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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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Everything Clipboard Comments and review Editing Files and printing Navigation Paragraphs and lists Search Selection Text formatting View and zoom

78 actions and 78 key variants match.

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Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Show or hide the file browser Merge request diff Windows ShiftF Source
Mark a file as viewed or unviewed Merge request diff Windows V Source
Expand every file Merge request diff Windows ; Source
Collapse every file Merge request diff Windows Shift; Source
Switch between inline and side by side diffs Merge request diff Windows ShiftD Source
Go to the file permalink Viewing a file Windows Y Source
Paste without formatting Rich text editor Windows CtrlShiftV Source
Apply heading level one Rich text editor Windows CtrlAlt1 Source
Apply heading level two Rich text editor Windows CtrlAlt2 Source
Return to normal text Rich text editor Windows CtrlAlt0 Source
Make an ordered list Rich text editor Windows CtrlShift7 Source
Make an unordered list Rich text editor Windows CtrlShift8 Source
Make a task list Rich text editor Windows CtrlShift9 Source
Insert a code block Rich text editor Windows CtrlAltC Source
Highlight the selected text Rich text editor Windows CtrlShiftH Source
Make the text subscript Rich text editor Windows Ctrl, Source
Make the text superscript Rich text editor Windows Ctrl. Source
Edit the wiki page Wiki page Windows 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