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Notepad++ keyboard shortcuts

Files, lines, comments, search, folding, and macros in Notepad++.

78 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.

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18 actions and 18 key variants match.

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Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Close every document Anywhere Windows CtrlShiftW Source
Move the line up Editor Windows CtrlShiftUp arrow Source
Move the line down Editor Windows CtrlShiftDown arrow Source
Insert a blank line above Editor Windows CtrlAltEnter Source
Insert a blank line below Editor Windows CtrlAltShiftEnter Source
Show function completion Editor Windows CtrlSpace Source
Complete a file path Editor Windows CtrlAltSpace Source
Complete a word from the document Editor Windows CtrlEnter Source
Show the function parameter hint Editor Windows CtrlShiftSpace Source
Undo the last change Editor Windows CtrlZ Source
Redo the undone change Editor Windows CtrlY Source
Delete the word to the left Editor Windows CtrlBackspace Source
Delete the word to the right Editor Windows CtrlDelete Source
Delete the whole line Editor Windows CtrlShiftL Source
Cut the whole line Editor Windows CtrlL Source
Copy the whole line Editor Windows CtrlShiftX Source
Swap the line with the one above Editor Windows CtrlT Source
Switch overtype mode on or off Editor Windows Insert Source

About Notepad++ and its shortcuts

Notepad++ is the Windows editor people reach for when they want a file open now. Its keyboard covers the practical things: moving between open tabs, searching across files, changing encoding or line endings, and the column and multi-edit modes that make repetitive text work quick.

Almost every binding can be remapped from the shortcut mapper, and plugins add their own commands. Notepad++ is Windows only, so nothing here has a Mac equivalent to compare against.

Where the Notepad++ keys came from

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

To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Notepad++, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task