Keyboard shortcuts

About keyboard events

ReactGrid allows you to interact with the grid using keyboard shortcuts in a way known from other spreadsheet-like apps.

Note: You can customize keyboard shortcuts by overriding the default behavior of ReactGrid.

Shortcut	Action
`↑`	Moves cell focus one cell up (if is focusable)
`↓`	Moves cell focus one cell down (if is focusable)
`←`	Moves cell focus to the left (if is focusable)
`→`	Moves cell focus to the right (if is focusable)
`Enter`	Opens cell editor if cell is focused or moves focus down inside range selection
`Delete` or `Backspace`	Wipe selected range or only focused location
`Tab`	Moves focus to the right if single cell is selected or moves focus to the right inside range selection
`Home`	Moves focus to the first column
`End`	Moves focus to the last column
`PageUp`	Moves focus up by one page (visible number of rows)
`PageDown`	Moves focus down by one page (visible number of rows)
`Escape`	Aborts cell edition without changing it
`Ctrl` + `Space`	Expands selection in vertical direction (only on Apple devices)
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Home` or `⌘` + `Shift` + `Home`	Selects all cells above currect selection
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `End` or `⌘` + `Shift` + `End`	Selects all cells below currect selection
`⌘` + `A` or `Ctrl` + `A`	Selects all cells
`⌘` + `Home` or `Ctrl` + `Home`	Selects top left cell
`⌘` + `End` or `Ctrl` + `End`	Selects bottom right cell
`Ctrl` + `End`	Select whole column on Windows
`Shift` + `Enter`	Closes cell editor if it is opened and moves focus cell above last edited cell
`Shift` + `↑`	Selects one cell above
`Shift` + `↓`	Selects one cell below
`Shift` + `←`	Selects one cell on the left
`Shift` + `→`	Selects one cell on the right
`Shift` + `Tab`	Moves focus to the left if single cell is selected or moves focus to the left inside range selection
`Shift` + `Enter`	Moves focus one cell above if single cell is selected or moves focus up inside range selection
`Shift` + `Space`	Expands selection in horizontal direction (from top to bottom)
`Shift` + `Home`	Expands selection to the first column
`Shift` + `End`	Expands selection to the last column
`Shift` + `PageUp`	Increase or decrease selection by single page
`Shift` + `PageDown`	Increase or decrease selection by single page

Initial focus location Sticky rows and columns