======================= mIRC keyboard shortcuts ======================= First published at 6/23/2020 on https://defkey.com/mirc-shortcuts mIRC is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) software for Windows. Initially released in February 1995, it is described as "one of the most popular IRC clients available for Windows". mIRC has 44 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Channel list ------------ Shift + Double click Use this shortcut on a line in the Channels List window to join the channel minimized Cursor and page keys -------------------- Up arrow / Down arrow Browse the command line history buffer for a single-line editbox Ctrl + Up arrow / Down arrow Browse the command line history buffer for a multi-line editbox Page Up / Down Browse the scrollback buffer of a window a page at a time Ctrl + Page Up / Down Browse the scrollback buffer of a window a line at a time Ctrl + Home (in an editbox, when editing text) Move the cursor in the text to start of the editbox Ctrl + End (in an editbox, when editing text) Move the cursor in the text to end of the editbox Ctrl + Home (in an editbox, when there is no text) Move the scrollback buffer of a window to the top Ctrl + End (in an editbox, when there is no text) Move the scrollback buffer of a window to the bottom Editbox ------- Alt + Enter In a multi-line editbox this moves the cursor to the next line allowing you to enter several separate lines Ctrl + Enter If you want to send information beginning with the / command prefix and you want it to be sent as normal text instead of interpreted as a command, hold down the Ctrl key when you press enter Ctrl + B Bold Ctrl + I Italic Ctrl + U Underlined Ctrl + R Reverse text Ctrl + K Colored text Ctrl + O Plain text Shift + Tab Switch between editbox and the nickname listbox in a channel window Help ---- F1 Show context sensitive help Shift + F1 Display Keyword search dialog for the help file Search ------ Ctrl + F In status/channel/query/etc. windows, opens a text search dialog Ctrl + L Scroll back text in a window to the Line Marker Switchbar --------- Alt + Left click Show / hide all buttons associated with the status window. New windows will always have their buttons displayed even if the hide option is on. You can use Alt + F1 to show/hide buttons Shift + Left click Close the window associated with the switchbar button Ctrl + Left click Minimize the window associated with the switchbar button Tab key ------- Tab When editbox is empty, insert "/msg nickname" into editbox, where nickname is last person that sent you a message Ctrl + D Remove a nickname from the Tab key nickname list Text marking / Copy ------------------- Ctrl + Left click (while copying) Copy text with control codes Shift + Left click (while copying) Copy text with line-breaks as it appears in a window Toolbar ------- Ctrl + Left click (while clicking the Connect toolbar button) Use the next server in the list Shift + Left click (while clicking the Connect toolbar button) Connect to the current server using the same port instead of a randomly selected port Treebar ------- Ctrl + T Toggle focus between Treebar and the currently active window Window ------ Alt + [1 - 9] Display the Nth window listed in your Window menu Alt + 0 (in mIRC desktop window) Jump to the main mIRC window Alt + Q Show or hide the second editbox in a channel window Alt + X Toggle the maximized state of the active window Alt + Z Close the active window, if enabled in the Keys dialog Ctrl + Left click (click minimize) Minimizes mIRC and asks you for a Lock password Ctrl + N Cycle through channel windows Ctrl + Q Cycle through query windows Ctrl + Tab Cycle through all windows, as set in the Keys dialog Esc Quickly minimizes the active window. It must be turned on in the Other dialog Shift + Left click (click minimize) Minimizes mIRC in a way opposite to that selected in the Tray dialog Shift + Right click You can roll/unroll a window by holding the shift-key and clicking your right mouse button on the window titlebar. Last modified on (UTC): Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Defkey © All rights reserved.