hot Key | Description |
|---|---|
Ctrl+Shift+F1 |
Run cluster diagnostic flow |