Use keyboard shortcuts to help you work more quickly. Jim Campbell jcampbell@gnome.org Paolo Borelli Jesse van den Kieboom Steve Frécinaux Ignacio Casal Quinteiro Sindhu S sindhus@live.in Radina Matic radina.matic@gmail.com 2013 Ekaterina Gerasimova kittykat3756@gmail.com 2015 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

Acció

Keyboard shortcut

Switch to the next tab to the left

CtrlAlt PageUp

Switch to the next tab to the right

CtrlAlt PageDown

Close tab

CtrlW

Save all tabs

CtrlShift L

Close all tabs

CtrlShiftW

Reopen the most recently closed tab

CtrlShiftT

Jump to nth tab

Alt n

New tab group

CtrlAltN

Previous tab group

ShiftCtrlAltPage up

Next tab group

ShiftCtrlAltPage down
Shortcut keys for working with files

Acció

Keyboard shortcut

Create a new document in a new window

CtrlN

Create a new document in a new tab

CtrlT

Open a document

CtrlO

Open the Quick Open window

AltO

Save the current document

CtrlS

Save the current document with a new filename

CtrlShift S

Print the current document

Ctrl P

Print preview

CtrlShift P

Close the current document

CtrlW

Quit gedit

CtrlQ
Shortcut keys for editing files

Acció

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

CtrlHome

Move to the end of the document

CtrlEnd

Move the selected word right one word

AltRight Arrow

Move the selected word left one word

AltLeft Arrow

Undo the last action

CtrlZ

Redo the last undone action

CtrlShift Z

Cut the selected text or region and place it on the clipboard

CtrlX

Copy the selected text or region onto the clipboard

CtrlC

Paste the contents of the clipboard

CtrlV

Select all text in the file

CtrlA

Delete the current line

CtrlD

Move the selected line up one line

AltUp Arrow

Move the selected line down one line

AltDown Arrow

Add a tab stop

Tab

Remove a tab stop

ShiftTab

Convert the selected text to upper case

CtrlU

Convert the selected text to lower case

CtrlL

Toggle case of the selected text

Ctrl~
Shortcut keys for showing and hiding panes

Acció

Keyboard shortcut

Show / hide the side panel

F9

Open the file menu

F10
Shortcut keys for searching

Acció

Keyboard shortcut

Find a string

CtrlF

Find the next instance of the string

CtrlG

Find the previous instance of the string

CtrlShiftG

Search and Replace

CtrlH

Clear highlight

CtrlShift K

Goto line

CtrlI
Shortcut keys for tools

Acció

Keyboard shortcut

Check spelling

ShiftF7

Remove trailing spaces (with plugin)

AltF12

Run "make" in the current directory (with plugin)

F8

Directory listing (with plugin)

CtrlShift D
Shortcut keys for user help

Acció

Keyboard shortcut

Open the gedit user guide

F1