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Apply heading level one

CmdOption1

Mac Web app GitLab web interface

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In GitLab, Ctrl + Alt + 1 will apply heading level one. On a Mac, press Cmd + Option + 1 instead. It works in the browser version.

Where it works: Rich text editor

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Web app	`CmdOption1`
Windows	Web app	`CtrlAlt1`

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

Apply heading level one Confluence Cmd + Option + 1
Make the paragraph Heading 1 Google Docs Cmd + Option + 1
Apply heading 1 LibreOffice Writer Ctrl + 1
Create a Heading 1 block Notion Cmd + Option + 1
Make the paragraph Heading 1 Microsoft Word Ctrl + Alt + 1

More GitLab shortcuts

Apply heading level two Cmd + Option + 2
Return to normal text Cmd + Option + 0
Make an ordered list Cmd + Shift + 7
Make an unordered list Cmd + Shift + 8
Make a task list Cmd + Shift + 9
Insert a code block Cmd + Option + C
Highlight the selected text Cmd + Shift + H
Make the text subscript Cmd + ,

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