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Bold the selected text

CmdB

Mac Web app GitLab web interface

Practice this

Press Ctrl + B to bold the selected text in GitLab. On a Mac, press Cmd + B instead. It works in the browser version.

Where it works: Markdown text field

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Web app	`CmdB`
Windows	Web app	`CtrlB`

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts - GitLab Docs

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Bold Canva Cmd + B
Bold the selected text Confluence Ctrl + B
Bold the text Evernote Cmd + B
Bold Microsoft Excel Ctrl + B
Bold the selected text GitHub Cmd + B
Bold Gmail Ctrl + B
Bold Google Docs Ctrl + B
Bold Google Sheets Ctrl + B
Bold Google Slides Ctrl + B
Bold Adobe InDesign Shift + Cmd + B
Bold the selected text Keynote Cmd + B
Bold the selected text Linear Cmd + B

More GitLab shortcuts

Italicize the selected text Cmd + I
Strike through the selected text Cmd + Shift + X
Turn the selection into a link Cmd + K
Outdent the text Cmd + [
Indent the text Cmd + ]
Submit or save your changes Cmd + Enter
Go to the project overview G then O
Go to the project activity G then V

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