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Keyboard shortcuts

Every keyboard shortcut wired into Celiq — global, Discover, Mosaics, and Studio — plus the in-app shortcuts reference.

LuminaryWeaverTracerLensUpdated June 2026 · 4 min read

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What it is — The full set of keyboard shortcuts Celiq responds to, across the app and inside Discover, Mosaics, and Studio.
When to use it — Whenever you want to run, save, search, or navigate faster than reaching for the mouse.
Where to find it — Press ? anywhere, or open your avatar menu (top right) → Keyboard shortcuts.
Who can use it — Everyone: Luminary, Weaver, Tracer, and Lens.

Celiq wires keyboard shortcuts directly into the pages where they matter. A few work everywhere; the rest are scoped to a specific surface — Discover, Mosaics, or Studio — and only fire while you are on that page. This reference lists exactly what is wired today, so what you read here is what the app does.

Overview

There are four groups of shortcuts:

Global — available on every page (toggle this reference, open the command palette, dismiss modals).
Discover — run, save, and focus the filter zone while building a query; copy and search inside the results table.
Mosaics — re-run every tile, and undo a layout change while editing a mosaic.
Studio & Notebooks — run the focused SQL cell.

You can open the in-app Keyboard shortcuts reference at any time by pressing ? (when you are not typing in a text field). It is a quick reminder of the most common keys.

When to use it

Reach for shortcuts when you are doing the same action repeatedly — running a query while you iterate on filters, saving as you go, copying a value out of a results table, or refreshing a whole mosaic after the underlying data changed. They remove the round-trip to a button and keep your hands on the keyboard.

Concepts

Term	Meaning
Modifier	`⌘` (Command) on macOS or `Ctrl` on Windows/Linux. Both are accepted everywhere a modifier is shown.
Global shortcut	Fires on any page. Listens at the window level.
Scoped shortcut	Only active on a specific page (for example, the Mosaics re-run key works only while you are viewing a mosaic).
Text-field guard	Most shortcuts deliberately do nothing while your cursor is in an input, textarea, or select, so you can type normally without triggering an action.

Getting started

No setup is required — shortcuts are always on. To see the built-in reference:

Press ? anywhere outside a text field, or
Click your avatar in the top-right corner and choose Keyboard shortcuts.

Press ? again, click outside the panel, or press Esc to close it.

Step-by-step

Open the shortcuts reference

Press ? on any page (make sure your cursor is not in a text box). The Keyboard Shortcuts panel opens over the current page. You can also reach it from the avatar menu → Keyboard shortcuts.

Open the command palette

Press ⌘ K (or Ctrl K) to open the command palette and jump to a feature or action by typing.

Run and save in Discover

On a Discover query, press ⌘ Enter to run, ⌘ S to open the save dialog, and ⌘ / to expand and focus the filter zone.

Work the results table

Click a cell in the results table, then press ⌘ C to copy that cell's formatted value. Press ⌘ F to open in-table search.

Refresh and undo in Mosaics

While viewing a mosaic, press R to re-run every tile. While in edit mode, press ⌘ Z to undo your last layout change.

Dismiss anything

Press Esc to close the shortcuts reference, the command palette, table search, fullscreen, or other open panels.

Reference

Global

Action	macOS	Windows / Linux
Toggle the keyboard shortcuts reference	`?`	`?`
Open the command palette	`⌘` `K`	`Ctrl` `K`
Close the open modal / panel	`Esc`	`Esc`

Discover

Action	macOS	Windows / Linux
Run the query	`⌘` `Enter`	`Ctrl` `Enter`
Save the query	`⌘` `S`	`Ctrl` `S`
Focus the filter zone	`⌘` `/`	`Ctrl` `/`
Copy the selected results cell	`⌘` `C`	`Ctrl` `C`
Search inside the results table	`⌘` `F`	`Ctrl` `F`

Mosaics

Action	macOS	Windows / Linux
Re-run every tile (viewing a mosaic)	`R`	`R`
Undo the last layout change (edit mode)	`⌘` `Z`	`Ctrl` `Z`

Studio & Notebooks

Action	macOS	Windows / Linux
Run the focused SQL cell	`⌘` `Enter`	`Ctrl` `Enter`

Examples

Say you are tuning a Discover query against your orders data. A typical keyboard-only loop:

Adjust attributes or metrics.
Press ⌘ Enter to run.
Press ⌘ / to expand the filter zone and tighten a filter.
Run again with ⌘ Enter.
Click the cell you care about and press ⌘ C to copy its value.
Press ⌘ S to save once it looks right.

In Studio or a Notebook, you can keep the same rhythm. With your cursor in a SQL cell:

sql

select region, sum(revenue) as revenue
from orders
group by region
order by revenue desc

Press ⌘ Enter (or Ctrl Enter) to run that cell without leaving the editor.

Best practices

Learn the four you'll use most first: ⌘ Enter (run), ⌘ S (save), ⌘ K (command palette), and ? (this reference).
Use ⌘ K as your default way to move between features — it is faster than the navigation menus once it is muscle memory.
In Mosaics, prefer R over reloading the browser when data has changed; it re-runs the tiles without a full page reload.

Tips

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Most shortcuts intentionally ignore key presses while you are typing in an input, textarea, or select — so ? in a filter box types a question mark instead of opening this reference, and R in a search field types an "r". Click outside the field first if a shortcut isn't firing.

Common mistakes

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Expecting R to work anywhere. It only re-runs tiles while you are viewing a mosaic. It does nothing on other pages, and nothing while you are typing in a field.
Expecting ⌘ Z to undo data, not layout. In Mosaics it only undoes layout changes, and only while you are in edit mode.
Expecting ⌘ C to copy the whole table. It copies the value of the single results cell you have selected — click a cell first.
Pressing ? with your cursor in a text box. It types a question mark instead of opening the shortcuts reference.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Cause	Fix
`?` types a `?` instead of opening the reference	Your cursor is in an input, textarea, or select	Click outside the field, then press `?`. Or open it from the avatar menu → Keyboard shortcuts.
`R` does nothing in a mosaic	You are in the mosaic list view, not viewing a single mosaic; or your cursor is in a text field	Open a mosaic so you are in detail view, click on empty space, then press `R`.
`⌘` `R` reloads the browser instead of re-running tiles	The re-run shortcut is the plain `R` key; `⌘` `R` / `Ctrl` `R` is left to the browser on purpose	Press `R` with no modifier to re-run tiles.
`⌘` `Z` doesn't undo a layout change	You are not in mosaic edit mode, or your cursor is in a text field	Enter edit mode on the mosaic, click outside any field, then press `⌘` `Z`.
`⌘` `C` copies nothing in the results table	No cell is selected	Click a cell first, then press `⌘` `C`.
`⌘` `Enter` doesn't run a Notebook/Studio cell	Your cursor is not inside the cell's editor	Click into the SQL cell editor, then press `⌘` `Enter`.