Keyboard shortcuts

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."

Below is a list of some of the available keyboard shortcuts.

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."

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."
esc	When focused on a user, issue, or pull request hovercard, closes the hovercard and refocuses on the element the hovercard is in
controlk or commandk	Opens the GitHub Command Palette. If you are editing Markdown text, open the command palette with Ctlaltk or ⌘optionk. For more information, see "GitHub Command Palette."

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 "About pull requests."
g a	Go to the Actions tab. For more information, see "About Actions."
g b	Go to the Projects tab. For more information, see "About project boards."
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."

Source code editing

Keyboard shortcut	Description
.	Opens a repository or pull request in the web-based editor. For more information, see "Web-based editor."
control b or command b	Inserts Markdown formatting for bolding text
control i or command i	Inserts Markdown formatting for italicizing text
control k or command k	Inserts Markdown formatting for creating a link
control shift 7 or command shift 7	Inserts Markdown formatting for an ordered list
control shift 8 or command shift 8	Inserts Markdown formatting for an unordered list
control shift . or command shift.	Inserts Markdown formatting for a quote
e	Open source code file in the Edit file tab
control f or command f	Start searching in file editor
control g or command g	Find next
control shift g or command shift g	Find previous
control shift f or command option f	Replace
control shift r or command shift option f	Replace all
alt g	Jump to line
control z or command z	Undo
control y or command y	Redo
command shift p	Toggles between the Edit file and Preview changes tabs
control s or command s	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
w	Switch to a new branch or tag
y	Expand a URL to its canonical form. For more information, see "Getting permanent links to files."
i	Show or hide comments on diffs. For more information, see "Commenting on the diff of a pull request."
a	Show or hide annotations on diffs
b	Open blame view. For more information, see "Tracing changes in a file."

Comments

Keyboard shortcut	Description
control b or command b	Inserts Markdown formatting for bolding text
control i or command i	Inserts Markdown formatting for italicizing text
control e or command e	Inserts Markdown formatting for code or a command within a line
control k or command k	Inserts Markdown formatting for creating a link
control shift p or command shift p	Toggles between the Write and Preview comment tabs
control shift 7 or command shift 7	Inserts Markdown formatting for an ordered list
control shift 8 or command shift 8	Inserts Markdown formatting for an unordered list
control enter	Submits a comment
control . and then control [saved reply number]	Opens saved replies menu and then autofills comment field with a saved reply. For more information, see "About saved replies."
control shift . or command shift.	Inserts Markdown formatting for a quote
control g or command g	Insert a suggestion. For more information, see "Reviewing proposed changes in a pull request."
r	Quote the selected text in your reply. For more information, see "Basic writing and formatting syntax."

Issue and pull request lists

Keyboard shortcut	Description
c	Create an issue
control / or command /	Focus your cursor on the issues or pull requests search bar. For more information, see "Filtering and searching issues and pull requests."
u	Filter by author
l	Filter by or edit labels. For more information, see "Filtering issues and pull requests by labels."
alt and click	While filtering by labels, exclude labels. For more information, see "Filtering issues and pull requests by labels."
m	Filter by or edit milestones. For more information, see "Filtering issues and pull requests by milestone."
a	Filter by or edit assignee. For more information, see "Filtering issues and pull requests by assignees."
o or enter	Open issue

Issues and pull requests

Keyboard shortcut	Description
q	Request a reviewer. For more information, see "Requesting a pull request review."
m	Set a milestone. For more information, see "Associating milestones with issues and pull requests."
l	Apply a label. For more information, see "Applying labels to issues and pull requests."
a	Set an assignee. For more information, see "Assigning issues and pull requests to other GitHub users."
cmd + shift + p or control + shift + p	Toggles between the Write and Preview tabs
alt and click	When 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 click	When 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 or control + shift and click	When creating an issue from a task list, open the new issue form in the new window by holding command or control + shift and clicking the in the upper-right corner of the task. For more information, see "About task lists."

Changes in pull requests

Keyboard shortcut	Description
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
cmd + shift + enter	Add a single comment on a pull request diff
alt and click	Toggle between collapsing and expanding all outdated review comments in a pull request by holding down alt and clicking Show outdated or Hide outdated.
Click, then shift and click	Comment 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."

Project boards

Moving a column

Keyboard shortcut	Description
enter or space	Start moving the focused column
escape	Cancel the move in progress
enter	Complete the move in progress
← or h	Move column to the left
command + ← or command + h or control + ← or control + h	Move column to the leftmost position
→ or l	Move column to the right
command + → or command + l or control + → or control + l	Move column to the rightmost position

Moving a card

Keyboard shortcut	Description
enter or space	Start moving the focused card
escape	Cancel the move in progress
enter	Complete the move in progress
↓ or j	Move card down
command + ↓ or command + j or control + ↓ or control + j	Move card to the bottom of the column
↑ or k	Move card up
command + ↑ or command + k or control + ↑ or control + k	Move card to the top of the column
← or h	Move card to the bottom of the column on the left
shift + ← or shift + h	Move card to the top of the column on the left
command + ← or command + h or control + ← or control + h	Move card to the bottom of the leftmost column
command + shift + ← or command + shift + h or control + shift + ← or control + shift + h	Move card to the top of the leftmost column
→	Move card to the bottom of the column on the right
shift + → or shift + l	Move card to the top of the column on the right
command + → or command + l or control + → or control + l	Move card to the bottom of the rightmost column
command + shift + → or command + shift + l or control + shift + → or control + shift + l	Move card to the bottom of the rightmost column

Previewing a card

Keyboard shortcut	Description
esc	Close the card preview pane

GitHub Actions

Keyboard shortcut	Description
command + space or control + space	In the workflow editor, get suggestions for your workflow file.
g f	Go to the workflow file
shift + t or T	Toggle timestamps in logs
shift + f or F	Toggle full-screen logs
esc	Exit full-screen logs

Notifications

Keyboard shortcut	Description
e	Mark as done
shift + u	Mark as unread
shift + i	Mark as read
shift + m	Unsubscribe

Network graph

Keyboard shortcut	Description
← or h	Scroll left
→ or l	Scroll right
↑ or k	Scroll up
↓ or j	Scroll down
shift + ← or shift + h	Scroll all the way left
shift + → or shift + l	Scroll all the way right
shift + ↑ or shift + k	Scroll all the way up
shift + ↓ or shift + j	Scroll all the way down