Keyboard Shortcuts
Get the most out of Sequel Ace by remembering the following keyboard shortcuts.
Main Tabs
| Keyboard shortcut |
Description |
⌘ 1 |
Table Structure |
⌘ 2 |
Table Content |
⌘ 3 |
Table Relations |
⌘ 4 |
Table Triggers |
⌘ 5 |
Table Info |
⌘ 6 |
Custom Query |
General Shortcuts
| Keyboard shortcut |
Description |
⌘ N |
New Window (Connection File) |
⌘ T |
New Tab (Connection File) |
⇧ ⌘ T |
Duplicate Connection in New Tab |
⇧ ⌘ A |
Add Connection To Favorites |
⌘ O |
Open (Connection File or SQL File) |
⌥ ⌘ O |
Open current Connection File in New Window |
⌘ S |
Save (Connection File) |
⇧ ⌘ S |
Save As (Connection File) |
^ ⌘ S |
Save Query |
⌘ W |
Close (Connection File) |
⌥ ⌘ W |
Close All (Connection File) |
⌘ P |
Print |
⇧ ⌘ I |
Import |
⇧ ⌘ K |
Show Console Window |
⌘ K |
Clear Console |
⌃ ⌥ ← |
Back in History |
⌃ ⌥ → |
Forward in History |
⌃ ⇥ |
Select Next Tab |
⌃ ⇧ ⇥ |
Select Previous Tab |
⌃ ⇧ N |
Insert NULL value |
⇧ ⌘ C |
Copy Create Table Syntax |
⌥ ⌘ S |
Show Create Table Syntax |
⇧ ⌘ R |
Refresh Databases |
⇧ ⌘ D |
Choose Database |
⇧ ⌘ V |
Show Server Variables |
⌥ ⌘ P |
Show Server Processes |
⌃ ⌘ R |
Refresh Tables |
⇧ ⌘ F |
Flush Privileges |
⌘ U |
User Accounts |
⌘ C |
Copy selection / Copy selected row(s) |
⌥ ⌘ C |
Copy selected row(s) with column names |
⌃ ⌥ ⌘ C |
Copy selected row(s) as SQL INSERT |
⌥ ⌘ T |
Show/Hide Toolbar |
⌃ ⌘ F |
Filter Table Content |
⌃ ⌥ ⌘ F |
Filter Tables |
⌃ ⌥ ⌘ B |
Bundle Editor |
⌃ ⌥ ⌘ N |
Navigator |
Select
| Keyboard shortcut |
Description |
⌃ W |
Select current word |
⌃ L |
Select current line |
⇧ ⌘ B |
Select enclosing brackets |
⌘ A |
Select all |
Table Structure Tab
| Keyboard shortcut |
Description |
⌥ ⌘ A |
Add a new field |
⌫ |
Delete selected field |
⌘ D |
Duplicate selected field |
⌘ R |
Refresh table structure |
⌘ 4 |
Edit table details |
Table Content Tab
| Keyboard shortcut |
Description |
⌥ ⌘ A |
Add a new row |
⌫ |
Delete selected row(s) |
⌘ D |
Duplicate selected row |
⌘ R |
Refresh table contents |
Custom Query Tab
| Keyboard shortcut |
Description |
⌥ ⌘ R |
Run all queries |
⌅ or ⌘ R |
Run current query or selection |
⌘ [ |
Shift line or selection rightwards |
⌘ ] |
Shift line or selection leftwards |
⌘ / |
(Un)Comment line or selection |
⌥ ⌘ / |
(Un)Comment current query |
⎋ |
Completion (narrow-down list / fuzzy search) |
↩, ⇥, Double-Click |
Insertion of an item |
⇧ + ↩, ⇧ ⇥, ⇧ Double-Click |
Insertion full schema reference |
Keep Window Open after Insertion by holding down ⌃ while insertion
| Keyboard shortcut |
Description |
⌃ ⎋ |
Fuzzy Search |
⎋ |
Close Window |
F5 |
Spell Checker Completion (narrow-down list) |
⌃ Y |
Select current query |
⇧ ⌘ H |
Show MySQL help for current word or selection |
⌥ ⌘ F |
Open query favorites popup menu |
⌥ ⌘ Y |
Open query history popup menu |
⌃ + ↑ |
Insert previous history item (successively) |
⌃ ↓ |
Insert next history item (successively) |
⌥ ⌘ 1 |
Show all database names as completion list |
⌥ ⌘ 2 |
Show all table and view names as completion list |
⌥ ⌘ 3 |
Show all table names from current database as completion list |