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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- GitLab Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Search for a file in the repository Project | Mac T 1 more variant | Source |
| Go to the commit list Project | Mac GC 1 more variant | Source |
| Go to the repository graph Project | Mac GN 1 more variant | Source |
| Go to the repository analytics charts Project | Mac GD 1 more variant | Source |
| Go to the work items Project | Mac GI 1 more variant | Source |
| Start a new issue Project | Mac I 1 more variant | Source |
| Go to the issue boards Project | Mac GB 1 more variant | Source |
| Go to the project merge requests Project | Mac GM 1 more variant | Source |
| Go to the CI/CD pipelines Project | Mac GP 1 more variant | Source |
| Go to the CI/CD jobs Project | Mac GJ 1 more variant | Source |
| Go to the environments Project | Mac GE 1 more variant | Source |
| Go to the Kubernetes clusters page Project, maintainer access | Mac GK 1 more variant | Source |
| Go to the project snippets Project | Mac GS 1 more variant | Source |
| Go to the project wiki Project with a wiki | Mac GW 1 more variant | Source |
| Edit the issue description Issue | Mac E 1 more variant | Source |
| Change the assignee Issue | Mac A 1 more variant | Source |
| Change the milestone Issue | Mac M 1 more variant | Source |
| Change the labels Issue | Mac L 1 more variant | Source |
| Copy the issue reference Issue | Mac CR 1 more variant | Source |
| Start a comment that quotes the selection Issue | Mac R 1 more variant | Source |
| Move to the next file Merge request diff | Mac ] 1 more variant | Source |
| Move to the previous file Merge request diff | Mac [ 1 more variant | Source |
| Search for a file to review Merge request diff | Mac CmdP 1 more variant | Source |
| Move to the next open thread Merge request | Mac N 1 more variant | Source |
| Move to the previous open thread Merge request | Mac P 1 more variant | Source |
| Copy the source branch name Merge request | Mac B 1 more variant | Source |
| Publish your comment immediately Merge request comment | Mac ShiftCmdEnter 1 more variant | Source |
| Add the comment to your pending review Merge request comment | Mac CmdEnter 1 more variant | Source |
| Move to the next commit Merge request commits | Mac C 1 more variant | Source |
| Move to the previous commit Merge request commits | Mac X 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