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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30 actions and 30 key variants match.
- GitLab Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Show the shortcut reference sheet Any GitLab page | Windows ? | Source |
| Go to the homepage Any GitLab page | Windows ShiftH | Source |
| Go to your projects Any GitLab page | Windows ShiftP | Source |
| Go to your groups Any GitLab page | Windows ShiftG | Source |
| Go to your activity Any GitLab page | Windows ShiftA | Source |
| Go to your milestones Any GitLab page | Windows ShiftL | Source |
| Go to your snippets Any GitLab page | Windows ShiftS | Source |
| Go to your issues Any GitLab page | Windows ShiftI | Source |
| Go to your merge requests Any GitLab page | Windows ShiftM | Source |
| Go to the project overview Project | Windows GO | Source |
| Go to the project activity Project | Windows GV | Source |
| Go to the project releases Project | Windows GR | Source |
| Go to the repository files Project | Windows GF | Source |
| Go to the repository graph Project | Windows GN | Source |
| Go to the repository analytics charts Project | Windows GD | Source |
| Go to the work items Project | Windows GI | Source |
| Start a new issue Project | Windows I | Source |
| Go to the issue boards Project | Windows GB | Source |
| Go to the project merge requests Project | Windows GM | Source |
| Go to the CI/CD pipelines Project | Windows GP | Source |
| Go to the CI/CD jobs Project | Windows GJ | Source |
| Go to the environments Project | Windows GE | Source |
| Go to the Kubernetes clusters page Project, maintainer access | Windows GK | Source |
| Go to the project snippets Project | Windows GS | Source |
| Go to the project wiki Project with a wiki | Windows GW | Source |
| Move to the next file Merge request diff | Windows ] | Source |
| Move to the previous file Merge request diff | Windows [ | Source |
| Move to the next commit Merge request commits | Windows C | Source |
| Move to the previous commit Merge request commits | Windows X | Source |
| Go to the file permalink Viewing a file | Windows Y | 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