Shortcuts for the Edit menu

 

Default shortcuts

Below is the list of predefined keyboard and mouse shortcuts for Notepad++. They can be freely configured using the shortcut mapper, as well as all the commands which were not bound to shortcuts by default. This list does not include standard shortcuts provided by Notepad++-related plugins.

Edit menu Shortcut Action Ctrl-C Copy Ctrl-Insert Copy Ctrl-Shift-T Copy current line to 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, or Alt + Left mouse click Column Mode Select Ctrl + Left mouse click Start new selected area. Only multiple stream areas ca be selected this way. ALT-C Column Editor Ctrl-D Duplicate Current Line Ctrl-T Switch the current line position with the previous line position Ctrl-Shift-Up Move Current Line, or current selection if a single stream, Up Ctrl-Shift-Down Move Current Line, or current selection if a single stream, Down Ctrl-L Delete Current Line Ctrl-I Split Lines Ctrl-J Join Lines Ctrl-G Launch GoToLine Dialog Ctrl-Q Block comment/uncomment Ctrl-Shift-Q Stream comment Tab (selection of one or more full lines) Insert Tabulation or Space (Indent) Shift-Tab (selection of one or more full lines) Remove Tabulation or Space (outdent) Ctrl-BackSpace Delete to start of word Ctrl-Delete Delete to end of word Ctrl-Shift-BackSpace Delete to start of line Ctrl-Shift-Delete Delete to end of line Ctrl-U Convert to lower case Ctrl-Shift-U Convert to UPPER CASE Ctrl-B Go to matching brace Ctrl-Space Launch CallTip ListBox Ctrl-Shift-Space Launch Function Completion ListBox Ctrl-Enter Launch Word Completion ListBox Ctrl-Alt-R Text Direction RTL Ctrl-Alt-L Text Direction LTR Enter Split line downwards, or create new line Shift-Enter Split line downwards, or create new line