./Keyboard Shortcuts/GitHub/

Site wide shortcuts

Key	Command
s or /	Focus the search bar.
g n	Go to your notifications.
esc	When focused on a user, issue, or pull request hovercard, closes the hovercard and refocuses on the element the hovercard is in

Repositories

Key	Command
g c	Go to the Code tab
g i	Go to the Issues tab.
g p	Go to the Pull requests tab.
g a	Go to the Actions tab.
g b	Go to the Projects tab.
g w	Go to the Wiki tab.
g g	Go to the Discussions tab.

Source code editing

Key	Command
control b	Inserts Markdown formatting for bolding text
control i	Inserts Markdown formatting for italicizing text
control k	Inserts Markdown formatting for creating a link
e	Open source code file in the Edit file tab
control f	Start searching in file editor
control g	Find next
shift control g	Find previous
shift control f or command option f	Replace
shift control r	Replace all
alt g	Jump to line
control z	Undo
control y	Redo
cmd + shift + p	Toggles between the Edit file and Preview changes tabs
control s	Write a commit message

Source code browsing

Key	Command
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.
a	Show or hide annotations on diffs
b	Open blame view.

Comments

Key	Command
control b	Inserts Markdown formatting for bolding text
control i	Inserts Markdown formatting for italicizing text
control e	Inserts Markdown formatting for code or a command within a line
control k	Inserts Markdown formatting for creating a link
control shift p	Toggles between the Write and Preview comment tabs
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.
control g	Insert a suggestion.
r	Quote the selected text in your reply.

Issue and pull request lists

Key	Command
c	Create an issue
control /	Focus your cursor on the issues or pull requests search bar.
u	Filter by author
l	Filter by or edit labels.
alt and click	While filtering by labels, exclude labels.
m	Filter by or edit milestones.
a	Filter by or edit assignee.
o or enter	Open issue

Issues and pull requests

Key	Command
q	Request a reviewer.
m	Set a milestone.
l	Apply a label.
a	Set an assignee.
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.
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.
control 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.

Changes in pull requests

Key	Command
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.

Moving a column

Key	Command
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
control + ← or control + h	Move column to the leftmost position
→ or l	Move column to the right
control + → or control + l	Move column to the rightmost position

Moving a card

Key	Command
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
control + ↓ or control + j	Move card to the bottom of the column
↑ or k	Move card up
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
control + ← or control + h	Move card to the bottom of the leftmost column
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
control + → or control + l	Move card to the bottom of the rightmost column
control + shift + → or control + shift + l	Move card to the bottom of the rightmost column

Previewing a card

Key	Command
esc	Close the card preview pane

GitHub Actions

Key	Command
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

Key	Command
e	Mark as done
shift + u	Mark as unread
shift + i	Mark as read
shift + m	Unsubscribe

Network graph

Key	Command
← 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