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# GitLab keyboard shortcuts **(FREE)**
GitLab has several keyboard shortcuts you can use to access its different
features.
To display a window in GitLab that lists its keyboard shortcuts, use one of the
following methods:
- Press ?.
- In the Help menu in the top right of the application, select **Keyboard shortcuts**.
Although [global shortcuts](#global-shortcuts) work from any area of GitLab,
you must be in specific pages for the other shortcuts to be available, as
explained in each section.
## Global shortcuts
These shortcuts are available in most areas of GitLab:
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---------------------------------|-------------|
| ? | Show or hide the 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](project/merge_requests/index.md) page. |
| Shift + t | Go to your To-Do List page. |
| p then b | Show or hide the Performance Bar. |
| g then x | Toggle between [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/) and [GitLab Next](https://next.gitlab.com/) (GitLab SaaS only). |
| . | Open the [Web IDE](project/web_ide/index.md). |
Additionally, the following shortcuts are available when editing text in text
fields (for example, comments, replies, issue descriptions, and merge request
descriptions):
| macOS shortcut | Windows 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. |
| Command + Shift + p | Control + Shift + p | Toggle Markdown preview when editing text in a text field that has **Write** and **Preview** tabs at the top. |
| Command + b | Control + b | Bold the selected text (surround it with `**`). |
| Command + i | Control + i | Italicize the selected text (surround it with `_`). |
| Command + Shift + s | Control + Shift + s | Strike through the selected text (surround it with `~~`). |
| Command + k | Control + k | Add a link (surround the selected text with `[]()`). |
The shortcuts for editing in text fields are always enabled, even if other
keyboard shortcuts are disabled.
## Project
These shortcuts are available from any page in 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**, select **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**, select **New Issue** ). |
| g + b | Go to the project issue boards list (**Issues > Boards**). |
| g + m | Go to the project [merge requests](project/merge_requests/index.md) list (**Merge Requests**). |
| g + j | Go to the CI/CD jobs list (**CI/CD > Jobs**). |
| g + l | Go to the project metrics (**Monitor > Metrics**). |
| g + e | Go to the project environments (**Deployments > Environments**). |
| g + k | Go to the project Kubernetes cluster integration page (**Infrastructure > Kubernetes clusters**). 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](project/wiki/index.md) (**Wiki**), if enabled. |
### Issues and merge requests
These shortcuts are available when viewing issues and [merge requests](project/merge_requests/index.md):
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|------------------------------|-------------|
| e | Edit description. |
| a | Change assignee. |
| m | Change milestone. |
| l | Change label. |
| r | Start writing a comment. Pre-selected text is quoted in the comment. Can't be used to reply in 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). |
| . | Open the [Web IDE](project/web_ide/index.md). |
### Project files
These shortcuts are available when browsing the files in a project (go to
**Repository > Files**):
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|-------------------|-------------|
| ↑ | Move selection up. |
| ↓ | Move selection down. |
| Enter | Open selection. |
| Escape | Go back to file list screen (only while searching for files, **Repository > Files**, then select **Find File**). |
| y | Go to file permalink (only while viewing a file). |
| . | Open the [Web IDE](project/web_ide/index.md). |
### Web IDE
These shortcuts are available when editing a file with the [Web IDE](project/web_ide/index.md):
| macOS shortcut | Windows shortcut | Description |
|---------------------------------|---------------------|-------------|
| Command + p | Control + p | Search for, and then open another file for editing. |
| Command + Enter | Control + Enter | Commit (when editing the commit message). |
### Repository graph
These shortcuts are available when viewing the project [repository graph](project/repository/index.md#repository-history-graph)
page (go 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. |
### Content editor
These shortcuts are available when editing a file with the
[Content Editor](https://about.gitlab.com/direction/create/editor/content_editor/):
| macOS shortcut | Windows shortcut | Description |
|----------------|------------------|-------------|
| Command + C | Control + C | Copy |
| Command + X | Control + X | Cut |
| Command + V | Control + V | Paste |
| Command + Shift + V | Control + Shift + V | Paste without formatting |
| Command + Z | Control + Z | Undo |
| Command + Shift + V | Control + Shift + V | Redo |
| Shift + Enter | Shift + Enter | Add a line break |
#### Formatting
| macOS shortcut | Windows/Linux shortcut | Description |
|----------------|------------------------|-------------|
| Command + b | Control + b | Bold |
| Command + i | Control + i | Italic |
| Command + Shift + x | Control + Shift + x | Strikethrough |
| Command + e | Control + e | Code |
| Command + Alt + 0 | Control + Alt + 0 | Apply normal text style |
| Command + Alt + 1 | Control + Alt + 1 | Apply heading style 1 |
| Command + Alt + 2 | Control + Alt + 2 | Apply heading style 2 |
| Command + Alt + 3 | Control + Alt + 3 | Apply heading style 3 |
| Command + Alt + 4 | Control + Alt + 4 | Apply heading style 4 |
| Command + Alt + 5 | Control + Alt + 5 | Apply heading style 5 |
| Command + Alt + 6 | Control + Alt + 6 | Apply heading style 6 |
| Command + Shift + 7 | Control + Shift + 7 | Ordered list |
| Command + Shift + 8 | Control + Shift + 8 | Bullet list |
| Command + Shift + 9 | Control + Shift + 9 | Task list |
| Command + Shift + b | Control + Shift + b | Blockquote |
| Command + Alt + c | Control + Shift + c | Code block |
| Command + , | Control + , | Subscript |
| Command + . | Control + . | Superscript |
| Tab | Tab | Indent list |
| Shift + Tab | Shift + Tab | Outdent list |
#### Text selection
| macOS shortcut | Windows shortcut | Description |
|----------------|------------------|-------------|
| Command + a | Control + a | Select all |
| Shift + ← | Shift + ← | Extend selection one character to left |
| Shift + → | Shift + → | Extend selection one character to right |
| Shift + ↑ | Shift + ↑ | Extend selection one line up |
| Shift + ↓ | Shift + ↓ | Extend selection one line down |
| Command + Shift + ↑ | Control + Shift + ↑ | Extend selection to the beginning of the document |
| Command + Shift + ↓ | Control + Shift + ↓ | Extend selection to the end of the document |
### Filtered search
These shortcuts are available when using a [filtered search input](search/index.md):
| macOS shortcut | Windows shortcut | Description |
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------|
| Command | Delete | Clear entire search filter. |
| Option | Control + Delete | Clear one token at a time. |
## Epics **(PREMIUM)**
These shortcuts are available when viewing [epics](group/epics/index.md):
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|-------------------|-------------|
| r | Start writing a comment. Pre-selected text is quoted in the comment. Can't be used to reply in a thread. |
| e | Edit description. |
| l | Change label. |
## Disable keyboard shortcuts
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/22113) in GitLab 12.8.
To disable keyboard shortcuts:
1. While viewing a page that supports keyboard shortcuts, and outside a text box,
press ? to display the list of shortcuts.
1. Select **Toggle shortcuts**.