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title: Keyboard shortcuts
intro: 'Nearly every page on {% data variables.product.product_name %} has a keyboard shortcut to perform actions faster.'
redirect_from:

• /articles/using-keyboard-shortcuts/
• /categories/75/articles/
• /categories/keyboard-shortcuts/
• /articles/keyboard-shortcuts
  versions:
  free-pro-team: ''
  enterprise-server: ''

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About keyboard shortcuts

Typing ? in {% data variables.product.product_name %} 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 {% data variables.product.company_short %}."
g n	Go to your notifications. For more information, see {% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" or currentVersion ver_gt "[email protected]" %}"About notifications{% else %}"About notifications{% endif %}."
esc	When focused on a user, issue, or pull request 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."{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" or currentVersion ver_gt "[email protected]" %}
g a	Go to the Actions tab. For more information, see "About Actions."{% endif %}
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
e	Open source code file in the Edit file tab
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
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