--- stage: none group: unassigned info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments type: reference disqus_identifier: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/workflow/shortcuts.html' --- # GitLab keyboard shortcuts GitLab has many useful keyboard shortcuts to make it easier to access different features. You can see a modal listing keyboard shortcuts within GitLab itself by pressing ?, or clicking **Keyboard shortcuts** in the Help menu at the top right. In [GitLab 12.8 and later](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/22113), keyboard shortcuts can be disabled using the **Enable**/**Disable** toggle in this modal window. The [Global Shortcuts](#global-shortcuts) work from any area of GitLab, but you must be in specific pages for the other shortcuts to be available, as explained in each section below. ## Global Shortcuts These shortcuts are available in most areas of GitLab | Keyboard Shortcut | Description | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | | ? | Show/hide shortcut reference sheet. | | Shift + p | Go to your Projects page. | | Shift + g | Go to your Groups page. | | Shift + a | Go to your Activity page. | | Shift + l | Go to your Milestones page. | | Shift + s | Go to your Snippets page. | | s / / | Put cursor in the search bar. | | Shift + i | Go to your Issues page. | | Shift + m | Go to your Merge requests page.| | Shift + t | Go to your To-Do List page. | | p + b | Show/hide the Performance Bar. | Additionally, the following shortcuts are available when editing text in text fields, for example comments, replies, issue descriptions, and merge request descriptions: | Keyboard Shortcut | Description | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | | ↑ | Edit your last comment. You must be in a blank text field below a thread, and you must already have at least one comment in the thread. | | ⌘ (Mac) / Ctrl + Shift + p | Toggle Markdown preview, when editing text in a text field that has **Write** and **Preview** tabs at the top. | | ⌘ (Mac) / Ctrl + b | Bold the selected text (surround it with `**`). | | ⌘ (Mac) / Ctrl + i | Italicize the selected text (surround it with `_`). | | ⌘ (Mac) / Ctrl + k | Add a link (surround the selected text with `[]()`). | NOTE: The shortcuts for editing in text fields are always enabled, even when other keyboard shortcuts are disabled as explained above. ## Project These shortcuts are available from any page within a project. You must type them relatively quickly to work, and they take you to another page in the project. | Keyboard Shortcut | Description | | --------------------------- | ----------- | | g + p | Go to the project home page (**Project > Details**). | | g + v | Go to the project activity feed (**Project > Activity**). | | g + r | Go to the project releases list (**Project > Releases**). | | g + f | Go to the [project files](#project-files) list (**Repository > Files**). | | t | Go to the project file search page. (**Repository > Files**, click **Find Files**). | | g + c | Go to the project commits list (**Repository > Commits**). | | g + n | Go to the [repository graph](#repository-graph) page (**Repository > Graph**). | | g + d | Go to repository charts (**Analytics > Repository Analytics**). | | g + i | Go to the project issues list (**Issues > List**). | | i | Go to the New Issue page (**Issues**, click **New Issue** ). | | g + b | Go to the project issue boards list (**Issues > Boards**). | | g + m | Go to the project merge requests list (**Merge Requests**). | | g + j | Go to the CI/CD jobs list (**CI/CD > Jobs**). | | g + l | Go to the project metrics (**Operations > Metrics**). | | g + e | Go to the project environments (**Operations > Environments**). | | g + k | Go to the project Kubernetes cluster integration page (**Operations > Kubernetes**). Note that you must have at least [`maintainer` permissions](permissions.md) to access this page. | | g + s | Go to the project snippets list (**Snippets**). | | g + w | Go to the project wiki (**Wiki**), if enabled. | ### Issues and Merge Requests These shortcuts are available when viewing issues and merge requests. | Keyboard Shortcut | Description | | ---------------------------- | ----------- | | e | Edit description. | | a | Change assignee. | | m | Change milestone. | | l | Change label. | | r | Start writing a comment. If any text is selected, it is quoted in the comment. Can't be used to reply within a thread. | | n | Move to next unresolved discussion (merge requests only). | | p | Move to previous unresolved discussion (merge requests only). | | ] or j | Move to next file (merge requests only). | | [ or k | Move to previous file (merge requests only). | | b | Copy source branch name (merge requests only). | ### Project Files These shortcuts are available when browsing the files in a project (navigate to **Repository** > **Files**): | Keyboard Shortcut | Description | | ----------------- | ----------- | | ↑ | Move selection up. | | ↓ | Move selection down. | | enter | Open selection. | | esc | Go back to file list screen (only while searching for files, **Repository > Files** then click on **Find File**). | | y | Go to file permalink (only while viewing a file). | ### Web IDE These shortcuts are available when editing a file with the [Web IDE](project/web_ide/index.md): | Keyboard Shortcut | Description | | ------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | | ⌘ (Mac) / Ctrl + p | Search for, and then open another file for editing. | | ⌘ (Mac) / Ctrl + Enter | Commit (when editing the commit message). | ### Repository Graph These shortcuts are available when viewing the project [repository graph](project/repository/index.md#repository-graph) page (navigate to **Repository > Graph**): | Keyboard Shortcut | Description | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | | ← or h | Scroll left. | | → or l | Scroll right. | | ↑ or k | Scroll up. | | ↓ or j | Scroll down. | | Shift + ↑ or Shift + k | Scroll to top. | | Shift + ↓ or Shift + j | Scroll to bottom. | ### Wiki pages This shortcut is available when viewing a [wiki page](project/wiki/index.md): | Keyboard Shortcut | Description | | ----------------- | ----------- | | e | Edit wiki page. | ### Filtered Search These shortcuts are available when using a [filtered search input](search/index.md): | Keyboard Shortcut | Description | | ----------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | | ⌘ (Mac) + ⌫ | Clear entire search filter. | | ⌥ (Mac) / Ctrl + ⌫ | Clear one token at a time. | ## Epics **(ULTIMATE)** These shortcuts are available when viewing [Epics](group/epics/index.md): | Keyboard Shortcut | Description | | ----------------- | ----------- | | r | Start writing a comment. If any text is selected, it is quoted in the comment. Can't be used to reply within a thread. | | e | Edit description. | | l | Change label. |