GitLab keyboard shortcuts
Project pages, issues, merge request review, and text formatting on GitLab.
78 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 14, 2026
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15 actions and 15 key variants match.
- GitLab Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Show or hide the performance bar Any GitLab page | Mac PB | Source |
| Hide tooltips and popovers Any GitLab page | Mac Esc | Source |
| Outdent the text Markdown text field | Mac Cmd[ | Source |
| Edit the issue description Issue | Mac E | Source |
| Change the assignee Issue | Mac A | Source |
| Change the milestone Issue | Mac M | Source |
| Change the labels Issue | Mac L | Source |
| Copy the issue reference Issue | Mac CR | Source |
| Copy the source branch name Merge request | Mac B | Source |
| Show or hide the file browser Merge request diff | Mac ShiftF | Source |
| Expand every file Merge request diff | Mac ; | Source |
| Collapse every file Merge request diff | Mac Shift; | Source |
| Switch between inline and side by side diffs Merge request diff | Mac ShiftD | Source |
| Return to normal text Rich text editor | Mac CmdOption0 | Source |
| Edit the wiki page Wiki page | Mac E | Source |
About GitLab and its shortcuts
GitLab's keyboard covers the same ground as its website: moving between merge requests, issues, pipelines and the repository, with a global search that is quicker than the navigation menus. Its help overlay is itself a shortcut, which is the fastest way to see what the current page supports.
Shortcuts can be disabled per user, and self-managed installations can run older versions whose commands differ from the current documentation. What applies also depends on which page you are on.
Where the GitLab keys came from
Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of GitLab. Report a key that is wrong
To see how one action is done in other apps as well as GitLab, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task