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Keyboard shortcuts Nearly every page on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} has a keyboard shortcut to perform actions faster.
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About keyboard shortcuts

Typing ? on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} brings up a dialog box that lists the keyboard shortcuts available for that page. You can use these keyboard shortcuts to perform actions across the site without using your mouse to navigate.

{% ifversion keyboard-shortcut-accessibility-setting %} You can disable character key shortcuts, while still allowing shortcuts that use modifier keys, in your accessibility settings. For more information, see "Managing accessibility settings."{% endif %}

{% ifversion command-palette %} The {% data variables.product.prodname_command_palette %} also gives you quick access to a wide range of actions, without the need to remember keyboard shortcuts. For more information, see "{% data variables.product.prodname_command_palette %}."{% endif %}

The following sections list some of the available keyboard shortcuts, organized by the pages where you can use them on {% data variables.location.product_location %}.

Site wide shortcuts

Keyboard shortcut Description
S or / Focus the search bar. For more information, see "About searching on {% data variables.product.company_short %}."
G N Go to your notifications. For more information, see "About notifications."
Esc When focused on a user, issue, or pull request hovercard, closes the hovercard and refocuses on the element the hovercard is in
{% ifversion command-palette %} Command+K (Mac) or
Ctrl+K (Windows/Linux)

Repositories

Keyboard shortcut Description
G C Go to the Code tab
G I Go to the Issues tab. For more information, see "About issues."
G P Go to the Pull requests tab. For more information, see "About pull requests."{% ifversion fpt or ghes or ghec %}
G A Go to the Actions tab. For more information, see "About Actions."{% endif %}
G B Go to the Projects tab. For more information, see "About project boards."
G W Go to the Wiki tab. For more information, see "About wikis."{% ifversion discussions %}
G G Go to the Discussions tab. For more information, see "About discussions."{% endif %}

Source code editing

| Keyboard shortcut | Description |-----------|------------{% ifversion fpt or ghec %} |. | Opens a repository or pull request in the {% data variables.codespaces.serverless %} editor, in the same browser tab. You must be signed in to use the editor. For more information, see "The {% data variables.codespaces.serverless %} web-based editor." |> | Opens a repository or pull request in the {% data variables.codespaces.serverless %} editor, in a new browser tab. You must be signed in to use the editor. For more information, see "The {% data variables.codespaces.serverless %} web-based editor."{% endif %} |Command+B (Mac) or
Ctrl+B (Windows/Linux) | Inserts Markdown formatting for bolding text |Command+I (Mac) or
Ctrl+I (Windows/Linux) | Inserts Markdown formatting for italicizing text |Command+K (Mac) or
Ctrl+K (Windows/Linux) | Inserts Markdown formatting for creating a link{% ifversion fpt or ghec or ghae or ghes > 3.3 %} |Command+Shift+7 (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+7 (Windows/Linux) | Inserts Markdown formatting for an ordered list |Command+Shift+8 (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+8 (Windows/Linux) | Inserts Markdown formatting for an unordered list |Command+Shift+. (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+. (Windows/Linux) | Inserts Markdown formatting for a quote{% endif %} |E | Open source code file in the Edit file tab |Command+F (Mac) or
Ctrl+F (Windows/Linux) | Start searching in file editor |Command+G (Mac) or
Ctrl+G (Windows/Linux) | Find next |Command+Shift+G (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+G (Windows/Linux) | Find previous |Command+Option+F (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+F (Windows/Linux) | Replace |Command+Shift+Option+F (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+R (Windows/Linux) | Replace all |Alt+G | Jump to line |Command+Z (Mac) or
Ctrl+Z (Windows/Linux) | Undo |Command+Y (Mac) or
Ctrl+Y (Windows/Linux) | Redo |Command+Shift+P | Toggles between the Edit file and Preview changes tabs |Command+S (Mac) or
Ctrl+S (Windows/Linux) | Write a commit message

For more keyboard shortcuts, see the CodeMirror documentation.

Source code browsing

Keyboard shortcut Description
T Activates the file finder
L Jump to a line in your code
W Switch to a new branch or tag
Y Expand a URL to its canonical form. For more information, see "Getting permanent links to files."
I Show or hide comments on diffs. For more information, see "Commenting on the diff of a pull request."
A Show or hide annotations on diffs
B Open blame view. For more information, see "Tracing changes in a file."

Comments

Keyboard shortcut Description
Command+B (Mac) or
Ctrl+B (Windows/Linux)
Inserts Markdown formatting for bolding text
Command+I (Mac) or
Ctrl+I (Windows/Linux)
Inserts Markdown formatting for italicizing text
Command+E (Mac) or
Ctrl+E (Windows/Linux)
Inserts Markdown formatting for code or a command within a line{% ifversion fpt or ghae > 3.3 or ghes or ghec %}
Command+K (Mac) or
Ctrl+K (Windows/Linux)
Inserts Markdown formatting for creating a link{% endif %}{% ifversion fpt or ghae > 3.5 or ghes > 3.5 or ghec %}
Command+V (Mac) or
Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux)
Creates a Markdown link when applied over highlighted text{% endif %}
Command+Shift+P (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux)
Toggles between the Write and Preview comment tabs{% ifversion fpt or ghae or ghes > 3.4 or ghec %}
Command+Shift+V (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+V (Windows/Linux)
Pastes HTML link as plain text{% endif %}
Command+Shift+Option+V (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+V (Windows/Linux)
Pastes HTML link as plain text
Command+Shift+7 (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+7 (Windows/Linux)
Inserts Markdown formatting for an ordered list
Command+Shift+8 (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+8 (Windows/Linux)
Inserts Markdown formatting for an unordered list
Command+Enter (Mac) or
Ctrl+Enter (Windows/Linux)
Submits a comment
Ctrl+. and then Ctrl+[saved reply number] Opens saved replies menu and then autofills comment field with a saved reply. For more information, see "About saved replies."
Command+Shift+. (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+. (Windows/Linux)
Inserts Markdown formatting for a quote{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}
Command+G (Mac) or
Ctrl+G (Windows/Linux)
Insert a suggestion. For more information, see "Reviewing proposed changes in a pull request."
R Quote the selected text in your reply. For more information, see "Basic writing and formatting syntax."

Issue and pull request lists

Keyboard shortcut Description
C Create an issue
Command+/ (Mac) or
Ctrl+/ (Windows/Linux)
Focus your cursor on the issues or pull requests search bar. For more information, see "Filtering and searching issues and pull requests."
U Filter by author
L Filter by or edit labels. For more information, see "Filtering issues and pull requests by labels."
Alt and click While filtering by labels, exclude labels. For more information, see "Filtering issues and pull requests by labels."
M Filter by or edit milestones. For more information, see "Filtering issues and pull requests by milestone."
A Filter by or edit assignee. For more information, see "Filtering issues and pull requests by assignees."
O or Enter Open issue

Issues and pull requests

Keyboard shortcut Description
Q Request a reviewer. For more information, see "Requesting a pull request review."
M Set a milestone. For more information, see "Associating milestones with issues and pull requests."
L Apply a label. For more information, see "Applying labels to issues and pull requests."
A Set an assignee. For more information, see "Assigning issues and pull requests to other {% data variables.product.company_short %} users."
X Link an issue or pull request from the same repository. For more information, see "Linking a pull request to an issue."
Command+Shift+P (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux)
Toggles between the Write and Preview tabs{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}
Alt and click When creating an issue from a task list, open the new issue form in the current tab by holding Alt and clicking the {% octicon "issue-opened" aria-label="The issue opened icon" %} in the upper-right corner of the task. For more information, see "About task lists."
Shift and click When creating an issue from a task list, open the new issue form in a new tab by holding Shift and clicking the {% octicon "issue-opened" aria-label="The issue opened icon" %} in the upper-right corner of the task. For more information, see "About task lists."
Command and click (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift and click (Windows/Linux)
When creating an issue from a task list, open the new issue form in the new window by holding Command or Ctrl+Shift and clicking the {% octicon "issue-opened" aria-label="The issue opened icon" %} in the upper-right corner of the task. For more information, see "About task lists."{% endif %}

"Files changed" tab in pull requests

Keyboard shortcut Description
C Open the Commits dropdown menu to filter which commits are shown in the diffs
T Move your cursor to the "Filter changed files" field
Command+Shift+Enter (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+Enter (Windows/Linux) Submit a review comment
Option and click (Mac) or Alt and click (Windows/Linux) Toggle between collapsing and expanding all outdated or resolved review comments in a pull request (for example, by holding down Alt and clicking Show outdated or Hide outdated)
Click, then Shift and click Comment on multiple lines of a pull request by clicking a line number, holding Shift, then clicking another line number. For more information, see "Commenting on a pull request."

{% ifversion projects-v2 %}

{% data variables.projects.projects_v2_caps %}

Navigating a project

Keyboard shortcut Description
Command+f (Mac) or Ctrl+f (Windows/Linux) Focus filter field
Move cell focus to the left
Move cell focus to the right
Move cell focus up
Move cell focus down

Manipulating a project

Keyboard shortcut Description
Enter Toggle edit mode for the focused cell
Escape Cancel editing for the focused cell
Command+Shift+</kbd> (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+</kbd> (Windows/Linux) Open row actions menu
Shift+Space Select item
Space Open selected item
e Archive selected items

{% endif %}

{% data variables.product.prodname_projects_v1_caps %}

Moving a column

Keyboard shortcut Description
Enter or Space Start moving the focused column
Esc Cancel the move in progress
Enter Complete the move in progress
or H Move column to the left
Command+ or Command+H (Mac) or
Ctrl+ or Ctrl+H (Windows/Linux)
Move column to the leftmost position
or L Move column to the right
Command+ or Command+L (Mac) or
Ctrl+ or Ctrl+L (Windows/Linux)
Move column to the rightmost position

Moving a card

Keyboard shortcut Description
Enter or Space Start moving the focused card
Esc Cancel the move in progress
Enter Complete the move in progress
or J Move card down
Command+ or Command+J (Mac) or
Ctrl+ or Ctrl+J (Windows/Linux)
Move card to the bottom of the column
or K Move card up
Command+ or Command+K (Mac) or
Ctrl+ or Ctrl+K (Windows/Linux)
Move card to the top of the column
or H Move card to the bottom of the column on the left
Shift+ or Shift+H Move card to the top of the column on the left
Command+ or Command+H (Mac) or
Ctrl+ or Ctrl+H (Windows/Linux)
Move card to the bottom of the leftmost column
Command+Shift+ or Command+Shift+H (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+ or Ctrl+Shift+H (Windows/Linux)
Move card to the top of the leftmost column
Move card to the bottom of the column on the right
Shift+ or Shift+L Move card to the top of the column on the right
Command+ or Command+L (Mac) or
Ctrl+ or Ctrl+L (Windows/Linux)
Move card to the bottom of the rightmost column
Command+Shift+ or Command+Shift+L (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+ or Ctrl+Shift+L (Windows/Linux)
Move card to the bottom of the rightmost column

Previewing a card

Keyboard shortcut Description
Esc Close the card preview pane

{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}

{% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}

Keyboard shortcut Description
Command+Space (Mac) or
Ctrl+Space (Windows/Linux)
In the workflow editor, get suggestions for your workflow file.
G F Go to the workflow file
Shift+T or T Toggle timestamps in logs
Shift+F or F Toggle full-screen logs
Esc Exit full-screen logs

{% endif %}

Notifications

Keyboard shortcut Description
E Mark as done
Shift+U Mark as unread
Shift+I Mark as read
Shift+M Unsubscribe

Network graph

Keyboard shortcut Description
or H Scroll left
or L Scroll right
or K Scroll up
or J Scroll down
Shift+ (Mac) or
Shift+H (Windows/Linux)
Scroll all the way left
Shift+ (Mac) or
Shift+L (Windows/Linux)
Scroll all the way right
Shift+ (Mac) or
Shift+K (Windows/Linux)
Scroll all the way up
Shift+ (Mac) or
Shift+J (Windows/Linux)
Scroll all the way down