About keyboard shortcuts
Typing ? on GitHub 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.
Below is a list of some of the available keyboard shortcuts.
Site wide shortcuts
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| S or / | Focus the search bar. For more information, see "About searching on GitHub." |
| 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 |
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." |
| G A | Go to the Actions tab. For more information, see "About Actions." |
| 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." |
Source code editing
| 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+K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows/Linux) | Inserts Markdown formatting for creating a link |
| 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+ |