Keyboard Shortcuts Editor

The keys of the text editor, the find bar, Markdown files, diffs, the merge tool, and the lists and dialogs of the app. Keys are written as on a Mac keyboard. The window and menu shortcuts are on Keyboard Shortcuts.

Editor

These work in the file editor. Search, selection and cursor keys also work in the read-only panes of diffs and the merge tool: the panes you can read and select in but not type in.

Keys	Action
Cmd+S	Save the file
F7 and Shift+F7	Next and previous change or conflict
Cmd+Z and Shift+Cmd+Z	Undo and redo
Cmd+U	Undo the last cursor move
Ctrl+Space	Open the completion list; Enter or Tab accepts
Tab and Shift+Tab	Indent and outdent
Option+Cmd+\	Fix the indentation of the selection
Option+Shift+Up and Option+Shift+Down	Copy the line up or down
Cmd+Enter	Insert a blank line below (in the merge tool it applies)
Option+Cmd+Up and Option+Cmd+Down	Add a cursor above or below
Cmd+A	Select all
Ctrl+L	Select the line
Cmd+I	Grow the selection to the enclosing code block
Shift+Cmd+\	Jump to the matching bracket
Option+drag	Select a rectangle (column selection)
Esc	Go back to a single cursor
Option+Shift+M	Let Tab move the focus instead of indenting (again to undo)

Code menu

The Code menu's items run in the focused editor, with these keys. What each item does is on Editing Code.

Keys	Action
Cmd+/	Comment with Line Comment
Option+Cmd+/ (or Ctrl+Shift+A)	Comment with Block Comment
Shift+Cmd+D	Duplicate Line or Selection
Shift+Cmd+K	Delete Line
Ctrl+Shift+J	Join Lines
Option+Up and Option+Down	Move Line Up and Move Line Down
Cmd+] and Cmd+[	Indent Line and Unindent Line
Shift+Cmd+U	Toggle Case
Option+Cmd+] and Option+Cmd+[	Folding > Expand and Collapse
Ctrl+Option+] and Ctrl+Option+[	Folding > Expand All and Collapse All
Cmd+L	Go to Line... (type line or line:column)
Option+Cmd+G	CodeMirror's own small line field
Cmd+D	Select Next Occurrence

Sort Lines has no key.

Moving and deleting

Keys	Action
Option+Left and Option+Right	Move by word
Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right	Move by code element
Cmd+Left and Cmd+Right	Start and end of the line
Cmd+Home and Cmd+Down	Start and end of the file (Cmd+Up opens the Navigation Bar)
Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down, Page Up and Page Down	Move a page
Option+Backspace and Option+Delete	Delete a word
Cmd+Backspace and Cmd+Delete	Delete to the start or end of the line

Add Shift to the moving keys to select. The macOS text keys work too, such as Ctrl+A and Ctrl+E (line start and end), Ctrl+K (delete to line end) and Ctrl+T (swap characters).

Find bar

Keys	Action
Cmd+F	Find (Cmd+R opens it with Replace)
Enter and Shift+Enter	Next and previous match
Cmd+G or F3, Shift+Cmd+G or Shift+F3	Next and previous match, also from the text
Option+Enter (in Find)	Select all matches
Ctrl+Cmd+G	Select All Occurrences
Shift+Cmd+L	Select every match of the selection
Option+C, Option+W, Option+X	Match Case, Words, Regex
Tab	Move between Find and Replace
Enter (in Replace)	Replace
Shift+Cmd+Enter (in Replace)	Replace All
Esc	Close the find bar

See Find and Replace.

Markdown

Keys	Action
Cmd+I	Italic, in the source editor and in the Rich Editor
Cmd+K	Link, in the source editor and in the Rich Editor
Cmd+B	Bold, in the source editor and in the Rich Editor
Cmd+S	Save, also from either preview
Cmd-click a link	Open it, in the Rich Editor (in the split preview a plain click opens it)

While you type in a Markdown file, Cmd+B makes text bold instead of hiding the sidebar. Click outside the text, for example on the file tree, and Cmd+B hides the sidebar again. See Markdown Editor.

Diffs and the merge tool

Keys	Action
F7 and Shift+F7	Next and previous change (in the merge tool: unresolved change)
Left and Right on the line between diff sides	Move it (Shift for bigger steps)
Cmd+Z and Shift+Cmd+Z	Undo and redo in the merge result (also restores the change buttons)
Cmd+Enter	Merge tool: Apply, save the result and mark the file resolved
Esc	Merge tool: Cancel, like the close button (not while the search bar has focus)

Cmd+Enter applies from any pane of the merge tool, so there it does not insert a blank line. The same keys work when git starts the tool (see Git Mergetool).

Lists

Click in the list first.

Where	Keys
Changes	Up and Down select a file (its diff opens); Space or Enter stages or unstages it; Delete or Backspace discards an unstaged file (asks first)
Commit message	Cmd+Enter commits
Files panel	Up and Down move; Shift+Up and Shift+Down select more; Right opens a folder; Left closes it or goes to its parent; Enter opens the file or toggles the folder; file keys are on File Operations
Branches sidebar	Up, Down, Home, End move; Right and Left open and close sections and folders; Space folds
Branches sidebar, on a branch	Enter checks out the branch or tag; Delete removes a local branch (asks first)
Log	Up and Down select a commit; Enter opens it in a tab; Page Up, Page Down, Home and End jump; Up and Down in the changed files select another file
Scripts	Up, Down, Home, End move; Right and Left open and close a file; Enter runs the script
File history and line history tabs	Up and Down select a commit; Enter opens it
Shelf	Enter shows the diff of a shelved file; Cmd-click selects several
Conflicts dialog	Up and Down select a file; Enter opens it in the merge tool; Cmd-click and Shift-click select several
Color theme picker	Up, Down, Home, End, Page Up and Page Down move through the themes

In the Branches sidebar and Scripts, Shift+F10 or the menu key opens the right-click menu. In their filter boxes, Esc clears the filter and Down or Enter jumps to the first match.

Popups and dialogs

Where	Keys
Search Everywhere	Up and Down (or Ctrl+N and Ctrl+P), Page Up and Page Down move; Tab and Shift+Tab switch tabs; Esc closes
Search Everywhere, open and options	Enter opens in a tab that stays; Shift+Enter or Cmd+Enter opens a preview tab; Option+C, W, X toggle the Text options
Branches popup (Branches Popup)	Up and Down move; Enter, or Right with an empty filter, opens the branch's actions
Interactive Rebase	Up and Down move; Option+Up and Option+Down move the commit; P, R, E, S, F, D pick Pick, Reword, Edit, Squash, Fixup, Drop
Git dialogs (Push, Pull, Merge...)	Cmd+Enter runs the dialog; Esc closes it
Right-click menus	Up, Down, Home, End move; Right opens a submenu and Left closes it; Enter or Space picks; Esc closes
Other dialogs	Enter confirms (Cmd+Enter from a box with several lines); Esc cancels
Sidebar and panel edges	Arrow keys resize by 10 pixels (40 with Shift)

Related

• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Editor and Tabs
• Merge Tool
• Search Everywhere