Notepad3 (v5.21) keyboard shortcuts

Notepad3 (v5.21)

Zeynel -
21 months ago
- Shortcuts

Notepad3 keyboard shortcuts will save you from repeated clicks when editing or typing text. This list is for the version 5.21; if you know a new or missing shortcut, feel free to share with us in the comment box below.

0
Ctrl + N

New file.

0
Ctrl + F4

Close file (identical with Ctrl + N)

0
Ctrl + O

Open file…

0
F5

Reload file.

0
Ctrl + S

Save file.

0
F6

Save file as…

0
Ctrl + F6

Save file Copy…

1
Ctrl + Alt + F6

Save with Original file “Date/Time”.

0
Ctrl + P

Print file…

0
Ctrl + M

Run MiniPath file Browser plugin…

0
Ctrl + Alt + H

Open Recent file (History)…

0
Alt + F4

Exit Notepad3.

0
Esc

Cancel current state (AutoCompletion or Selection)

0
Esc

Minimize or Exit Notepad3 (optionally, if no state).

0
↑  Shift + Esc

Save file and Exit Notepad3.

Advertisement

0
Ctrl + F9

Copy only filename to Clipboard.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F9

Copy Full Path to Clipboard.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F

Search in Files.

0
Alt + N

Open Document in New Window.

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + N

Open New Empty Window.

0
Ctrl + L

Launch Document.

0
Alt + L

Open With…

0
Ctrl + R

Run Command…

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + 1

Web Template 1

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + 2

Web Template 2

0
↑  Shift + F8

Select UTF-8 as Default.

0
F9

Open Select Current file Encoding…

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + A

Recode to ANSI.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + O

Recode to OEM.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + 10

Recode to GB18030.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F8

Reload an ASCII file as UTF-8 file.

0
Alt + F8

Ignore Encoding Tags.

0
F8

Open Select Source Encoding to Reload file…

0
Alt + I

Open Favorites…

0
Alt + K

Add Current File to Favorites…

0
Alt + F9

Manage Favorites…

0
Ctrl + Alt + ⤶ Enter

Complete Word.

0
Ctrl +

Cursor Word Left.

Advertisement

0
Ctrl +

Cursor Word Right.

0
Ctrl + Backspace

Delete Word Before/Left.

0
Ctrl + Del

Delete Word After/Right.

0
Alt +

Move Line (Block) Up.

0
Alt +

Move Line (Block) Down.

0
Ctrl + X

Cut Selection or Current Line, if No Selection.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + X

Cut Selection Whole Line(s).

0
Ctrl + C

Copy Selection or Current Line, if No Selection.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + C

Copy Selection Whole Line(s).

0
Ctrl + D

Duplicate Line or Selection.

0
Alt + D

Transpose Lines.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + D

Delete Line.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Backspace

Delete Line Left.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Del

Delete Line Right.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + W

Column Wrap…

0
Ctrl + I

Split Lines.

0
Ctrl + J

Join Lines.

0
Ctrl + Alt + J

Fuse Lines.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + J

Preserve Paragraphs.

0
Alt + Y

Merge Empty Lines.

-1
Ctrl + Alt + Y

Merge Blank Lines.

0
Alt + R

Remove Empty Lines.

0
Ctrl + Alt + B

Remove Blank Lines.

0
Ctrl + Alt + D

Remove Duplicate Lines.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Q

Stream Comment.

0
Ctrl + D

Duplicate Selection or Line.

0
Alt + B

Pad with Blanks.

0
Alt + Z

Strip First Character.

0
Alt + U

Strip Last Character.

0
Alt + W

Strip Trailing Blanks.

0
Ctrl + Alt + P

Compress Blanks.

0
Alt + M

Modify Lines…

0
Alt + J

Align Lines…

0
Alt + O

Sort Lines…

0
Ctrl + ,

Jump to Selection Start.

0
Ctrl + .

Jump to Selection End.

0
Tab

Indent Selected Block.

0
↑  Shift + Tab

Unindent Selected Block.

0
Ctrl + Tab

Insert Tabulator.

0
Ctrl + 1

Enclose within ” (Single Quotes).

0
Ctrl + 2

Enclose within “” (Double Quotes).

0
Ctrl + 3

Enclose within ().

0
Ctrl + 4

Enclose within [].

0
Ctrl + 5

Enclose within {}.

0
Ctrl + 6

Enclose within “ (Backticks).

0
Alt + Q

Enclose With… (Enclose Before/After Selection).

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + U

Selection in Uppercase.

0
Ctrl + U

Selection in Lowercase.

0
Ctrl + Alt + U

Selection in Invert Case.

0
Ctrl + Alt + I

Selection in Title Case.

0
Ctrl + Alt + O

Selection in Sentence Case.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + T

Convert in Selection Spaces to Tabs.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + S

Convert in Selection Tabs to Spaces.

0
Ctrl + Alt + T

Convert in Selection Indent to Tabs.

0
Ctrl + Alt + S

Convert in Selection Indent to Spaces.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + E

URL Encode.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + R

URL Decode.

0
Ctrl + Alt + X

Char To HEX.

0
Ctrl + Alt + C

Hex To Char.

0
Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

New Line Above.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter

New Line with Toggled Auto Indent Option. (orig-Notepad2: Ctrl + Enter)

0
Alt + X

HTML/XML Tag…

0
Ctrl + F8

Encoding Identifier.

0
Ctrl + F5

Time/Date (Short Form).

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F5

Time/Date (Long Form).

0
↑  Shift + F5

Update Timestamps.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + 6

Insert ASCII 30 (record separator character)

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + .

Copy GUID to Clipboard.

0
Ctrl + Alt + E

Escape C Special Chars.

0
Ctrl + Alt + R

Unescape C Special Chars.

0
Ctrl + Alt + Num +

Increase Number.

0
Ctrl + Alt + Num -

Decrease Number.

0
Ctrl + B

Find Matching Brace.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + B

Select to Matching Brace.

0
Ctrl + Alt + F2

Expand Selection to Next Match. (orig-NP2: F2)

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + F2

Expand Selection to Previous Match. (orig + NP2: Shift + F2)

0
Ctrl + Space

Select Word or Lines.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Space

Multi-Select All Matches.

0
Alt + ↑  Shift +

Rectangular Selection.


Share this page on:
Is this page helpful?
0 0

Program information

Program name: Notepad3 (v5.21) Notepad3 (v5.21) (Text editing)

Notepad3 is a light-weight Scintilla-based text editor with syntax highlighting. It is based on the code from Florian Balmer's Notepad2 and XhmikosR's Notepad2-mod.

Web page: github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3

Last update: 1/16/2023 9:24 PM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 78%

More information >>

Updated: Updated program information. (5 updates.) 8/4/2022 5:59:43 PM New program added.
8/4/2022 6:00:32 PM Added some shortcuts.
8/4/2022 6:03:51 PM Added some shortcuts.
9/9/2022 7:06:38 PM Updated program information.
1/16/2023 10:24:47 PM Updated program information.

Shortcut count: 196

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

Similar programs



User operations

Add Notepad3 (v5.21) to favorites

Add to favorites

Advertisement


What is your favorite Notepad3 (v5.21) hotkey? Do you have any useful tips for it? Let other users know below.


 
No comments yet. Ask, or type the first one!