Nearly every page on GitHub Enterprise has a keyboard shortcut to perform actions faster.
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 | Focus the search bar |
| g n | Go to your notifications |
Repositories
| Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| g c | Go to the Code tab |
| g i | Go to the Issues tab |
| g p | Go to the Pull requests tab |
| g w | Go to the Wiki tab |
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 |
| i | Show or hide comments on diffs |
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 |
Issue and pull request lists
| Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| c | Create an issue |
| / | Focus the issues search bar |
| u | Filter by author |
| l | Filter by or edit labels |
| m | Filter by or edit milestones |
| a | Filter by or edit assignee |
| r | Quote the selected text in your reply |
| o or enter | Open issue |
Issues and pull requests
| Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| m | Set a milestone |
| l | Apply a label |
| a | Set an assignee |
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 |
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 |
