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.
| 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 |
