Notepad2 keyboard shortcuts 

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- Shortcuts

Notepad2 provides tens of keyboard shortcuts and this alone shows how detailed editing features it has.

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Ctrl + Z

Undo

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or Alt + Backspace
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or Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Y
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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Z

Redo

0
or Ctrl + Y
0
Ctrl + X

Cut

0
or ↑  Shift + Del
0
Ctrl + C

Copy

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Alt + C

Copy all

0
Ctrl + V

Paste

0
or ↑  Shift + Insert
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Ctrl + K

Swap

0
Del

Clear

0
Ctrl + A

Select all

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

Rectangular selection

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Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

New line with toggled auto indent option

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Ctrl + Page Up

Go to previous block

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Ctrl + Page Down

Go to next block

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Ctrl + Shift + Page Up

Select previous block

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Ctrl + Shift + Page Down

Select next block

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Alt + I

Open favorites

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Alt + K

Add to favorites

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F9

Manage favorites

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Ctrl + N

New file

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Ctrl + F4

Close file, identical with Ctrl + N

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Ctrl + O

Open file

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F5

Reload file

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F8

Reload file without encoding detection

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Ctrl + S

Save file

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F6

Save file as

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Ctrl + F6

Save file copy

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Ctrl + P

Print file

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Alt + H

Open recent file

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Alt + N

Open document in new window

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Alt + 0

Open new empty window

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Ctrl + M

Run metapath file browser plugin

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Ctrl + L

Launch document

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Alt + L

Open with

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Ctrl + R

Run command

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Ctrl + Space

Select word (or line)

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Ctrl + Backspace

Delete word before/left

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Ctrl + Del

Delete word after/right

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Move line up

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Move line down

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Ctrl + D

Duplicate line

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + X

Cut line

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + C

Copy line

0
Ctrl + E

Delete line

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Backspace

Delete line left

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Del

Delete line right

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Tab

Indent selected block

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↑  Shift + Tab

Unindent selected block

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Ctrl + Tab

Force indentation of selected block

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Tab

Force unindentation of selected block

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Alt + D

Duplicate selection

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Alt + Z

Strip first character

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Alt + W

Strip trailing blanks

0
Alt + R

Remove blank lines

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Alt + M

Modify lines

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + W

Column wrap

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Ctrl + I

Split lines

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Ctrl + J

Join lines

0
Ctrl + B

Find matching brace

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + B

Select to matching brace

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + U

Make uppercase

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Ctrl + U

Make lowercase

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + E

Invert case

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + S

Convert tabs to spaces

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + T

Convert spaces to tabs

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + A

Convert to ANSI

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + O

Convert to OEM

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Alt + X

HTML/XML tag

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Ctrl + F5

Time/date (short form)

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F5

Time/date (long form)

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Ctrl + F9

Filename

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F9

Path and filename

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Ctrl + F

Find

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Alt + F3

Save find text

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F3

Find next

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↑  Shift + F3

Find previous

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Ctrl + F3

Find next word or selection

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F3

Find previous word or selection

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F2

Expand selection to next match

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↑  Shift + F2

Expand selection to previous match

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Ctrl + H

Replace

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Ctrl + G

Jump to line

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F12

Select syntax scheme

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↑  Shift + F12

Select 2nd default syntax scheme

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Ctrl + F12

Customize syntax schemes

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Alt + F12

Select default font

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F11

Select default text syntax scheme

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Ctrl + F11

Select web source code syntax scheme

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↑  Shift + F11

Select XML document syntax scheme

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Ctrl + W

Toggle word wrap

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + L

Show long line marker

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + G

Show indentation guides

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + N

Show line numbers

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + M

Show selection margin

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + 8

Show whitespace

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + 9

Show line endings

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + 0

Show wrap symbols

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + V

Toggle visual brace matching

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + I

Highlight current line

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Ctrl + +

Zoom in

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Ctrl + -

Zoom out

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Ctrl + /

Reset zoom

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Ctrl + T

Tab settings

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + H

Toggle auto close HTML/XML

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Alt + T

Always on top

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Alt + U

Transparent mode

0
F7

Save settings now

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Ctrl + Q

Exit Notepad2

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Esc

Optionally minimize or exit Notepad2

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↑  Shift + Esc

Save file and exit Notepad2

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F1

Display version info


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Program information

Program name: Notepad2 Notepad2 (Text editing)

Notepad2 is a powerful text editor which provides syntax highlighting and comprehensive text editing features.

Web page: http://www.flos-freeware.ch/no...

Last update: 4/11/2021 9:54 PM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 82%

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Updated: Updated program information. (2 updates.) 3/4/2021 12:39:58 PM Added some shortcuts.
3/4/2021 12:42:20 PM Updated program information.

Shortcut count: 115

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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