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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5 actions and 10 key variants match.
- GitLab Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Bold the selected text Markdown text field | Mac CmdB 1 more variant | Source |
| Italicize the selected text Markdown text field | Mac CmdI 1 more variant | Source |
| Strike through the selected text Markdown text field | Mac CmdShiftX 1 more variant | Source |
| Turn the selection into a link Markdown text field | Mac CmdK 1 more variant | Source |
| Highlight the selected text Rich text editor | Mac CmdShiftH 1 more variant | 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