Shortcut keys

Use shortcut keys to perform common tasks more quickly than with the mouse and menus. The following tables list all of gedit's shortcut keys.

Tab-related Shortcut keys

Action	Keyboard shortcut
Switch to the next tab to the left	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`PageUp`
Switch to the next tab to the right	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`PageDown`
Close tab	`Ctrl`+`W`
Save all tabs	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`L`
Close all tabs	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`W`
Reopen the most recently closed tab	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`T`
Jump to nth tab	`Alt`+`n`
New tab group	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`N`
Previous tab group	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Page up`
Next tab group	`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Page down`

Action	Keyboard shortcut
Create a new document in a new window	`Ctrl`+`N`
Create a new document in a new tab	`Ctrl`+`T`
Open a document	`Ctrl`+`O`
Open the Quick Open window	`Alt`+`O`
Save the current document	`Ctrl`+`S`
Save the current document with a new filename	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`S`
Print the current document	`Ctrl` +`P`
Print preview	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`P`
Close the current document	`Ctrl`+`W`
Quit gedit	`Ctrl`+`Q`

Action	Keyboard shortcut
Move to the beginning of the current line	`Home`
Move to the end of the current line	`End`
Move to the beginning of the document	`Ctrl`+`Home`
Move to the end of the document	`Ctrl`+`End`
Move the selected word right one word	`Alt`+`Right Arrow`
Move the selected word left one word	`Alt`+`Left Arrow`
Undo the last action	`Ctrl`+`Z`
Redo the last undone action	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Z`
Cut the selected text or region and place it on the clipboard	`Ctrl`+`X`
Copy the selected text or region onto the clipboard	`Ctrl`+`C`
Paste the contents of the clipboard	`Ctrl`+`V`
Select all text in the file	`Ctrl`+`A`
Delete the current line	`Ctrl`+`D`
Move the selected line up one line	`Alt`+`Up Arrow`
Move the selected line down one line	`Alt`+`Down Arrow`
Add a tab stop	`Tab`
Remove a tab stop	`Shift`+`Tab`
Convert the selected text to upper case	`Ctrl`+`U`
Convert the selected text to lower case	`Ctrl`+`L`
Toggle case of the selected text	`Ctrl`+`~`

Action	Keyboard shortcut
Find a string	`Ctrl`+`F`
Find the next instance of the string	`Ctrl`+`G`
Find the previous instance of the string	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`G`
Search and Replace	`Ctrl`+`H`
Clear highlight	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`K`
Goto line	`Ctrl`+`I`

Action	Keyboard shortcut
Check spelling	`Shift`+`F7`
Remove trailing spaces (with plugin)	`Alt`+`F12`
Run "make" in the current directory (with plugin)	`F8`
Directory listing (with plugin)	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`D`

Action	Keyboard shortcut
Open the gedit user guide	`F1`