Native experience
Outside a browser, Querylab.io gets a real menu bar, owns the shortcuts a browser would otherwise take, and behaves like any other app in the Dock. Closing a tab with ⌘W closes the query tab, not the whole IDE, and zoom, reload, and quit are the app's own.
What each menu does
The menus follow each system’s layout. The shortcuts below are the Mac ones; on Windows, read Ctrl for ⌘.
Querylab.io menu (Mac)
About Querylab.io, Check for Updates… (see Updates), Settings… (⌘,), then the system items: Services, Hide, and Quit (⌘Q).
File menu
| Item | Shortcut | Does |
|---|---|---|
| New Query | ⌘T | Opens a new query tab |
| New Notebook | Opens a new SQL notebook | |
| New Window | ⌘N | Opens another Querylab.io window |
| Import Data… | Opens the import tab to load a file into BigQuery | |
| Close Tab | ⌘W | Closes the active query tab. The window stays open |
| Close Window | ⇧⌘W | Mac only. Closes the window |
| Exit | Windows only. Quits Querylab.io |
Tabs are persisted automatically, so there’s nothing to lose by closing one.
Edit menu
Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Select All: the standard system items. They act on whatever has focus, editor or text field.
View menu
| Item | Shortcut | Does |
|---|---|---|
| Reload | ⌘R | Reloads the whole app, like a browser refresh. Tabs survive |
| Zoom In / Zoom Out | ⌘= / ⌘− | Zooms the whole app |
| Actual Size | ⌘0 | Back to 100% |
| Full Screen | ⌃⌘F / F11 | Mac / Windows |
Zoom resets to 100% when you relaunch.
The View menu also shows or hides the left sidebar and the results panel.
Query and Tools menus
These run the same actions as the command palette, The menu items show no shortcuts; the editor’s own shortcuts still work, for example ⌘⇧F for Format SQL and ⌘⇧C for Compare.
| Menu | Items |
|---|---|
| Query | Format SQL, Compare, Version History, Copy Results as Image, Generate Queries… |
| Tools | Query History, Usage Statistics, Shared Queries, MCP Activity, Open Google Sheet…, New Google Sheet |
On Windows, Tools ends with Settings… (Ctrl,).
Window menu (Mac)
Minimize, Zoom, Bring All to Front, and the list of open windows: the system items. Windows has no Window menu; minimize and maximize are in the title bar.
Help menu
| Item | Does |
|---|---|
| Documentation | Opens the docs in your default browser |
| Report an Issue | Opens the contact form in your default browser |
| Troubleshooting → Reset Sign-In… | Clears the sign-in on this device and reloads. Recovery for a stuck sign-in; see Local credentials |
| Check for Updates… | Windows only (on a Mac it is in the Querylab.io menu). Runs the update check now; see Updates |
| About Querylab.io | Windows only (on a Mac it is in the Querylab.io menu). Shows the version |
Shortcuts that differ from the web app
In a browser these keys belong to the browser. On the desktop they belong to Querylab.io:
| Keys | Browser | Desktop |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘W | Closes the browser tab with the whole IDE in it | Closes the query tab |
| ⌘T | Opens a browser tab | Opens a query tab |
| ⌘R | Reloads the page | Reloads the app; same effect |
| ⌘= / ⌘− / ⌘0 | Page zoom | App zoom |
| ⌘Q | Quits the browser | Quits Querylab.io |
⌘ W closes the tab even when the cursor is in the SQL editor. Everything else (running queries, formatting, completions, go-to-definition) uses the same keys on both; the full list is on Keyboard shortcuts.
Sizing and moving the window
- Size and position aren’t remembered between launches.
- The title bar is hidden and the traffic-light buttons sit inside the app’s own header; drag the header to move the window.
- New Window in the File menu opens a second window.
Links and sign-in round-trips
Sign-in with Google opens your browser. When the consent screen finishes, switch back to the app; it already has the token. Details on Authentication.
External links inside the app (Documentation, Report an Issue, links in Prism AI answers) open in your default browser.