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JupyterLab keyboard shortcuts

Notebook cells, command mode, running code, and the workspace in JupyterLab.

57 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 14, 2026

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Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Change the cell to code Notebook, command mode Windows Y Source
Change the cell to Markdown Notebook, command mode Windows M Source
Change the cell to raw Notebook, command mode Windows R Source
Copy the cell Notebook, command mode Windows C Source
Cut the cell Notebook, command mode Windows X Source
Delete the cell Notebook, command mode Windows DD Source
Return to command mode Notebook, edit mode Windows Esc Source
Start editing the cell Notebook, command mode Windows Enter Source
Extend the selection to the cell above Notebook, command mode Windows ShiftUp arrow Source
Extend the selection to the cell below Notebook, command mode Windows ShiftDown arrow Source
Extend the selection to the top Notebook, command mode Windows ShiftHome Source
Extend the selection to the bottom Notebook, command mode Windows ShiftEnd Source
Insert a cell above Notebook, command mode Windows A Source
Insert a cell below Notebook, command mode Windows B Source
Merge the selected cells Notebook, command mode Windows ShiftM Source
Merge with the cell above Notebook, command mode Windows CtrlBackspace Source
Merge with the cell below Notebook, command mode Windows CtrlShiftM Source
Select the cell below Notebook, command mode Windows Down arrow Source
Select the cell above Notebook, command mode Windows Up arrow Source
Collapse the heading or go to the one above Notebook, command mode Windows Left arrow Source
Expand the heading or go to the one below Notebook, command mode Windows Right arrow Source
Insert a heading above Notebook, command mode Windows ShiftA Source
Insert a heading below Notebook, command mode Windows ShiftB Source
Collapse every heading Notebook, command mode Windows CtrlShiftLeft arrow Source
Expand every heading Notebook, command mode Windows CtrlShiftRight arrow Source
Redo a cell action Notebook, command mode Windows ShiftZ Source
Undo a cell action Notebook, command mode Windows Z Source
Run the cell Notebook Windows CtrlEnter Source
Run the cell and insert one below Notebook Windows AltEnter Source
Run the cell and select the next one Notebook, edit mode Windows ShiftEnter Source

About JupyterLab and its shortcuts

JupyterLab has two keyboard worlds, and most confusion about it comes from not knowing which one you are in. In command mode the keys act on cells: adding, deleting, moving, changing type. In edit mode they act on the text inside a cell. Running a cell is the bridge between them, and almost everything else follows from that split.

JupyterLab runs in a browser, so the browser takes some combinations first, and the classic Notebook interface does not share every binding. Extensions can add and rebind commands.

Where the JupyterLab keys came from

Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of JupyterLab. Report a key that is wrong

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