Notepad++ Keyboard Shortcuts Cheatsheet

Sr.No.	Shortcut	Description
1	Ctrl + N	Create a new document
2	Ctrl + O	Open an existing document
3	Ctrl + S	Save the current document
4	Ctrl + Shift + S	Save all open documents
5	Ctrl + Shift + N	Open a new instance of Notepad++
6	Ctrl + W	Close the current tab
7	Ctrl + F	Find text within the current document
8	Ctrl + H	Replace text within the current document
9	Ctrl + Z	Undo the last action
10	Ctrl + Y	Redo the last action
11	Ctrl + A	Select the entire document
12	Ctrl + C	Copy the selected text or current line
13	Ctrl + X	Cut the selected text or current line
14	Ctrl + V	Paste the copied or cut text
15	Ctrl + Home	Go to the beginning of the document
16	Ctrl + End	Go to the end of the document
17	Ctrl + G	Go to a specific line number
18	Ctrl + Shift + Up	Move the current line up
19	Ctrl + Shift + Down	Move the current line down
20	Ctrl + /	Toggle line comment or uncomment the selected lines
21	Ctrl + Shift + /	Toggle block comment or uncomment the selected lines
22	Ctrl + F5	Launch the Run dialog to execute the current script
23	F3	Find the next occurrence of the searched text
24	Shift + F3	Find the previous occurrence of the searched text
25	Ctrl + F3	Find the selected text within the current document
26	F5	Open the "Go to" dialog to navigate to a specific line
27	Ctrl + Shift + T	Duplicate the current line or selected lines
28	Ctrl + Shift + R	Open the "Replace in Files" dialog for batch replace
29	Alt + Shift + Arrow	Column selection (allows editing multiple lines together)
30	Ctrl + Mouse Wheel	Zoom in or out of the document
31	Ctrl + B	Toggle bookmark for the current line
32	Ctrl + F2	Clear all bookmarks
33	F2	Jump to the next bookmark
34	Shift + F2	Jump to the previous bookmark
35	Ctrl + Shift + M	Select all occurrences of the current word
36	Ctrl + Shift + Space	Trigger function completion
37	Ctrl + Enter	Insert a line break after the current line
38	Ctrl + Shift + Enter	Insert a line break before the current line
39	Ctrl + Alt + F	Format the selected text with auto-indentation
40	Alt + Shift + F	Convert the selected text to uppercase

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