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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
Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Complete a word from the document Editor Windows CtrlEnter Source
Show the function parameter hint Editor Windows CtrlShiftSpace Source
Open the column editor Editor Windows AltC Source
Find text Anywhere Windows CtrlF Source
Find in files Anywhere Windows CtrlShiftF Source
Find the next match Editor Windows F3 Source
Find the previous match Editor Windows ShiftF3 Source
Find the next match of the selection Editor Windows CtrlF3 Source
Replace text Anywhere Windows CtrlH Source
Open incremental search Editor Windows CtrlAltI Source
Focus the search results Anywhere Windows F7 Source
Go to a line Editor Windows CtrlG 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
Hide the selected lines Editor Windows AltH Source
Switch to the other view Two views open Windows F8 Source
Fold every level Editor Windows Alt0 Source
Unfold every level Editor Windows AltShift0 Source
Fold the current level Editor Windows CtrlAltF Source
Unfold the current level Editor Windows CtrlAltShiftF Source
Start or stop recording a macro Editor Windows CtrlShiftR Source
Play back the recorded macro Editor Windows CtrlShiftP Source
Open the run dialog Anywhere Windows F5 Source
Open the about box Anywhere Windows F1 Source
Select all the text Editor Windows CtrlA Source
Undo the last change Editor Windows CtrlZ Source
Redo the undone change Editor Windows CtrlY 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