Keyboard shortcuts

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

About keyboard shortcuts

Typing ? in GitHub Enterprise 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.

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

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 hovercard, closes the hovercard and refocuses on the element the hovercard is in

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` `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."

Source code editing

Keyboard shortcut	Description
`control f` or `command f`	Start searching in file editor
`control g` or `command g`	Find next
`shift control g` or `shift command g`	Find previous
`shift control f` or `command option f`	Replace
`shift control r` or `shift command option f`	Replace all
`alt g`	Jump to line
`control z` or `command z`	Undo
`control y` or `command y`	Redo
`cmd + shift + p`	Toggles between the Edit file and Preview changes tabs

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."
`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 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 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."
`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 "Using search to filter 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."
`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

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 .

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

Notifications

Keyboard shortcut	Description
`e` or `I` or `y`	Mark as read
`shift m`	Mute thread

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

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