WINDOWS SHORTCUTS FOR NOTEPAD++

Notepad++ is one of the most famous syntax highlighter based notepad for developers. Its free also having features of plugin to make it more versatile. In this post we are going to share some shortcuts for window users having notepad++ application.

File Menu
Ctrl + O	Open the File
Ctrl + N	New File
Ctrl + S	Save File
Ctrl + Alt + S	Save As
Ctrl + Shift + S	Save All
Ctrl + P	Print the File
Alt + F4	Exit the File
Ctrl + Tab	Open the next Document
Ctrl + Shift + Tab	Open the previous Document
Ctrl + W	Close current Document
Ctrl + Numpad	Navigate to the n-th Document

Search Menu
Ctrl + F	Launch Find Dialog
Ctrl + H	Launch Find/Replace Dialog
F3	Find Next
Shift + F3	Find Previous
Ctrl + Shift + F3	Find in Files
F7	Switch to the Search Results window
Ctrl + Alt + F3	Find (volatile) Next
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F3	Find (volatile) Previous
Ctrl + F3	Select and Find Next
Ctrl + Shift + F3	Select and Find Previous
F4	Got to next found
Shift + F4	Go to previous found
Ctrl + Shift + I	Incremental Search
Ctrl + N	Jump Down
Ctrl + Shift + N	Jump Up
Ctrl + F2	Toggle Bookmark
F2	Go to the Next Bookmark
Shift + F2	Go to the Previous Bookmark
Ctrl + B	Go to the Matching Brace
Ctrl + Alt + B	Select All between the Matching Braces

Edit Menu
Ctrl + C	Copy
Ctrl + Insert	Copy
Ctrl + Shift + T	Copy the current line to the 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	Column Mode Select
Ctrl + Left Mouse Click	Start the new selected area
ALT + C	Column Editor
Ctrl + D	Duplicate the Current Line
Ctrl + T	Switch the current line position with the previous line position
Ctrl + Shift + Up	Move the Current Line
Ctrl + Shift + Down	Move the Current Line
Ctrl + Left Mouse Click	Delete the Current Line
Ctrl + I	Split Lines
Ctrl + J	Join Lines
Ctrl + G	Launch the GoToLine Dialog
Ctrl + Q	Single line comment
Ctrl + Shift + Q	Single line uncomment
Ctrl + K	Toggle the single line comment
Ctrl + Shift + K	Block comment
Tab	Insert indent
Shift + Tab	Insert outdent
Ctrl + Backspace	Delete to the start of the word
Ctrl + Delete	Delete to the end of the word
Ctrl + Shift + Backspace	Delete to the start of the line
Ctrl + Shift + Delete	Delete to the end of the line
Ctrl + U	Convert to lower case
Ctrl + Shift + U	Convert to upper case
Ctrl + B	Go to matching brace
Ctrl + Space	Launch the CallTip ListBox
Ctrl + Shift + Space	Launch the Function Completion ListBox
Ctrl + Alt + Space	Launch the Path Completion ListBox
Ctrl + Enter	Launch the Word Completion ListBox
Ctrl + Alt + R	Text Direction RTL
Ctrl + Alt + L	Text Direction LTR
Enter	Split the line downwards
Shift + Enter	Split the line downwards
Ctrl + Alt + Enter	Insert new unindented line above the current one
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Enter	Insert new unindented line below the current one

Macro Menu
Ctrl + Shift + R	Start to record / Stop recording the macro
Ctrl + Shift + P	Play the recorded macro
Alt + Shift + S	Trim Trailing and Save

Run Menu
F5	Launch Run Dialog
Alt + F1	Get PHP help
Alt + F2	Google search
Alt + F3	Wikipedia search
Alt + F5	Open file
Alt + F6	Open file in another instance
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R	Open in Chrome
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + X	Open in Firefox
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + I	Open in IE
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F	Open in Safari
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + O	Send via Outlook

Incremental Search
Enter	Next match
Shift + Enter	Previous match
View Menu
Ctrl + (Keypad-/Keypad+)	Zoom in and zoom out
Ctrl + Keypad/	Restore the original size
F11	Toggle full screen
F12	Toggle Post-It mode
Ctrl + Alt + F	Collapse the current level
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F	Uncollapse the current level
Alt + 0	Fold all
Alt + (1~8)	Collapse the level (1~8)
Alt + Shift + 0	Unfold all
Alt + Shift + (1~8)	Uncollapse the level (1~8)