=================================== Notepad3 (v5.21) keyboard shortcuts =================================== First published at 8/4/2022 on https://defkey.com/notepad3-rizonesoft-5-21-shortcuts 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. Notepad3 (v5.21) has 196 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. File menu --------- Ctrl + N New file. Ctrl + F4 Close file (identical with Ctrl + N) Ctrl + O Open file… F5 Reload file. Ctrl + S Save file. F6 Save file as… Ctrl + F6 Save file Copy… Ctrl + Alt + F6 Save with Original file “Date/Time”. Ctrl + P Print file… Ctrl + M Run MiniPath file Browser plugin… Ctrl + Alt + H Open Recent file (History)… Alt + F4 Exit Notepad3. Esc Cancel current state (AutoCompletion or Selection) Esc Minimize or Exit Notepad3 (optionally, if no state). Shift + Esc Save file and Exit Notepad3. Path to clipboard ----------------- Ctrl + F9 Copy only filename to Clipboard. Ctrl + Shift + F9 Copy Full Path to Clipboard. Launch ------ Ctrl + Shift + F Search in Files. Alt + N Open Document in New Window. Alt + Shift + N Open New Empty Window. Ctrl + L Launch Document. Alt + L Open With… Ctrl + R Run Command… Ctrl + Shift + 1 Web Template 1 Ctrl + Shift + 2 Web Template 2 Encoding -------- Shift + F8 Select UTF-8 as Default. F9 Open Select Current file Encoding… Ctrl + Shift + A Recode to ANSI. Ctrl + Shift + O Recode to OEM. Ctrl + Shift + 10 Recode to GB18030. Ctrl + Shift + F8 Reload an ASCII file as UTF-8 file. Alt + F8 Ignore Encoding Tags. F8 Open Select Source Encoding to Reload file… Favorites --------- Alt + I Open Favorites… Alt + K Add Current File to Favorites… Alt + F9 Manage Favorites… Edit menu --------- Ctrl + Z Undo. Alt + Backspace Undo. Ctrl + Shift + Y Undo. Ctrl + Y Redo. Ctrl + Shift + Z Redo. Ctrl + X Cut. Shift + Del Cut. Ctrl + C Copy. Alt + C Copy All. Ctrl + E Copy Add. Ctrl + V Paste. Shift + Insert Paste. Ctrl + K Swap. Del Delete. Ctrl + A Select All. Words ----- Ctrl + Alt + Enter Complete Word. Ctrl + Left arrow Cursor Word Left. Ctrl + Right arrow Cursor Word Right. Ctrl + Backspace Delete Word Before/Left. Ctrl + Del Delete Word After/Right. Lines ----- Alt + Up arrow Move Line (Block) Up. Alt + Down arrow Move Line (Block) Down. Ctrl + X Cut Selection or Current Line, if No Selection. Ctrl + Shift + X Cut Selection Whole Line(s). Ctrl + C Copy Selection or Current Line, if No Selection. Ctrl + Shift + C Copy Selection Whole Line(s). Ctrl + D Duplicate Line or Selection. Alt + D Transpose Lines. Ctrl + Shift + D Delete Line. Ctrl + Shift + Backspace Delete Line Left. Ctrl + Shift + Del Delete Line Right. Ctrl + Shift + W Column Wrap… Ctrl + I Split Lines. Ctrl + J Join Lines. Ctrl + Alt + J Fuse Lines. Ctrl + Shift + J Preserve Paragraphs. Alt + Y Merge Empty Lines. Ctrl + Alt + Y Merge Blank Lines. Alt + R Remove Empty Lines. Ctrl + Alt + B Remove Blank Lines. Ctrl + Alt + D Remove Duplicate Lines. Selection --------- Ctrl + Shift + Q Stream Comment. Ctrl + D Duplicate Selection or Line. Alt + B Pad with Blanks. Alt + Z Strip First Character. Alt + U Strip Last Character. Alt + W Strip Trailing Blanks. Ctrl + Alt + P Compress Blanks. Alt + M Modify Lines… Alt + J Align Lines… Alt + O Sort Lines… Ctrl + , Jump to Selection Start. Ctrl + . Jump to Selection End. Tab Indent Selected Block. Shift + Tab Unindent Selected Block. Ctrl + Tab Insert Tabulator. Line comment ------------ Ctrl + Q Toggle. Ctrl + Alt + Q Add. Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Q Remove. Alt + Shift + Q Block Edit. Enclose selection ----------------- Ctrl + 1 Enclose within ” (Single Quotes). Ctrl + 2 Enclose within “” (Double Quotes). Ctrl + 3 Enclose within (). Ctrl + 4 Enclose within []. Ctrl + 5 Enclose within {}. Ctrl + 6 Enclose within “ (Backticks). Alt + Q Enclose With… (Enclose Before/After Selection). Convert ------- Ctrl + Shift + U Selection in Uppercase. Ctrl + U Selection in Lowercase. Ctrl + Alt + U Selection in Invert Case. Ctrl + Alt + I Selection in Title Case. Ctrl + Alt + O Selection in Sentence Case. Ctrl + Shift + T Convert in Selection Spaces to Tabs. Ctrl + Shift + S Convert in Selection Tabs to Spaces. Ctrl + Alt + T Convert in Selection Indent to Tabs. Ctrl + Alt + S Convert in Selection Indent to Spaces. Ctrl + Shift + E URL Encode. Ctrl + Shift + R URL Decode. Ctrl + Alt + X Char To HEX. Ctrl + Alt + C Hex To Char. Insert ------ Ctrl + Enter New Line Above. Ctrl + Shift + Enter New Line with Toggled Auto Indent Option. (orig-Notepad2: Ctrl + Enter) Alt + X HTML/XML Tag… Ctrl + F8 Encoding Identifier. Ctrl + F5 Time/Date (Short Form). Ctrl + Shift + F5 Time/Date (Long Form). Shift + F5 Update Timestamps. Ctrl + Shift + 6 Insert ASCII 30 (record separator character) Miscellaneous ------------- Ctrl + Shift + . Copy GUID to Clipboard. Ctrl + Alt + E Escape C Special Chars. Ctrl + Alt + R Unescape C Special Chars. Ctrl + Alt + Num + Increase Number. Ctrl + Alt + Num - Decrease Number. Ctrl + B Find Matching Brace. Ctrl + Shift + B Select to Matching Brace. Ctrl + Alt + F2 Expand Selection to Next Match. (orig-NP2: F2) Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F2 Expand Selection to Previous Match. (orig + NP2: Shift + F2) Ctrl + Space Select Word or Lines. Ctrl + Shift + Space Multi-Select All Matches. Alt + Shift + Arrow keys Rectangular Selection. Alt + Left click Rectangular Selection. Ctrl + Left click On hovering color indicator → Open color selection. Bookmarks --------- Ctrl + F2 Toggle. F2 Goto Next. Shift + F2 Goto Previous. Alt + F2 Clear All. Search ------ Ctrl + F Find… Alt + F3 Save Find Text. F3 Find Next. Shift + F3 Find Previous. Ctrl + F3 Find Next Selected. Ctrl + Shift + F3 Find Previous Selected. Ctrl + H Replace… F4 Replace Next. Ctrl + G Go to… Ctrl + Shift + F Search in Files. View menu --------- Ctrl + W Word Wrap. Ctrl + Alt + L Long Line Marker. Ctrl + Shift + G Indentation Guides. Ctrl + Shift + 7 Show Wrap Symbols. Ctrl + Shift + 8 Show Blanks. Ctrl + Shift + 9 Show Line Endings. Ctrl + Alt + W Hyperlink Hotspots. Ctrl + Shift + V Visual Brace Matching. Ctrl + Shift + I Highlight Current Line. Ctrl + Shift + N Show Line Numbers. Ctrl + Shift + M Bookmark Margin. Mark occurences --------------- Alt + A Active. Folding ------- Ctrl + Alt + F Toggle Folds. Alt + + Jump Next Fold. Alt + - Jump Prev Fold. Alt + Left arrow Collapse Fold. Alt + Right arrow Expand Fold. Display ------- Ctrl + Alt + V Focused View. Ctrl + Page Up / Down Go to Previous/Next. Ctrl + Shift + Page Up / Down Select to Previous/Next. Zoom ---- Ctrl + + Zoom In. Ctrl + - Zoom Out. Ctrl + 0 Reset Zoom. Position -------- Ctrl + Shift + K Copy Window Position to Clipboard. Ctrl + Shift + P Snap to Window Default Position. Ctrl + F11 Snap to Initial Default Position. F11 Toggle To Full Area Window Position. Appearance ---------- Ctrl + F12 Customize Syntax Schemes… F12 Syntax Scheme… Shift + F12 Select 2nd Common Base. Alt + F12 Global Default Font… Ctrl + Alt + F12 Current Scheme’s Default Font… Settings -------- Ctrl + T Tab Settings… Ctrl + Shift + H Auto Close HTML/XML. Ctrl + Alt + A Accelerated Word Navigation. Alt + F5 File Change Notification… Windows ------- Ctrl + Shift + L Reuse Window. Alt + T Always On Top. Ctrl + G Transparent Mode. Window title display -------------------- Ctrl + 9 Display Text Excerpt in Title. Advanced configuration ---------------------- F7 Save Settings Now. Ctrl + F7 Open Settings File “Notepad3.ini”. Help ---- F1 Online Documentation. Shift + F1 About… Source: Notepad3 documentation Last modified on(UTC): Monday, January 16, 2023 Defkey © All rights reserved.