Must-Know Keyboard Shortcuts of Notepad++ for Windows

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
Ctrl + N	New File
Ctrl + S	Save File
Ctrl + Alt + S	Save As
Ctrl + Shift + S	Save All
Ctrl + P	Print the File
Alt + F4	Exit the File
Ctrl + Tab	Open the next Document
Ctrl + Shift + Tab	Open the previous Document
Ctrl + W	Close current Document
Ctrl + Numpad	Navigate to the n-th Document

Edit

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + C	Copy
Ctrl + Insert	Copy
Ctrl + Shift + T	Copy the current line to the clipboard
Ctrl + X	Cut
Shift + Delete	Cut
Ctrl + V	Paste
Shift + Insert	Paste
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Alt + Backspace	Undo
Ctrl + Y	Redo
Ctrl + A	Select All
Alt + Shift + Arrow Keys	Column Mode Select
Ctrl + Left Mouse Click	Start the new selected area
Alt + C	Column Editor
Ctrl + D	Duplicate the Current Line
Ctrl + T	Switch the current line position with the previous line position
Ctrl + Shift + Up	Move the Current Line
Ctrl + Shift + Down	Move the Current Line
Ctrl + Left Mouse Click	Delete the Current Line
Ctrl + I	Split Lines
Ctrl + J	Join Lines
Ctrl + G	Launch the GoToLine Dialog
Ctrl + Q	Single line comment
Ctrl + Shift + Q	Single line uncomment
Ctrl + K	Toggle the single line comment
Ctrl + Shift + K	Block comment
Tab	Insert indent
Shift + Tab	Insert outdent
Ctrl + Backspace	Delete to the start of the word
Ctrl + Delete	Delete to the end of the word
Ctrl + Shift + Backspace	Delete to the start of the line
Ctrl + Shift + Delete	Delete to the end of the line
Ctrl + U	Convert to lower case
Ctrl + Shift + U	Convert to upper case
Ctrl + B	Go to matching brace
Ctrl + Space	Launch the CallTip ListBox
Ctrl + Shift + Space	Launch the Function Completion ListBox
Ctrl + Alt + Space	Launch the Path Completion ListBox
Ctrl + Enter	Launch the Word Completion ListBox
Ctrl + Alt + R	Text Direction RTL
Ctrl + Alt + L	Text Direction LTR
Enter	Split the line downwards
Shift + Enter	Split the line downwards
Ctrl + Alt + Enter	Insert new unindented line above the current one
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Enter	Insert new unindented line below the current one

Search

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + F	Launch Find Dialog
Ctrl + H	Launch Find/Replace Dialog
F3	Find Next
Shift + F3	Find Previous
Ctrl + Shift + F3	Find in Files
F7	Switch to the Search Results window
Ctrl + Alt + F3	Find (volatile) Next
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F3	Find (volatile) Previous
Ctrl + F3	Select and Find Next
Ctrl + Shift + F3	Select and Find Previous
F4	Got to next found
Shift + F4	Go to previous found
Ctrl + Shift + I	Incremental Search
Ctrl + N	Jump Down
Ctrl + Shift + N	Jump Up
Ctrl + F2	Toggle Bookmark
F2	Go to the Next Bookmark
Shift + F2	Go to the Previous Bookmark
Ctrl + B	Go to the Matching Brace
Ctrl + Alt + B	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

Shortcut	Action
F5	Launch Run Dialog
Alt + F1	Get PHP help
Alt + F2	Google search
Alt + F3	Wikipedia search
Alt + F5	Open file
Alt + F6	Open file in another instance
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R	Open in Chrome
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + X	Open in Firefox
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + I	Open in IE
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F	Open in Safari
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + O	Send via Outlook

Incremental Search

Shortcut	Action
Enter	Next match
Shift + Enter	Previous match

View

Shortcut	Action
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)