gedit keyboard shortcuts

gedit  

Zeynel -
6 years ago
- Shortcuts
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Ctrl + Alt + Page Up

Switch to the next tab to the left

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Ctrl + Alt + Page Down

Switch to the next tab to the right

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Ctrl + W

Close tab

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + L

Save all tabs

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + W

Close all tabs

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + T

Reopen the most recently closed tab

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Alt + 1 - 9

Jump to specific tab

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Ctrl + Alt + N

New tab group

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Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Page Up

Previous tab group

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Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Page Down

Next tab group

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Ctrl + N

Create a new document in a new window

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Ctrl + T

Create a new document in a new tab

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Ctrl + O

Open a document

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Alt + O

Open the Quick Open window

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Ctrl + S

Save the current document

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + S

Save the current document with a new filename

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Ctrl + P

Print the current document

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + P

Print preview

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Ctrl + W

Close the current document

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Ctrl + Q

Quit gedit

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Home

Move to the beginning of the current line

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End

Move to the end of the current line

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Ctrl + Home

Move to the beginning of the document

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Ctrl + End

Move to the end of the document

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Alt +

Move the selected word right one word

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Alt +

Move the selected word left one word

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Ctrl + Z

Undo the last action

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Z

Redo the last undone action

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Ctrl + X

Cut the selected text or region and place it on the clipboard

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Ctrl + C

Copy the selected text or region onto the clipboard

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Ctrl + V

Paste the contents of the clipboard

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Ctrl + A

Select all text in the file

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Ctrl + D

Delete the current line

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Alt +

Move the selected line up one line

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Alt +

Move the selected line down one line

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Tab

Add a tab stop

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↑  Shift + Tab

Remove a tab stop

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Ctrl + U

Convert the selected text to upper case

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Ctrl + L

Convert the selected text to lower case

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Ctrl + ~

Toggle case of the selected text

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F9

Show / hide the side pane

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Ctrl + F9

Show / hide the bottom pane

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F10

Open the file menu

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Ctrl + F

Find a string

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Ctrl + G

Find the next instance of the string

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + G

Find the previous instance of the string

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Ctrl + H

Search and Replace

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + K

Clear highlight

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Ctrl + I

Goto line

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↑  Shift + F7

Check spelling

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Alt + F12

Remove trailing spaces (with plugin)

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F8

Run "make" in the current directory (with plugin)

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + D

Directory listing (with plugin)

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F1

Open the gedit user guide

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Program information

Program name: gedit gedit (Text editing)

gedit is default text editor for Gnome desktop. It has a clean graphical interface and includes tools for editing source code. gedit is also available for Mac and Windows.

Web page: wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit

Last update: 2/29/2020 8:15 AM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 80%

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Shortcut count: 54

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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? bhl OP says : 15 months ago 2/13/2023 5:23 PM
What? No shortcut to select all text in a line?
? Guest OP says in reply to bhl : 15 months ago 2/13/2023 5:29 PM
I found it and you should add these please:
Select Text to End of Line: Shift + End
Select Text to Beginning of Line: Shift + Home
? Guest OP says : 4 years ago 3/6/2020 10:45 AM
By mistake, I found a different shortcut:
ctrl . (control - dot)
This opened a list of smileys. Are there more hidden shortcuts?