Keyboard Shortcuts

Site wide shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
S	Focus the search bar
G N	Go to your notifications
H	Opens and focuses on a user, issue, or pull request hovercard
Esc	When focused on above, closes hovercard

Repositories

Shortcut	Action
G C	Go to the Code tab
G I	Go to the Issues tab
G P	Go to the Pull requests tab
G B	Go to the Projects tab
G W	Go to the Wiki tab

Source code editing

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl F	Start searching in file editor
Ctrl G	Find next
Ctrl Shift G	Find previous
Ctrl Shift F	Replace
Ctrl Shift R	Replace all
Alt G	Jump to line
Ctrl Z	Undo
Ctrl Y	Redo

Source code browsing

Shortcut	Action
T	Activates the file finder
L	Jump to a line in your code
W	Switch to a new branch or tag
Y	Expand a URL to its canonical form
I	Show or hide comments on diffs
B	Open blame view

Comments

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl B	Inserts Markdown formatting for bolding text
Ctrl I	Inserts Markdown formatting for italicizing text
Ctrl K	Inserts Markdown formatting for creating a link
Ctrl Shift P	Toggles between the Write and Preview comment tabs
Ctrl Enter	Submits a comment
Ctrl .	Opens saved replies menu and then autofills comment field with a saved reply
Ctrl G	Inserts a suggestions
R	Quote the selected text in your reply

Issue and pull request lists

Shortcut	Action
C	Create an issue
Ctrl /	Focus your cursor on the issues or pull requests search bar
U	Filter by author
L	Filter by or edit labels
M	Filter by or edit milestones
A	Filter by or edit assignee
O	Open issue

Issues and pull requests

Shortcut	Action
Q	Request a reviewer
M	Set a milestone
L	Apply a label
A	Set an assignee

Changes in pull requests

Shortcut	Action
C	Open the list of commits in the pull request
T	Open the list of changed files in the pull request
J	Move selection down in the list
K	Move selection up in the list
Ctrl Shift Enter	Add a single comment on a pull request diff
Alt (click)	Toggle between collapsing and expanding all outdated review comments in a pull request

Project boards

Shortcut	Action
Enter/Space	Start moving the focused column
Esc	Cancel the move in progress
Enter	Complete the move in progress
Left/H	Move column to the left
Ctrl Left/H	Move column to the leftmost position
Right/L	Move column to the right
Ctrl Right/L	Move column to the rightmost position
Enter/Space	Start moving the focused card
Esc	Cancel the move in progress
Enter	Complete the move in progress
Down/J	Move card down
Ctrl Down/J	Move card to the bottom of the column
Up/K	Move card up
Ctrl Up/K	Move card to the top of the column
Left/H	Move card to the bottom of the column on the left
Shift Left/H	Move card to the top of the column on the left
Ctrl Left/H	Move card to the bottom of the leftmost column
Ctrl Shift Left/H	Move card to the top of the leftmost column
Right	Move card to the bottom of the column on the right
Shift Right/L	Move card to the top of the column on the right
Ctrl Right/L	Move card to the bottom of the rightmost column
Ctrl Shift Right/L	Move card to the top of the rightmost column

Notifications

Shortcut	Action
E/L/Y	Mark as read
Shift M	Mute thread

Network graph

Shortcut	Action
Left/H	Scroll left
Right/L	Scroll right
Up/K	Scroll up
Down/J	Scroll down
Shift Left/H	Scroll all the way left
Shift Right/L	Scroll all the way right
Shift Up/K	Scroll all the way up
Shift Down/J	Scroll all the way down

Also see

• Keyboard shortcuts for Github (help.github.com)