--- 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 **(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**. In [GitLab 12.8 and later](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/22113), you can disable keyboard shortcuts by using the **Keyboard shortcuts** toggle at the top of the keyboard shortcut window. 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 + b | Show or hide the Performance Bar. | | g + 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): | 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) / Control + Shift + p | Toggle Markdown preview when editing text in a text field that has **Write** and **Preview** tabs at the top. | | ⌘ (Mac) / Control + b | Bold the selected text (surround it with `**`). | | ⌘ (Mac) / Control + i | Italicize the selected text (surround it with `_`). | | ⌘ (Mac) / 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): | Keyboard shortcut | Description | |------------------------------------------------------------|-------------| | ⌘ (Mac) / Control + p | Search for, and then open another file for editing. | | ⌘ (Mac) / 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 (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) / Control + ⌫ | 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. Pre-selected text is quoted in the comment. Can't be used to reply in a thread. | | e | Edit description. | | l | Change label. |