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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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Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Show the shortcut reference sheet Any GitLab page Mac ? 1 more variant Source
Go to the homepage Any GitLab page Mac ShiftH 1 more variant Source
Go to your projects Any GitLab page Mac ShiftP 1 more variant Source
Go to your groups Any GitLab page Mac ShiftG 1 more variant Source
Go to your activity Any GitLab page Mac ShiftA 1 more variant Source
Go to your milestones Any GitLab page Mac ShiftL 1 more variant Source
Go to your snippets Any GitLab page Mac ShiftS 1 more variant Source
Put the cursor in the search bar Any GitLab page Mac S 1 more variant Source
Focus the filter bar List pages Mac F 1 more variant Source
Go to your issues Any GitLab page Mac ShiftI 1 more variant Source
Go to your merge requests Any GitLab page Mac ShiftM 1 more variant Source
Go to your review requests Any GitLab page Mac ShiftR 1 more variant Source
Go to your to-do list Any GitLab page Mac ShiftT 1 more variant Source
Show or hide the performance bar Any GitLab page Mac PB 1 more variant Source
Hide tooltips and popovers Any GitLab page Mac Esc 1 more variant Source
Open the Web IDE Project pages Mac . 1 more variant Source
Open GitLab Duo Chat Any GitLab page Mac D 1 more variant Source
Edit your last comment Empty reply field in a thread Mac Up arrow 1 more variant Source
Toggle the Markdown preview Text field with Write and Preview Mac CmdShiftP 1 more variant Source
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
Outdent the text Markdown text field Mac Cmd[ 1 more variant Source
Indent the text Markdown text field Mac Cmd] 1 more variant Source
Submit or save your changes Text field Mac CmdEnter 1 more variant Source
Go to the project overview Project Mac GO 1 more variant Source
Go to the project activity Project Mac GV 1 more variant Source
Go to the project releases Project Mac GR 1 more variant Source
Go to the repository files Project Mac GF 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