Hot Keys

Here is the comprehensive guide to Navicat's keyboard shortcuts, broken down by functional areas so you can find exactly what you need to keep clicking to a minimum.

Common

Keys

Action

CTRL+SHIFT+# (# represents 1 to 9)

Add to Favorites

F8

Navicat Main Window / Objects Tab

CTRL+TAB or SHIFT+CTRL+TAB

Next Window / Tab

CTRL+Q

New Query

F11

Focus Mode

CTRL+,

Open Options Window

F1

Help

Navicat Main Window

Keys

Action

CTRL+G

Open Settings Location Folder

CTRL+# (# represents 1 to 9)

Open Favorites Link

F6

Console

CTRL+L

History Log

F12

Show Only Active Objects

CTRL+N

New Object

CTRL+SHIFT+F

Find in Database/Schema

ER Diagram View

Keys

Action

F5

Refresh

ESC

Select

H

Move Diagram

R

New Foreign Key

DELETE

Delete Selected Foreign Key

CTRL+= or CTRL+Mousewheel Up

Zoom In

CTRL+- or CTRL+Mousewheel Down

Zoom Out

CTRL+0

Reset Zoom

Table / Collection Designer

Keys

Action

CTRL+O

Open Table / Collection

CTRL+F

Find Field

F3

Find Next Field

SHIFT+F3

Find Previous Field

Data Editor

Keys

Action

CTRL+D

Design Object (Table, Collection, View, Materialized View)

CTRL+Q

Query Object (Table, Collection, View, Materialized View)

CTRL+F

Find Text

F3

Find Next Text

CTRL+G

Go to Row

CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Move to First Column of Current Record

CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

Move to Last Column of Current Record

CTRL+HOME

Move to First Row of Current Column

CTRL+END

Move to Last Row of Current Column

CTRL+PAGE UP or CTRL+UP ARROW

Move to First Row of Current Page

CTRL+PAGE DOWN or CTRL+DOWN ARROW

Move to Last Row of Current Page

CTRL+R

Apply Filter / Apply Sort

SHIFT+ARROW

Select Cells

CTRL+ENTER

Edit Data with Opening Editor

INSERT or CTRL+N

Add Record

CTRL+DELETE

Delete Records

CTRL+S

Apply Record Changes

ESC

Discard Record Changes

CTRL+T

Stop Loading Data

View / Materialized View Designer

Keys

Action

CTRL+O

Import SQL

CTRL+E

Switch to Definition

CTRL+R

Preview

ALT+1

Switch to Result Tab

Query Designer

Keys

Action

CTRL+O

Open External File

CTRL+E

Select Current Statement

CTRL+R

Run / Run Selected

CTRL+SHIFT+R

Run Current Statement

CTRL+T

Stop

ALT+# (# represents 0 to 9)

Switch to Result Tab

Query Editor

Keys

Action

CTRL+SHIFT+V

Paste from Clipboard Stack

CTRL+/

Comment / Uncomment Line

CTRL+SHIFT+U

Upper Case

CTRL+U

Lower Case

CTRL+F

Find Text

F3

Find Next Text

CTRL+I

Ask AI

CTRL+=

Zoom In

CTRL+-

Zoom Out

CTRL+0

Reset Zoom

Query Builder

Keys

Action

CTRL+=

Zoom In

CTRL+-

Zoom Out

CTRL+0

Reset Zoom

Debugger

Keys

Action

F9

Run

F10

Step Over

F11

Step In

SHIFT+F11

Step Out

Model

Keys

Action

Workspace

CTRL+D

Design Object

Model

CTRL+N

New Object

Diagram

CTRL+SHIFT+/

Show Keyboard Shortcuts

A

New Label

F

New Function

L

New Layer

M

New Materialized View

N

New Note

P

New Procedure

R

New Foreign Key/Relation

T

New Table/Collection/Entity

V

New View

E

Add Existing Model Objects

S

Repeat Last Shape

H

Move

SPACE

Temporary Move

F5

Preview

SHIFT+TAB

Select Previous Object

TAB

Select Next Object

SHIFT+RETURN

Select Previous Level

RETURN

Select Next Level

SPACE

Model Assistant

SHIFT

Distance Guide

CTRL+F

Find Object by Name

CTRL+P

Print

HOME

Scroll to Top Edge

END

Scroll to Bottom Edge

SHIFT+HOME

Scroll to Left Edge

SHIFT+END

Scroll to Right Edge

PAGE UP

Scroll Up

PAGE DOWN

Scroll Down

SHIFT+PAGE UP

Scroll Left

SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

Scroll Right

CTRL++ or CTRL+Mousewheel Up

Zoom In

CTRL+- or CTRL+Mousewheel Down

Zoom Out

CTRL+0

Reset Zoom

F2

Rename Object

DELETE

Delete from Diagram

SHIFT+DELETE

Delete from Diagram and Model

BI

Keys

Action

Workspace

CTRL+D

Design Object

Data Source

CTRL+R

Refresh Data

Chart

CTRL+R

Refresh Data

F5

Present

CTRL+P

Print

Dashboard

CTRL+SHIFT+/

Show Keyboard Shortcuts

SPACE

Temporary Move

CTRL+R

Refresh Data

F5

Present

HOME

First Page

END

Last Page

PAGE UP / LEFT ARROW

Previous Page

PAGE DOWN / RIGHT ARROW

Next Page

CTRL++

Zoom In

CTRL+-

Zoom Out

F2

Rename Object

CTRL+P

Print

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