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Keyboard shortcuts

Nearly every page on GitHub has a keyboard shortcut to perform actions faster.

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 GitHub Command Palette also gives you quick access to a wide range of actions, without the need to remember keyboard shortcuts. For more information, see "GitHub Command Palette."

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 shortcutDescription
S or /Focus the search bar. For more information, see "About searching on GitHub."
G NGo to your notifications. For more information, see "About notifications."
Option+ (Mac) or
Alt+ (Windows/Linux)
Move focus from an element to its hovercard
EscWhen focused on a user, issue, or pull request hovercard, closes the hovercard and refocuses on the element the hovercard is in

Repositories

Keyboard shortcutDescription
G CGo to the Code tab
G IGo to the Issues tab. For more information, see "About issues."
G PGo to the Pull requests tab. For more information, see "About pull requests."
G AGo to the Actions tab. For more information, see "Writing workflows."
G WGo to the Wiki tab. For more information, see "About wikis."
G GGo to the Discussions tab. For more information, see "About discussions."

Source code editing

Keyboard shortcutDescription
.Opens a repository or pull request in the github.dev editor, in the same browser tab. You must be signed in to use the editor. For more information, see "The github.dev web-based editor."
>Opens a repository or pull request in the github.dev editor, in a new browser tab. You must be signed in to use the editor. For more information, see "The github.dev web-based editor."
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
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
EOpen 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+GJump to line
Command+Z (Mac) or
Ctrl+Z (Windows/Linux)
Undo
Command+Y (Mac) or
Ctrl+Y (Windows/Linux)
Redo
Command+Shift+PToggles 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 shortcutDescription
tActivates the file finder
lJump to a line in your code
wSwitch to a new branch or tag
yExpand a URL to its canonical form. For more information, see "Getting permanent links to files."
iShow or hide comments on diffs. For more information, see "Commenting on a pull request."
aShow or hide annotations on diffs
bOpen blame view. For more information, see "Viewing a file."

If you view a code file in a repository using the Code view and click on any line in the file, you will see a cursor. You can then navigate within the content of the file, also known as a blob (binary large object), using keyboard shortcuts.

Keyboard shortcutDescription
Shift+JHighlights the line that is currently selected by the cursor within the code file
Shift+Option+C (Mac) or
Shift+Alt+C (Windows/Linux)
If a line of code is currently selected, this shortcut opens the line menu for that line, appearing under to the left of the line
Command+Enter (Mac) or
Control+Enter (Windows/Linux)
Highlights the code symbol currently selected by the cursor and all other occurrences of the symbol in the code, and shows the symbol in the symbols pane

Comments

Keyboard shortcutDescription
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
Command+K (Mac) or
Ctrl+K (Windows/Linux)
Inserts Markdown formatting for creating a link
Command+V (Mac) or
Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux)
Creates a Markdown link when applied over highlighted text
Command+Shift+P (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux)
Toggles between the Write and Preview comment tabs
Command+Shift+V (Mac) or
Ctrl+Shift+V (Windows/Linux)
Pastes HTML link as plain text
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
Command+G (Mac) or
Ctrl+G (Windows/Linux)
Insert a suggestion. For more information, see "Reviewing proposed changes in a pull request."
RQuote the selected text in your reply. For more information, see "Basic writing and formatting syntax."

Issue and pull request lists

Keyboard shortcutDescription
CCreate 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."
UFilter by author
LFilter by or edit labels. For more information, see "Filtering and searching issues and pull requests."
Alt and clickWhile filtering by labels, exclude labels. For more information, see "Filtering and searching issues and pull requests."
MFilter by or edit milestones. For more information, see "Filtering issues and pull requests by milestone."
AFilter by or edit assignee. For more information, see "Filtering and searching issues and pull requests."
O or EnterOpen issue

Issues and pull requests

Keyboard shortcutDescription
QRequest a reviewer. For more information, see "Requesting a pull request review."
MSet a milestone. For more information, see "Associating milestones with issues and pull requests."
LApply a label. For more information, see "Managing labels."
ASet an assignee. For more information, see "Assigning issues and pull requests to other GitHub users."
XLink 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
Alt and clickWhen creating an issue from a task list, open the new issue form in the current tab by holding Alt and clicking the in the upper-right corner of the task. For more information, see "About task lists."
Shift and clickWhen creating an issue from a task list, open the new issue form in a new tab by holding Shift and clicking the 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 in the upper-right corner of the task. For more information, see "About task lists."
Option+Shift+c (Mac) or
Alt+Shift+c (Windows/Linux)
Create a new sub-issue. See "Adding sub-issues."
Option, Shift+a (Mac) or
Alt+Shift+a (Windows/Linux)
Add an existing issue as sub-issue. See "Adding sub-issues."
Option+Shift+p (Mac) or
Alt+Shift+p (Windows/Linux)
Edit parent issue.

"Files changed" tab in pull requests

Keyboard shortcutDescription
COpen the Commits dropdown menu to filter which commits are shown in the diffs
TMove 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 clickComment 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."

Projects

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

Manipulating a project

Keyboard shortcutDescription
EnterToggle edit mode for the focused cell
EscapeCancel editing for the focused cell
Command+Shift+\ (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+\ (Windows/Linux)Open row actions menu
Shift+SpaceSelect item
Shift+Add cell or card below to selection
Shift+Add cell or card above to selection
SpaceOpen selected item
eArchive selected items

Moving cards on the board layout

Keyboard shortcutDescription
Enter or Shift+SpaceStart moving the selected card(s)
EscCancel the move in progress
EnterComplete the move in progress
Move a single card down
Command+ or
Ctrl+ (Windows/Linux)
Move a single card to the bottom of the column
Move a single card up
Command+ (Mac) or
Ctrl+ (Windows/Linux)
Move a single card to the top of the column
Move card(s) left
Command+ (Mac) or
Ctrl+ (Windows/Linux)
Move card(s) to the leftmost column
Move card(s) right
Command+ (Mac) or
Ctrl+ (Windows/Linux)
Move card(s) to the rightmost column

GitHub Actions

Keyboard shortcutDescription
Command+Space (Mac) or
Ctrl+Space (Windows/Linux)
In the workflow editor, get suggestions for your workflow file.
G FGo to the workflow file
Shift+T or TToggle timestamps in logs
Shift+F or FToggle full-screen logs
EscExit full-screen logs

Notifications

Keyboard shortcutDescription
EMark as done
Shift+UMark as unread
Shift+IMark as read
Shift+MUnsubscribe

Network graph

Keyboard shortcutDescription
or HScroll left
or LScroll right
or KScroll up
or JScroll 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