diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/QueryField/QueryField.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/QueryField/QueryField.tsx
index dc9de22cb93..221fba39ecf 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/QueryField/QueryField.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/QueryField/QueryField.tsx
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ export class QueryField extends React.PureComponent<QueryFieldProps, QueryFieldS
 
     // Base plugins
     this.plugins = [
-      NewlinePlugin(),
+      // SuggestionsPlugin and RunnerPlugin need to be before NewlinePlugin
+      // because they override Enter behavior
       SuggestionsPlugin({ onTypeahead, cleanText, portalOrigin, onWillApplySuggestion }),
-      ClearPlugin(),
       RunnerPlugin({ handler: this.runOnChangeAndRunQuery }),
+      NewlinePlugin(),
+      ClearPlugin(),
       SelectionShortcutsPlugin(),
       IndentationPlugin(),
       ClipboardPlugin(),
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/newline.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/newline.ts
index d039c7d4961..568a0d8b528 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/newline.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/newline.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function NewlinePlugin(): Plugin {
         return next();
       }
 
-      if (keyEvent.key === 'Enter' && keyEvent.shiftKey) {
+      if (keyEvent.key === 'Enter') {
         keyEvent.preventDefault();
 
         const { startBlock } = value;
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/runner.test.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/runner.test.tsx
index e572ba2dc01..6041d1bc5d5 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/runner.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/runner.test.tsx
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ describe('runner', () => {
   const mockHandler = jest.fn();
   const handler = RunnerPlugin({ handler: mockHandler }).onKeyDown!;
 
-  it('should execute query when enter is pressed and there are no suggestions visible', () => {
+  it('should execute query when enter with shift is pressed', () => {
     const value = Plain.deserialize('');
     const editor = shallow<Editor>(<Editor value={value} />);
-    handler({ key: 'Enter', preventDefault: () => {} } as KeyboardEvent, editor.instance() as any, () => {});
+    handler(
+      { key: 'Enter', shiftKey: true, preventDefault: () => {} } as KeyboardEvent,
+      editor.instance() as any,
+      () => {}
+    );
     expect(mockHandler).toBeCalled();
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/runner.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/runner.ts
index e00ee25b756..a326af8d252 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/runner.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ export function RunnerPlugin({ handler }: any): Plugin {
       const keyEvent = event as KeyboardEvent;
 
       // Handle enter
-      if (handler && keyEvent.key === 'Enter' && !keyEvent.shiftKey) {
+      if (handler && keyEvent.key === 'Enter' && (keyEvent.shiftKey || keyEvent.ctrlKey)) {
         // Submit on Enter
         keyEvent.preventDefault();
         handler(keyEvent);
-        return true;
+        return editor;
       }
 
       return next();
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/suggestions.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/suggestions.tsx
index c11b6ffde95..21d18bf4e70 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/suggestions.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/suggestions.tsx
@@ -97,7 +97,15 @@ export function SuggestionsPlugin({
 
           break;
 
-        case 'Enter':
+        case 'Enter': {
+          if (!(keyEvent.shiftKey || keyEvent.ctrlKey) && hasSuggestions) {
+            keyEvent.preventDefault();
+            return typeaheadRef.insertSuggestion();
+          }
+
+          break;
+        }
+
         case 'Tab': {
           if (hasSuggestions) {
             keyEvent.preventDefault();
@@ -108,7 +116,10 @@ export function SuggestionsPlugin({
         }
 
         default: {
-          handleTypeaheadDebounced(editor, setState, onTypeahead, cleanText);
+          // Don't react on meta keys
+          if (keyEvent.key.length === 1) {
+            handleTypeaheadDebounced(editor, setState, onTypeahead, cleanText);
+          }
           break;
         }
       }
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/components/LogsQueryField.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/components/LogsQueryField.tsx
index a1d36871c50..e047ef0a3e8 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/components/LogsQueryField.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/components/LogsQueryField.tsx
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ export class CloudWatchLogsQueryField extends React.PureComponent<CloudWatchLogs
               onRunQuery={this.props.onRunQuery}
               onTypeahead={this.onTypeahead}
               cleanText={cleanText}
-              placeholder="Enter a CloudWatch Logs Insights query"
+              placeholder="Enter a CloudWatch Logs Insights query (run with Shift+Enter)"
               portalOrigin="cloudwatch"
               syntaxLoaded={syntaxLoaded}
               disabled={loadingLogGroups || selectedLogGroups.length === 0}
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/components/ElasticsearchQueryField.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/components/ElasticsearchQueryField.tsx
index aca6286dc54..7e91393cfeb 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/components/ElasticsearchQueryField.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/components/ElasticsearchQueryField.tsx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class ElasticsearchQueryField extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
               query={query.query}
               onChange={this.onChangeQuery}
               onRunQuery={this.props.onRunQuery}
-              placeholder="Enter a Lucene query"
+              placeholder="Enter a Lucene query (run with Shift+Enter)"
               portalOrigin="elasticsearch"
               syntaxLoaded={syntaxLoaded}
             />
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/editor/query_field.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/editor/query_field.tsx
index fd05ef7172f..7e27238f809 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/editor/query_field.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/editor/query_field.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class QueryField extends React.Component<any, any> {
       labelKeys: {},
       labelValues: {},
       suggestions: [],
-      typeaheadIndex: 0,
+      typeaheadIndex: null,
       typeaheadPrefix: '',
       value: getInitialValue(props.initialQuery || ''),
     };
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ class QueryField extends React.Component<any, any> {
 
       case 'Tab':
       case 'Enter': {
-        if (this.menuEl) {
+        if (this.menuEl && typeaheadIndex !== null) {
           // Dont blur input
           keyboardEvent.preventDefault();
-          if (!suggestions || !suggestions.length) {
+          if (!suggestions || !suggestions.length || keyboardEvent.shiftKey || keyboardEvent.ctrlKey) {
             return next();
           }
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class QueryField extends React.Component<any, any> {
         if (this.menuEl) {
           // Select next suggestion
           keyboardEvent.preventDefault();
-          this.setState({ typeaheadIndex: typeaheadIndex + 1 });
+          this.setState({ typeaheadIndex: (typeaheadIndex || 0) + 1 });
         }
         break;
       }
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class QueryField extends React.Component<any, any> {
         if (this.menuEl) {
           // Select previous suggestion
           keyboardEvent.preventDefault();
-          this.setState({ typeaheadIndex: Math.max(0, typeaheadIndex - 1) });
+          this.setState({ typeaheadIndex: Math.max(0, (typeaheadIndex || 0) - 1) });
         }
         break;
       }
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class QueryField extends React.Component<any, any> {
     this.setState(
       {
         suggestions: [],
-        typeaheadIndex: 0,
+        typeaheadIndex: null,
         typeaheadPrefix: '',
         typeaheadContext: null,
       },
@@ -298,19 +298,20 @@ class QueryField extends React.Component<any, any> {
 
   renderMenu = () => {
     const { portalPrefix } = this.props;
-    const { suggestions } = this.state;
+    const { suggestions, typeaheadIndex } = this.state;
     const hasSuggesstions = suggestions && suggestions.length > 0;
     if (!hasSuggesstions) {
       return null;
     }
 
     // Guard selectedIndex to be within the length of the suggestions
-    let selectedIndex = Math.max(this.state.typeaheadIndex, 0);
+    let selectedIndex = Math.max(typeaheadIndex, 0);
     const flattenedSuggestions = flattenSuggestions(suggestions);
     selectedIndex = selectedIndex % flattenedSuggestions.length || 0;
-    const selectedKeys = (flattenedSuggestions.length > 0 ? [flattenedSuggestions[selectedIndex]] : []).map(i =>
-      typeof i === 'object' ? i.text : i
-    );
+    const selectedKeys = (typeaheadIndex !== null && flattenedSuggestions.length > 0
+      ? [flattenedSuggestions[selectedIndex]]
+      : []
+    ).map(i => (typeof i === 'object' ? i.text : i));
 
     // Create typeahead in DOM root so we can later position it absolutely
     return (
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/partials/query.editor.html b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/partials/query.editor.html
index 9f62c8470f7..35b154c51b6 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/partials/query.editor.html
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-azure-monitor-datasource/partials/query.editor.html
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
           <button class="btn btn-primary width-10" ng-click="ctrl.refresh()">Run</button>
         </div>
         <div class="gf-form">
-          <label class="gf-form-label">(New Line: Shift+Enter, Run Query: Enter, Trigger Suggestion: Ctrl+Space)</label>
+          <label class="gf-form-label">(Run Query: Shift+Enter, Trigger Suggestion: Ctrl+Space)</label>
         </div>
         <div class="gf-form gf-form--grow">
           <div class="gf-form-label gf-form-label--grow"></div>
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiQueryFieldForm.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiQueryFieldForm.tsx
index 878ce7541df..755bbbd0d14 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiQueryFieldForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiQueryFieldForm.tsx
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export class LokiQueryFieldForm extends React.PureComponent<LokiQueryFieldFormPr
               onChange={this.onChangeQuery}
               onBlur={this.props.onBlur}
               onRunQuery={this.props.onRunQuery}
-              placeholder="Enter a Loki query"
+              placeholder="Enter a Loki query (run with Shift+Enter)"
               portalOrigin="loki"
               syntaxLoaded={syntaxLoaded}
             />
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/PromQueryField.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/PromQueryField.tsx
index 0b25385c068..f56686f96da 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/PromQueryField.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/PromQueryField.tsx
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ class PromQueryField extends React.PureComponent<PromQueryFieldProps, PromQueryF
               onBlur={this.props.onBlur}
               onChange={this.onChangeQuery}
               onRunQuery={this.props.onRunQuery}
-              placeholder="Enter a PromQL query"
+              placeholder="Enter a PromQL query (run with Shift+Enter)"
               portalOrigin="prometheus"
               syntaxLoaded={syntaxLoaded}
             />