Notepad++ keyboard shortcuts 

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- Shortcuts
-1
Ctrl + O

Open file

0
Ctrl + N

New file

-1
Ctrl + S

Save file

1
Ctrl + Alt + S

Save as

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + S

Save all

1
Ctrl + P

Print

0
Alt + F4

Exit

0
Ctrl + Tab

Next document (also shows list of open files). Can be disabled - see Settings/Preferences/Global

-1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Tab

Previous document (also shows list of open files). Can be disabled - see above

-1
Ctrl + 1

...9 (numpad) Go to the specified document on tab bar, between 1 and 9

0
Ctrl + Page Up

Next document

1
Ctrl + Page Down

Previous document

0
Ctrl + W

Close current document

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0
Ctrl + C

Copy

0
or Ctrl + Insert
6
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + T

Copy current line to clipboard

0
Ctrl + X

Cut

0
or ↑  Shift + Del
0
Ctrl + V

Paste

0
or ↑  Shift + Insert
2
Ctrl + Z

Undo

1
or Alt + Backspace
-2
Ctrl + Y

Redo

3
Ctrl + A

Select all

9
Alt + ↑  Shift +

Column mode select

0
or Alt +
0
Ctrl +

Start new selected area. Only multiple stream areas can be selected this way

2
Alt + C

Column editor

8
Ctrl + D

Duplicate current line

-1
Ctrl + T

Switch the current line position with the previous line position

3
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Move current line or current selection if a single stream, up

1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Move current line, or current selection if a single stream, Down

2
Ctrl + L

Delete current line

0
Ctrl + I

Split lines

-2
Ctrl + J

Join lines

0
Ctrl + G

Launch GoToLine dialog

0
Ctrl + Q

Single line comment

-1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Q

Single line uncomment

0
Ctrl + K

Toggle single line comment

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + K

Block comment

-2
Tab

(selection of one or more full lines) Insert tabulation or space (Indent)

1
↑  Shift + Tab

(selection of one or more full lines) Remove tabulation or space (Outdent)

0
Ctrl + Backspace

Delete to start of word

1
Ctrl + Del

Delete to end of word

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Backspace

Delete to start of line

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Del

Delete to end of line

0
Ctrl + U

Convert to lower case

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + U

Convert to UPPER CASE

1
Ctrl + B

Go to matching brace

0
Ctrl + Space

Launch CallTip ListBox

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Space

Launch function completion ListBox

0
Ctrl + Alt + Space

Launch path completion ListBox

0
Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

Launch word completion ListBox

1
Ctrl + Alt + R

Text direction RTL

0
Ctrl + Alt + L

Text Direction LTR

1
⤶ Enter

Split line downwards or create new line

0
or ↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter
1
Ctrl + Alt + ⤶ Enter

Insert new unindented line above current

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1
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter

Insert new unindented line below current

2
Ctrl + F

Launch find dialog

-1
Ctrl + H

Launch find and replace dialog

1
F3

Find next

0
↑  Shift + F3

Find previous

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F

Find in files

1
F7

Switch to search results window

1
Ctrl + Alt + F3

Find (volatile) next

1
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + F3

Find (volatile) previous

1
Ctrl + F3

Select and find next

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F3

Select and find previous

0
F4

Go to next found

1
↑  Shift + F4

Go to previous found

1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + I

Incremental search

1
Ctrl + 1

...5: Jump down to next text marked. Use 0 for default found style

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + 1

...5: Jump up to next text marked. Use 0 for default found style

0
Ctrl + F2

Toggle bookmark

0
F2

Go to next bookmark

0
↑  Shift + F2

Go to previous bookmark

0
Ctrl + B

Go to matching brace (caret must be on a brace)

0
Ctrl + Alt + B

Select all between matching braces (caret must be on a brace)

0
Ctrl + +

Zoom in and zoom out

0
or Ctrl + -
1
or Ctrl +
0
Ctrl + /

Restore the original size from zoom

0
F11

Toggle full screen mode

0
F12

Toggle post-it mode

2
Ctrl + Alt + F

Collapse the current level

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + F

Uncollapse the current level

0
Alt + 0

Fold all

0
Alt + 1

...to 8: Collapse the level (1-8)

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + 0

Unfold all

1
Alt + ↑  Shift + 1

...8 Uncollapse the level (1~8)

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + R

Start to record / stop recording the macro

2
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + P

Play recorded macro

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + S

Trim trailing and save

2
F5

Launch run dialog

0
Alt + F1

Get PHP help

0
Alt + F2

Google search

0
Alt + F3

Wikipedia search

0
Alt + F5

Open file (name at cursor)

0
Alt + F6

Open file in another instance (name at cursor)

1
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + R

Open in Chrome

1
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + X

Open in Firefox

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + I

Open in IE

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + F

Open in Safari

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + O

Send via Outlook

0
F1

About

0
↑  Shift + F1

Help contents

0
⤶ Enter

Next match (same as > button)

0
↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter

Previous match (same as < button)

-1

Set current line

4

(on rightmost status bar pane) Toggle typing mode between Insert and Overtype

2

(on bookmark margin) Toggle bookmark

0
↑  Shift +

(on fold point) Uncollapse this fold and all those below

0
Ctrl +

(on fold point) Toggle collapsed state of this fold, and propagate below

0

Pop up context menu

2

Select word

1

(on location pane, status bar) Go to line

1

Select line


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Program information

Program name: Notepad++ Notepad++ (Developer tools)

Web page: notepad-plus-plus.org

Last update: 26.11.2019 23:51 UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 77%

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Updated: Updated program information. (2 updates.) 26.11.2019 15:45:51 Added some shortcuts.
26.11.2019 15:46:49 Updated program information.

Shortcut count: 118

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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