Notepad is a basic text editor that comes preinstalled with Windows. It’s ideal for composing brief text documents that you wish to preserve in plain text format.
However, it isn’t the only thing you can do with it. Notepad in Windows 10 and prior versions of Microsoft’s operating systems, such as Windows 7, look and function very identically. The choices in Notepad are restricted. You should see File, Edit, Format, View, and Help options at the top of the window.
Notepad++ Keyboard Shortcuts LIst
File menu
| Shortcut | Action |
| Ctrl-O | Open File |
| Ctrl-N | New File |
| Ctrl-S | Save File |
| Ctrl-Alt-S | Save As |
| Ctrl-Shift-S | Save All |
| Ctrl-P | |
| Alt-F4 | Exit |
| Ctrl-Tab | Next Document (also shows list of open files). Can be disabled – see Settings/Preferences/Global. |
| Ctrl-Shift-Tab | Previous Document (also shows list of open files). Can be disabled – see above. |
| Ctrl-W | Close Current Document |
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 newly 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 the word |
| Ctrl-Shift-BackSpace | Delete to start of the 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 a new line |
| Shift-Enter | Split line downwards, or create a new line |
Search Menu
| Shortcut | Action |
| Ctrl-F | Launch Find Dialog |
| Ctrl-H | Launch Find / Replace Dialog |
| F3 | Find Next |
| Shift-F3 | Find Previous |
| Ctrl-Shift-F | Find in Files |
| F7 | Switch to search results window (was Activate subview before v5.2) |
| Ctrl-Alt-F3 | Find (volatile) Next |
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F3 | Find (volatile) Previous |
| Ctrl-F3 | Select and Find Next (was Find (Volatile) Next prior to v5.6.5) |
| Ctrl-Shift-F3 | Select and Find Previous (was Find (Volatile) Previous prior to v5.6.5) |
| F4 | Go to next found |
| Shift-F4 | Go to previous found |
| Ctrl-Shift-I | Incremental Search |
| Ctrl-n | Jump Down (to next text marked using n-th stye. n is 1 to 5, or 0 for default Found style. |
| Ctrl-Shift-n | Jump Up (to next text marked using n-th stye. n is 1 to 5, or 0 for default Found style. |
| Ctrl-F2 | Toggle Bookmark |
| F2 | Go To Next Bookmark |
| Shift-F2 | Go To Previous Bookmark |
View Menu
| Shortcut | Action |
| Ctrl-(Keypad-/Keypad+) | or Ctrl + mouse wheel button (if any) Zoom in (+ or up) and Zoom out (- or down) |
| Ctrl-Keypad/ | Restore the original size from zoom |
| F11 | Toggle Full-Screen Mode |
| 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) |
Run menu
| Shortcut | Action |
| F5 | Launch Run Dialog |
| Alt-F1 | Get PHP help |
| Alt-F2 | Google search |
| Alt-F3 | Wikipedia search |
| Alt-F5 | Open file (name at cursor) |
| Alt-F6 | Open file in another instance (name at cursor) |
| 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 |
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