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.
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.
The following sections list some of the available keyboard shortcuts, organized by the pages where you can use them on GitHub.
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. |
| Option+↑ (Mac) or Alt+↑ (Windows/Linux) | Move focus from an element to its hovercard |
| 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 Pull requests. |
| G A | Go to the Actions tab. For more information, see Writing workflows. |
| G W | Go to the Wiki tab. For more information, see About wikis. |
| G G | Go to the Discussions tab. For more information, see About discussions. |
| G S | Go to the repository's Security tab. For more information, see GitHub security features. |
Source code editing
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Command+B (Mac) or Ctrl+B (Windows/Linux) | Inserts Markdown formatting for bolding text |
| Command+E (Mac) or Ctrl+E (Windows/Linux) | Inserts Markdown formatting for a code one-liner. The browser's default behavior is used for other file types |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |