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gedit keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 7/2/2018 on https://defkey.com/gedit-shortcuts

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.

gedit has 54 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Tabs
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Ctrl + Alt + Page Up    Switch to the next tab to the left
Ctrl + Alt + Page Down  Switch to the next tab to the right
Ctrl + W                Close tab
Ctrl + Shift + L        Save all tabs
Ctrl + Shift + W        Close all tabs
Ctrl + Shift + T        Reopen the most recently closed tab
Alt + [1 - 9]           Jump to specific tab
Ctrl + Alt + N          New tab group
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Page Up Previous tab group
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Page Down Next tab group


Working with files
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Ctrl + N                Create a new document in a new window
Ctrl + T                Create a new document in a new tab
Ctrl + O                Open a document
Alt + O                 Open the Quick Open window
Ctrl + S                Save the current document
Ctrl + Shift + S        Save the current document with a new filename
Ctrl + P                Print the current document
Ctrl + Shift + P        Print preview
Ctrl + W                Close the current document
Ctrl + Q                Quit gedit


Editing files
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Home                    Move to the beginning of the current line
End                     Move to the end of the current line
Ctrl + Home             Move to the beginning of the document
Ctrl + End              Move to the end of the document
Alt + Right arrow       Move the selected word right one word
Alt + Left arrow        Move the selected word left one word
Ctrl + Z                Undo the last action
Ctrl + Shift + Z        Redo the last undone action
Ctrl + X                Cut the selected text or region and place it on the clipboard
Ctrl + C                Copy the selected text or region onto the clipboard
Ctrl + V                Paste the contents of the clipboard
Ctrl + A                Select all text in the file
Ctrl + D                Delete the current line
Alt + Up arrow          Move the selected line up one line
Alt + Down arrow        Move the selected line down one line
Tab                     Add a tab stop
Shift + Tab             Remove a tab stop
Ctrl + U                Convert the selected text to upper case
Ctrl + L                Convert the selected text to lower case
Ctrl + ~                Toggle case of the selected text


Show and hide panes
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F9                      Show / hide the side pane
Ctrl + F9               Show / hide the bottom pane
F10                     Open the file menu


Search
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Ctrl + F                Find a string
Ctrl + G                Find the next instance of the string
Ctrl + Shift + G        Find the previous instance of the string
Ctrl + H                Search and Replace
Ctrl + Shift + K        Clear highlight
Ctrl + I                Goto line


Tools
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Shift + F7              Check spelling
Alt + F12               Remove trailing spaces (with plugin)
F8                      Run "make" in the current directory (with plugin)
Ctrl + Shift + D        Directory listing (with plugin)


Help
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F1                      Open the gedit user guide

Source: Gnome help


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