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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

13 actions and 13 key variants match.

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Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Cut the selection Editor Windows CtrlX Source
Copy the selection Editor Windows CtrlC Source
Mark the start or end of a selection Editor Windows CtrlShiftB Source
Convert the selection to uppercase Editor Windows CtrlShiftU Source
Convert the selection to lowercase Editor Windows CtrlU Source
Convert the selection to proper case Editor Windows AltU Source
Split the selected lines Editor Windows CtrlI Source
Join the selected lines Editor Windows CtrlJ Source
Find the next match of the selection Editor Windows CtrlF3 Source
Hide the selected lines Editor Windows AltH Source
Select all the text Editor Windows CtrlA Source
Duplicate the line or selection Editor Windows CtrlD Source
Extend a column selection down Editor Windows AltShiftDown arrow 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