Notepad++ is a great text editor and you can make it even better by using these Windows keyboard shortcuts. Whether you’re a programmer looking for a simple solution to dump your code, or you’re searching for an easy-to-use text editor with more shazam, Notepad++ is a fine choice.
Available for Windows, Notepad++ is a free text and source code editor that offers persistent tabs that auto-save your content. It might not display all of the bells and whistles on first look, but Notepad++ certainly offers much more than Windows’ native Notepad. Plus, best of all, it’s free.
To help you use Notepad++ like a pro, we’ve put together this mega list of all the keyboard shortcuts you need to know.
Content Summary File Edit Search Macro Run Incremental Search View
File
Shortcut
Action
Ctrl + O
Open the File
New File
Save File
Save As
Save All
Print the File
Alt + F4
Exit the File
Open the next Document
Open the previous Document
Close current Document
Navigate to the n-th Document
Edit
Shortcut
Action
Copy
Copy the current line to the clipboard
Cut
Shift + Delete
Cut
Paste
Shift + Insert
Paste
Undo
Alt + Backspace
Undo
Redo
Select All
Alt + Shift + Arrow Keys
Column Mode Select
Start the new selected area
Alt + C
Column Editor
Duplicate the Current Line
Switch the current line position with the previous line position
Move the Current Line
Move the Current Line
Delete the Current Line
Split Lines
Join Lines
Launch the GoToLine Dialog
Single line comment
Single line uncomment
Toggle the single line comment
Block comment
Tab
Insert indent
Shift + Tab
Insert outdent
Delete to the start of the word
Delete to the end of the word
Delete to the start of the line
Delete to the end of the line
Convert to lower case
Convert to upper case
Go to matching brace
Launch the CallTip ListBox
Launch the Function Completion ListBox
Launch the Path Completion ListBox
Launch the Word Completion ListBox
Text Direction RTL
Text Direction LTR
Enter
Split the line downwards
Shift + Enter
Split the line downwards
Insert new unindented line above the current one
Insert new unindented line below the current one
Search
Shortcut
Action
Ctrl + F
Launch Find Dialog
Launch Find/Replace Dialog
F3
Find Next
Shift + F3
Find Previous
Find in Files
F7
Switch to the Search Results window
Find (volatile) Next
Find (volatile) Previous
Select and Find Next
Select and Find Previous
F4
Got to next found
Shift + F4
Go to previous found
Incremental Search
Jump Down
Jump Up
Toggle Bookmark
F2
Go to the Next Bookmark
Shift + F2
Go to the Previous Bookmark
Go to the Matching Brace
Select All between the Matching Braces
Macro
Shortcut
Action
Ctrl + Shift + R
Start to record / Stop recording the macro
Ctrl + Shift + P
Play the recorded macro
Alt + Shift + S
Trim Trailing and Save
Run
F5
Launch Run Dialog
Alt + F1
Get PHP help
Google search
Wikipedia search
Open file
Open file in another instance
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R
Open in Chrome
Open in Firefox
Open in IE
Open in Safari
Send via Outlook
Incremental Search
Shortcut
Action
Enter
Next match
Shift + Enter
Previous match
View
Ctrl + (Keypad-/Keypad+)
Zoom in and zoom out
Ctrl + Keypad/
Restore the original size
F11
Toggle full screen
F12
Toggle Post-It mode
Ctrl + Alt + F
Collapse the current level
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F
Uncollapse the current level
Alt + 0
Fold all
Alt + (1~8)
Collapse the level (1~8)
Alt + Shift + 0
Unfold all
Alt + Shift + (1~8)
Uncollapse the level (1~8)
