GitHub Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Cheat sheet for 80 keyboard shortcuts on GitHub.com.

Site-wide Shortcuts

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Focus search bar	S	S
Go to your notifications	G + N	G + N
Open and focus hover card for user, issue, or pull request	H	H
Close hover card when focused	Esc	Esc

Repositories

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Go to the Code tab	G + C	G + C
Go to the Issues tab	G + I	G + I
Go to the Pull Requests tab	G + P	G + P
Go to the Projects tab	G + B	G + B
Go to the Wiki tab	G + W	G + W

Source Code Editing

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Start search in file editor	Cmd + F	Ctrl + F
Find next	Cmd + G	Ctrl + G
Find previous	Cmd + Shift + G	Ctrl + Shift + G
Replace	Cmd + Shift + F	Ctrl + Shift + F
Replace all	Cmd + Shift + R	Ctrl + Shift + R
Jump to line	Alt + G	Alt + G
Undo	Cmd + Z	Ctrl + Z
Redo	Cmd + Y	Ctrl + Y

Source Code Browsing

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Activate file finder	T	T
Jump to a line in code	L	L
Switch to a new branch or tag	W	W
Expand URL to its canonical form	Y	Y
Show or hide diff comments	I	I
Open blame view	B	B

Comments

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Insert Markdown format to bold text	Cmd + B	Ctrl + B
Insert Markdown format to italicize text	Cmd + I	Ctrl + I
Insert Markdown format to create a link	Cmd + K	Ctrl + K
Switch between Write and Preview tabs for comments	Cmd + Shift + P	Ctrl + Shift + P
Submit comment	Cmd + Enter	Ctrl + Enter
Open saved replies menu and auto-fill comment field	Cmd + .	Ctrl + .
Insert suggestion	Cmd + G	Ctrl + G
Quote selected text in reply	R	R

Issue and Pull Request Lists

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Create an issue	C	C
Focus cursor on issue or pull request search bar	Cmd + /	Ctrl + /
Filter by author	U	U
Filter by or edit labels	L	L
Filter by or edit milestones	M	M
Filter by or edit assignees	A	A
Open issue	O	O

Issues and Pull Requests

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Request reviewers	Q	Q
Set milestone	M	M
Apply labels	L	L
Set assignee	A	A

Changes in Pull Requests

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Open commit list in pull request	C	C
Open list of changed files in pull request	T	T
Move selection down in the list	J	J
Move selection up in the list	K	K
Add a comment on pull request diff	Cmd + Shift + Enter	Ctrl + Shift + Enter
Toggle between collapsing and expanding all outdated review comments	Alt + (click)	Alt + (click)

Project Boards

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Begin moving focused column	Enter/Space	Enter/Space
Cancel current move	Esc	Esc
Complete current move	Enter	Enter
Move column to the left	Left/H	Left/H
Move column to the leftmost position	Cmd + Left/H	Ctrl + Left/H
Move column to the right	Right/L	Right/L
Move column to the rightmost position	Cmd + Right/L	Ctrl + Right/L
Begin moving focused card	Enter/Space	Enter/Space
Cancel current move	Esc	Esc
Complete current move	Enter	Enter
Move card down	Down/J	Down/J
Move card to the bottom of column	Cmd + Down/J	Ctrl + Down/J
Move card up	Up/K	Up/K
Move card to the top of column	Cmd + Up/K	Ctrl + Up/K
Move card to the bottom of the left column	Left/H	Left/H
Move card to the top of the left column	Shift + Left/H	Shift + Left/H
Move card to the bottom of the leftmost column	Cmd + Left/H	Ctrl + Left/H
Move card to the top of the leftmost column	Cmd + Shift + Left/H	Ctrl + Shift + Left/H
Move card to the bottom of the right column	Right/L	Right/L
Move card to the top of the right column	Shift + Right/L	Shift + Right/L
Move card to the bottom of the rightmost column	Cmd + Right/L	Ctrl + Right/L
Move card to the top of the rightmost column	Cmd + Shift + Right/L	Ctrl + Shift + Right/L

Notifications

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Mark as read	E/L/Y	E/L/Y
Mute thread	Shift + M	Shift + M

Network Graph

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Scroll left	Left/H	Left/H
Scroll right	Right/L	Right/L
Scroll up	Up/K	Up/K
Scroll down	Down/J	Down/J
Scroll all the way left	Shift + Left/H	Shift + Left/H
Scroll all the way right	Shift + Right/L	Shift + Right/L
Scroll all the way up	Shift + Up/K	Shift + Up/K
Scroll all the way down	Shift + Down/J	Shift + Down/J