Jira keyboard shortcuts
Creating, navigating, assigning, and commenting on work items.
10 shortcuts Windows checked September 14, 2026
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This app has a Windows catalog in Shortivo. No other operating system is published for it yet.
- Jira Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Show the keyboard shortcut list Anywhere in Jira | Windows ? | Source |
| Create a work item Anywhere in Jira | Windows C | Source |
| Move down to the next work item Board or list | Windows J | Source |
| Move up to the previous work item Board or list | Windows K | Source |
| Go to the next column Board | Windows N | Source |
| Go to the previous column Board | Windows P | Source |
| Open the selected work item Board or list | Windows O | Source |
| Assign the work item to someone Work item selected | Windows A | Source |
| Assign the work item to yourself Work item selected | Windows I | Source |
| Add a comment Work item selected | Windows M | Source |
About Jira and its shortcuts
Jira's keyboard covers the parts of the day that repeat: creating an issue, searching, moving between issues in a list, and the board commands for moving work along. The create and search commands do most of the work.
Shortivo publishes the Windows list. Jira's cloud and self-managed versions differ, administrators can change the layout under the keys, and some commands depend on the board type.
Where the Jira keys came from
Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of Jira. Report a key that is wrong
To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Jira, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task