Move a line up keyboard shortcut in 6 apps
Move a line up has a documented keyboard shortcut in 6 apps here, among them Godot Engine, IntelliJ IDEA, Notepad++, Power BI Desktop. The most common keys are Alt + Up arrow on Windows and Option + Up arrow on a Mac.
Keys on this page were last checked against their sources on September 14, 2026.
| App | Windows | Mac | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Godot Engine | Windows Alt + Up arrow | Mac Option + Up arrow | Move the line up |
| IntelliJ IDEA | Windows Alt + Shift + Up arrow | Mac Option + Shift + Up arrow | Move the line up |
| Notepad++ | Windows Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow | Mac Not documented | Move the line up |
| Power BI Desktop | Windows Alt + Up arrow | Mac Not documented | Move the line up |
| Visual Studio Code | Windows Alt + Up arrow | Mac Not documented | Move line up |
| Zed | Windows Alt + Up arrow | Mac Option + Up arrow | Move the line up |
What most apps settled on for Move a line up
On Windows, Alt + Up arrow is the combination in 4 of the 6 apps here that document one. On a Mac, it is Option + Up arrow in 2 of 3. 2 apps go their own way on Windows, and the table above is where to find them.
Where the table is deliberately empty
3 apps here publish no Mac key for Move a line up, so those cells are left blank. A blank there is a gap in that maker documentation for Move a line up, not an oversight here, and it is never filled by converting the other system.
If the keys for Move a line up do nothing
The 6 apps listed here each decide this for themselves, so the first thing to check is that you are reading the row for the app you are actually in, and the column for your system. After that, check the app version, since move a line up is the kind of command makers move between releases. Report a correction
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