Notepad++ keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 181 Notepad++ 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

  • Ctrl+N — New file
  • Ctrl+O — Open file
  • Ctrl+R — Reload from disk
  • Ctrl+S — Save
  • Ctrl+Alt+S — Save as
  • Ctrl+Shift+S — Save all
  • Ctrl+W — Close
  • Ctrl+Shift+W — Close all
  • Ctrl+P — Print
  • Ctrl+Shift+T — Restore recently closed file
  • Ctrl+Shift+U — Uppercase
  • Ctrl+U — Lowercase
  • Alt+U — Proper case
  • Shift+Alt+U — Proper case, blend
  • Ctrl+Alt+U — Sentence case
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+U — Sentence case, blend
  • Ctrl+I — Split lines
  • Ctrl+J — Join lines
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp — Move up current line
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowDown — Move down current line
  • Ctrl+Alt+Enter — Insert blank line above current
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Enter — Insert blank line below current
  • Ctrl+Q — Toggle single line comment
  • Ctrl+K — Single line comment
  • Ctrl+Shift+K — Single line uncomment
  • Ctrl+Shift+Q — Block comment
  • Ctrl+Space — Function completion
  • Ctrl+Alt+Space — Path completion
  • Ctrl+Enter — Word completion
  • Ctrl+Shift+Space — Function parameters hint
  • Alt+C — Column editor
  • Ctrl+F — Find
  • Ctrl+Shift+F — Find in files
  • F3 — Find next
  • Shift+F3 — Find previous
  • Ctrl+F3 — Select and find next
  • Ctrl+Shift+F3 — Select and find previous
  • Ctrl+Alt+F3 — Find next, volatile
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F3 — Find previous, volatile
  • Ctrl+H — Replace
  • Ctrl+Alt+I — Incremental search
  • F7 — Search results window
  • Shift+F4 — Previous search result
  • F4 — Next search result
  • Ctrl+G — Go to
  • Ctrl+B — Go to matching brace
  • Ctrl+Alt+B — Select all between matching braces
  • Ctrl+Shift+0 — Find style
  • Ctrl+F2 — Toggle bookmark
  • F2 — Next bookmark
  • Shift+F2 — Previous bookmark
  • F11 — Toggle full screen mode
  • F12 — Post-it
  • Ctrl+PageDown — Next tab
  • Ctrl+PageUp — Previous tab
  • Ctrl+Shift+PageDown — Move tab forward
  • Ctrl+Shift+PageUp — Move tab backward
  • Ctrl+Shift+Tab — Switch to previous document
  • Ctrl+Tab — Switch to next document
  • Alt+H — Hide lines
  • F8 — Focus on another view
  • Alt+0 — Fold all
  • Shift+Alt+0 — Unfold all
  • Ctrl+Alt+F — Collapse current level
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F — Un-collapse current level
  • Ctrl+Shift+R — Text direction right-to-left
  • Ctrl+Shift+L — Text direction left-to-right
  • Ctrl+Shift+R — Toggle macro record
  • Ctrl+Shift+P — Playback
  • F5 — Run
  • F1 — About Notepad++
  • Shift+Alt+S — Trim trailing space and save
  • Alt+F4 — Exit
  • Ctrl+Alt+R — Text Direction RTL
  • Ctrl+Alt+L — Text Direction LTR
  • Ctrl+M — Mark...
  • Ctrl+Shift+1 — Previous mark using 1st Style
  • Ctrl+Shift+2 — Previous mark using 2nd Style
  • Ctrl+Shift+3 — Previous mark using 3rd Style
  • Ctrl+Shift+4 — Previous mark using 4th Style
  • Ctrl+Shift+5 — Previous mark using 5th Style
  • Ctrl+1 — Next mark using 1st Style
  • Ctrl+2 — Next mark using 2nd Style
  • Ctrl+3 — Next mark using 3rd Style
  • Ctrl+4 — Next mark using 4th Style
  • Ctrl+5 — Next mark using 5th Style
  • Ctrl+0 — Next mark created with Mark
  • Ctrl+Numpad1 — 1st Tab
  • Ctrl+Numpad2 — 2nd Tab
  • Ctrl+Numpad3 — 3rd Tab
  • Ctrl+Numpad4 — 4th Tab
  • Ctrl+Numpad5 — 5th Tab
  • Ctrl+Numpad6 — 6th Tab
  • Ctrl+Numpad7 — 7th Tab
  • Ctrl+Numpad8 — 8th Tab
  • Ctrl+Numpad9 — 9th Tab
  • Alt+1 — Collapse Level 1
  • Alt+2 — Collapse Level 2
  • Alt+3 — Collapse Level 3
  • Alt+4 — Collapse Level 4
  • Alt+5 — Collapse Level 5
  • Alt+6 — Collapse Level 6
  • Alt+7 — Collapse Level 7
  • Alt+8 — Collapse Level 8
  • Shift+Alt+1 — Uncollapse Level 1
  • Shift+Alt+2 — Uncollapse Level 2
  • Shift+Alt+3 — Uncollapse Level 3
  • Shift+Alt+4 — Uncollapse Level 4
  • Shift+Alt+5 — Uncollapse Level 5
  • Shift+Alt+6 — Uncollapse Level 6
  • Shift+Alt+7 — Uncollapse Level 7
  • Shift+Alt+8 — Uncollapse Level 8
  • Alt+F1 — Get PHP help
  • Alt+F2 — Google Search
  • Alt+F3 — Wikipedia Search
  • Alt+F6 — Open file in another instance
  • Ctrl+X — SCI_CUT
  • Ctrl+C — SCI_COPY
  • Ctrl+V — SCI_PASTE
  • Ctrl+A — SCI_SELECTALL
  • Delete — SCI_CLEAR
  • Ctrl+Z — SCI_UNDO
  • Ctrl+Y — SCI_REDO
  • Enter — SCI_NEWLINE
  • Tab — SCI_TAB
  • Shift+Tab — SCI_BACKTAB
  • Ctrl+D — SCI_SELECTIONDUPLICATE
  • Insert — SCI_EDITTOGGLEOVERTYPE
  • ArrowDown — SCI_LINEDOWN
  • Shift+ArrowDown — SCI_LINEDOWNEXTEND
  • Shift+Alt+ArrowDown — SCI_LINEDOWNRECTEXTEND
  • Ctrl+ArrowDown — SCI_LINESCROLLDOWN
  • ArrowUp — SCI_LINEUP
  • Shift+ArrowUp — SCI_LINEUPEXTEND
  • Shift+Alt+ArrowUp — SCI_LINEUPRECTEXTEND
  • Ctrl+ArrowUp — SCI_LINESCROLLUP
  • Ctrl+BracketRight — SCI_PARADOWN
  • Ctrl+Shift+BracketRight — SCI_PARADOWNEXTEND
  • Ctrl+BracketLeft — SCI_PARAUP
  • Ctrl+Shift+BracketLeft — SCI_PARAUPEXTEND
  • ArrowLeft — SCI_CHARLEFT
  • Shift+ArrowLeft — SCI_CHARLEFTEXTEND
  • Shift+Alt+ArrowLeft — SCI_CHARLEFTRECTEXTEND
  • ArrowRight — SCI_CHARRIGHT
  • Shift+ArrowRight — SCI_CHARRIGHTEXTEND
  • Shift+Alt+ArrowRight — SCI_CHARRIGHTRECTEXTEND
  • Ctrl+ArrowLeft — SCI_WORDLEFT
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft — SCI_WORDLEFTEXTEND
  • Ctrl+ArrowRight — SCI_WORDRIGHT
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight — SCI_WORDRIGHTENDEXTEND
  • Ctrl+Slash — SCI_WORDPARTLEFT
  • Ctrl+Shift+Slash — SCI_WORDPARTLEFTEXTEND
  • Ctrl+Backslash — SCI_WORDPARTRIGHT
  • Ctrl+Shift+Backslash — SCI_WORDPARTRIGHTEXTEND
  • Alt+Home — SCI_HOMEDISPLAY
  • Shift+Home — SCI_VCHOMEWRAPEXTEND
  • Shift+Alt+Home — SCI_VCHOMERECTEXTEND
  • Home — SCI_VCHOMEWRAP
  • Shift+End — SCI_LINEENDWRAPEXTEND
  • Shift+Alt+End — SCI_LINEENDRECTEXTEND
  • Alt+End — SCI_LINEENDDISPLAY
  • End — SCI_LINEENDWRAP
  • Ctrl+Home — SCI_DOCUMENTSTART
  • Ctrl+Shift+Home — SCI_DOCUMENTSTARTEXTEND
  • Ctrl+End — SCI_DOCUMENTEND
  • Ctrl+Shift+End — SCI_DOCUMENTENDEXTEND
  • PageUp — SCI_PAGEUP
  • Shift+PageUp — SCI_PAGEUPEXTEND
  • Shift+Alt+PageUp — SCI_PAGEUPRECTEXTEND
  • PageDown — SCI_PAGEDOWN
  • Shift+PageDown — SCI_PAGEDOWNEXTEND
  • Shift+Alt+PageDown — SCI_PAGEDOWNRECTEXTEND
  • Backspace — SCI_DELETEBACK
  • Ctrl+Backspace — SCI_DELWORDLEFT
  • Ctrl+Delete — SCI_DELWORDRIGHT
  • Ctrl+Shift+Backspace — SCI_DELLINELEFT
  • Ctrl+Shift+Delete — SCI_DELLINERIGHT
  • Ctrl+L — SCI_LINECUT
  • Ctrl+Shift+X — SCI_LINECOPY
  • Ctrl+T — SCI_LINETRANSPOSE
  • Escape — SCI_CANCEL
  • MouseLeft — Select Word
  • MouseLeft — Select Line

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