Keyboard shortcuts

Foundation binds a small set of keyboard shortcuts so you can work without reaching for the mouse. All shortcuts are globally active inside the lens view and pause automatically while you’re typing in an input or cell editor.

Arrow Up / Down — move the focused row.
Arrow Right — expand the focused parent row.
Arrow Left — collapse the focused parent, or jump to its parent row if already collapsed.

Selection and editing

Enter — start editing the focused cell.
Escape — cancel the current cell edit.
Shift + Space — toggle selection on the focused row.
Cmd / Ctrl + A — select all visible rows.
Shift + C — add every descendant of the current selection to the selection.
Delete or Backspace — remove the selected rows (with confirmation).
I — insert a new sibling row below the focused row.

Search, palette, inspector

Cmd / Ctrl + F — focus the lens search input (overrides browser find inside the lens).
/ — open the general command palette.
. (period) — open the command palette for the focused row.
[ — toggle the Inspector panel open and closed.

Inspector section jumps

When the Inspector is open, the number keys jump to a section:

1 — Filters
2 — View
3 — Columns
4 — Sort
5 — Display
6 — Formatting
7 — Timeline
8 — Data
9 — Export

Density

Cycle through density modes with Cmd / Ctrl + Shift + 1..5:

1 — Comfortable
2 — Standard
3 — Compact
4 — Super-compact
5 — Micro

See Density modes for what each mode looks like.

Shortcuts that are intentionally unused

Cmd / Ctrl + K — the Forge cross-origin iframe prevents this from reaching Foundation. Use / for the palette instead.
Cmd / Ctrl + S — browsers reserve this for page save; Foundation auto-saves every edit, so there’s nothing to bind.

Tips

Shortcuts only fire when focus is inside the lens, not when you’re typing in a text field or the cell editor.
To learn the shortcut set quickly, open the command palette with / and notice that each action has a hint where one exists.