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Turn the selection into a link

CmdK

Mac Web app GitLab web interface

Practice this

To turn the selection into a link in GitLab, press Ctrl + K. On a Mac, press Cmd + K 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	`CmdK`
Windows	Web app	`CtrlK`

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

Turn the selected text into a link ClickUp Cmd + K
Insert a link Confluence Cmd + K
Add or edit a link Evernote Cmd + K
Insert a link GitHub Cmd + K
Insert link Gmail Ctrl + K
Attach or change a link Google Docs Cmd + K
Insert link Google Sheets Ctrl + K
Attach or change a link Google Slides Cmd + K
Turn text or an object into a link Keynote Cmd + K
Turn the text into a link Linear Cmd + K
Format the text as a link Mattermost Cmd + Option + K
Insert link Notion Ctrl + K

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