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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.

Everything Clipboard Code editing Comments and review Editing Files and printing Navigation Paragraphs and lists Search Selection View and zoom

19 actions and 19 key variants match.

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Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Create a new document Anywhere Windows CtrlN Source
Open a file Anywhere Windows CtrlO Source
Reload the file from disk Document open Windows CtrlR Source
Save the file Document open Windows CtrlS Source
Save the file under a new name Document open Windows CtrlAltS Source
Save every open file Anywhere Windows CtrlShiftS Source
Close the document Document open Windows CtrlW Source
Print the document Document open Windows CtrlP Source
Reopen the last closed file Anywhere Windows CtrlShiftT Source
Open the column editor Editor Windows AltC Source
Open incremental search Editor Windows CtrlAltI Source
Go to the next document tab Several documents open Windows CtrlPage Down Source
Go to the previous document tab Several documents open Windows CtrlPage Up Source
Move the tab forward Several documents open Windows CtrlShiftPage Down Source
Move the tab backward Several documents open Windows CtrlShiftPage Up Source
Switch to the next document Several documents open Windows CtrlTab Source
Switch to the other view Two views open Windows F8 Source
Open the run dialog Anywhere Windows F5 Source
Open the about box Anywhere Windows F1 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