JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook keyboard shortcuts
A Jupyter notebook has two modes: in edit mode your keys type into a cell, and in command mode single letters such as A, B and D then D act on whole cells. Esc takes you to command mode and Enter back to editing; JupyterLab draws the cell border grey in command mode and blue in edit mode. These are the defaults JupyterLab 4.6 and Jupyter Notebook 7.6 ship in their settings files, and the Keyboard Shortcuts page of the Advanced Settings Editor changes any of them.
Checked against JupyterLab documentation — Commands (every command and its default shortcut), JupyterLab documentation — Notebooks (edit mode and command mode), JupyterLab documentation — The JupyterLab Interface, JupyterLab repository — default shortcut settings, v4.6.4 (notebook tracker schema), Jupyter Notebook documentation — The Jupyter Notebook, Jupyter Notebook repository — default shortcut settings, v7.6.3, JupyterLab changelog and Jupyter Notebook changelog. Version: JupyterLab 4.6.4 and Jupyter Notebook 7.6.3, default shortcuts.
Showing the Windows keyboard. Showing the Mac keyboard.
106 shortcuts
The top 20 are the Jupyter shortcuts this page marks as the ones to learn first, in the order they appear here. The drill asks the marked ones first too, shuffled. Or tick your own and print those.
The 20 to learn first: the shortcuts the Jupyter page marks as the ones to learn first, in the order they appear on it.
Your own sheet: the Jupyter shortcuts you ticked.
Modes and running cells
Everything else on this page depends on which mode you are in, so learn these first.
Practise theseLeave edit mode for command mode # Ctrl+M is Ctrl on a Mac too. In command mode, keys act on whole cells rather than on their text.WinEscapeorControl plusMMacEscapeorControl plusM
Edit the selected cell # From command mode.WinEnterMacReturn
Run the cell and select the next one # On the last cell it makes a new cell below.WinShift plusEnterMacShift plusReturn
Run the cell and stay on it #WinControl plusEnterMacCommand plusReturnorControl plusReturn
Run the cell and insert a new one below #WinAlt plusEnterMacOption plusReturn
Interrupt the kernel # Command mode.WinIthenIMacIthenI
Restart the kernel # Command mode. The zero key, pressed twice.Win0then0Mac0then0
Adding, deleting and moving cells
Command mode. The single letters type into the cell instead if you are still in edit mode.
Practise theseInsert a cell above #WinAMacA
Insert a cell below #WinBMacB
Delete the cell # Since JupyterLab 4.6 and Notebook 7.6 the delete button on the cell toolbar asks first; D then D still does not.WinDthenDMacDthenD
Cut the cell #WinXMacX
Copy the cell #WinCMacC
Paste the cell below #WinVMacV
Undo the last cell operation #WinZMacZ
Redo the cell operation #WinShift plusZMacShift plusZ
Merge the selected cells #WinShift plusMMacShift plusM
Merge with the cell above # Ctrl on a Mac too.WinControl plusBackspaceMacControl plusDelete
Merge with the cell below # Ctrl on a Mac too.WinControl plusShift plusMMacControl plusShift plusM
Split the cell at the cursor # Edit mode. Ctrl on a Mac too.WinControl plusShift plusMinusMacControl plusShift plusMinus
Move the cell up # Ctrl on a Mac too.WinControl plusShift plusUp arrowMacControl plusShift plusUp arrow
Move the cell down #WinControl plusShift plusDown arrowMacControl plusShift plusDown arrow
Change the cell to code #WinYMacY
Change the cell to Markdown #WinMMacM
Change the cell to raw #WinRMacR
Make the Markdown cell a level 1 heading # 2 to 6 give levels 2 to 6. Since JupyterLab 4.6 and Notebook 7.6 these work on Markdown cells only, and no longer turn a code or raw cell into Markdown.Win1Mac1
Insert a heading above the current heading #WinShift plusAMacShift plusA
Insert a heading below the current heading #WinShift plusBMacShift plusB
Show the rendered Markdown side by side #WinShift plusRMacShift plusR
Show or hide line numbers #WinShift plusLMacShift plusL
Show or hide the cell's output # Jupyter Notebook only, since 7.5. JupyterLab has no default key for it.WinOMacO
Select the cell above #WinUp arroworKMacUp arroworK
Select the cell below #WinDown arroworJMacDown arroworJ
Extend the selection up #WinShift plusUp arroworShift plusKMacShift plusUp arroworShift plusK
Extend the selection down #WinShift plusDown arroworShift plusJMacShift plusDown arroworShift plusJ
Extend the selection to the top #WinShift plusHomeMacShift plusHome
Extend the selection to the bottom #WinShift plusEndMacShift plusEnd
Select every cell # In command mode.WinControl plusAMacCommand plusA
Go to the heading above, or collapse this one #WinLeft arrowMacLeft arrow
Go to the heading below, or expand this one #WinRight arrowMacRight arrow
Collapse every heading # Ctrl on a Mac too.WinControl plusShift plusLeft arrowMacControl plusShift plusLeft arrow
Expand every heading #WinControl plusShift plusRight arrowMacControl plusShift plusRight arrow
Complete the name you are typing # Not at the start of a line.WinTabMacTab
Accept the highlighted completion #WinEnterMacReturn
Show the tooltip for the object at the cursor # Not with text selected, or in the indent at the start of a line.WinShift plusTabMacShift plusTab
Comment or uncomment the line # Works on several selected lines at once.WinControl plusSlashMacCommand plusSlash
Comment the selection as a block # Only in languages with a block comment syntax, such as C or JavaScript. Not Python.WinAlt plusAMacOption plusA
Delete the line # Ctrl+Shift+K is there to match other editors.WinControl plusDorControl plusShift plusKMacCommand plusDorShift plusCommand plusK
Add the next occurrence to the selection # Extends a multi-cursor selection to the next match. Ctrl+D deletes the line instead.WinControl plusShift plusDMacShift plusCommand plusD
Make the selected text bold # In a Markdown cell. It wraps the text in ** and, pressed again, removes them.WinControl plusBMacCommand plusB
Undo #WinControl plusZMacCommand plusZ
Redo # Ctrl+Y is Windows and Linux only, added in JupyterLab 4.6 and Notebook 7.6.WinControl plusShift plusZorControl plusYMacShift plusCommand plusZ
Step back through the kernel's history # Turn on kernel history access in the notebook settings first.WinAlt plusUp arrowMacOption plusUp arrow
Step forward through the kernel's history #WinAlt plusDown arrowMacOption plusDown arrow
Ask for an inline suggestion # Suggestions appear as ghost text. The built-in source is kernel history, which is off until you tick Settings, Inline Completer, History provider, enabled.WinAlt plusBackslashMacOption plusBackslash
Accept the inline suggestion #WinTaborAlt plusEndMacTaborOption plusEnd
Show the next inline suggestion #WinAlt plusRight bracketMacOption plusRight bracket
Show the previous inline suggestion #WinAlt plusLeft bracketMacOption plusLeft bracket
Finding and replacing
Practise theseFind in the notebook # Jupyter's own search. The browser's find does not see the whole of a notebook by default, so it gives unexpected results.WinControl plusFMacCommand plusF
Find and replace # Also on the Edit menu since JupyterLab 4.6 and Notebook 7.6.WinControl plusHMacCommand plusH
Find the next match #WinControl plusGMacCommand plusG
Find the previous match #WinControl plusShift plusGMacShift plusCommand plusG
Search only within the selection # While the search box is open.WinAlt plusLMacOption plusL
Close the search box #WinEscapeMacEscape
Open the command palette # It searches JupyterLab's commands, the same ones the menus and shortcuts run.WinControl plusShift plusCMacShift plusCommand plusC
Show the list of keyboard shortcuts # To change one, open the Advanced Settings Editor from the Settings menu and choose Keyboard Shortcuts.WinControl plusShift plusHMacShift plusCommand plusH
Open the settings editor #WinControl plusCommaMacCommand plusComma
Show or hide the left sidebar # In Jupyter Notebook 7.6 the same key opens and closes the scratchpad console, which shares the notebook's kernel.WinControl plusBMacCommand plusB
Show or hide the right sidebar #WinControl plusJMacCommand plusJ
Open the first panel in the left sidebar # Alt+2 to Alt+0 open the second to tenth. Add Shift for the right sidebar. None of these has a default on a Mac.WinAlt plus1MacNo shortcut
Show the file browser #WinControl plusShift plusFMacShift plusCommand plusF
Show the running sessions and tabs #WinControl plusShift plusBMacShift plusCommand plusB
Show the table of contents #WinControl plusShift plusKMacShift plusCommand plusK
Show the property inspector #WinControl plusShift plusUMacShift plusCommand plusU
Show the extension manager #WinControl plusShift plusXMacShift plusCommand plusX
Show contextual help #WinControl plusIMacCommand plusI
Switch Simple Interface mode on or off # Shows one document at a time. Leaving it restores the layout you had.WinControl plusShift plusDMacShift plusCommand plusD
Switch full-screen mode on or off #WinF11MacF11
Tabs, files and the file browser
Practise theseSave #WinControl plusSMacCommand plusS
Save as #WinControl plusShift plusSMacShift plusCommand plusS
Close the tab # Alt, not Ctrl, in JupyterLab.WinAlt plusWMacOption plusW
Close the document and shut its kernel down # Ctrl on a Mac too.WinControl plusShift plusQMacControl plusShift plusQ
Reopen the last closed document #WinControl plusShift plusTMacShift plusCommand plusT
Go to the next tab # Ctrl on a Mac too.WinControl plusShift plusRight bracketMacControl plusShift plusRight bracket
Go to the previous tab #WinControl plusShift plusLeft bracketMacControl plusShift plusLeft bracket
Go to the next tab bar # Ctrl on a Mac too. A tab bar is one of the panels the work area is split into.WinControl plusShift plusFull stopMacControl plusShift plusFull stop
Go to the previous tab bar #WinControl plusShift plusCommaMacControl plusShift plusComma
Go back to the tab you used before #WinControl plusShift plusApostropheMacShift plusCommand plusApostrophe
Search the open tabs and running sessions #WinControl plusAlt plusAMacOption plusCommand plusA
Open a new launcher #WinControl plusShift plusLMacShift plusCommand plusL
Print #WinControl plusPMacCommand plusP
Rename the file # In the file browser, as are the rows below.WinF2MacF2
Move the file to the trash #WinDeleteMacForward Delete
Duplicate the file #WinControl plusDMacCommand plusD
Cut the file #WinControl plusXMacCommand plusX
Copy the file #WinControl plusCMacCommand plusC
Paste the file #WinControl plusVMacCommand plusV
Select every file in the folder # Since JupyterLab 4.5 and Notebook 7.5.WinControl plusAMacCommand plusA
Go up a folder #WinBackspaceMacDelete
Debugger and consoles
Practise theseShow the debugger panel #WinControl plusShift plusEMacShift plusCommand plusE
Continue, or pause the running code # Continues when stopped at a breakpoint, and pauses when the code is running.WinF9MacF9
Step over to the next line # While stopped at a breakpoint, as are the rows below.WinF10MacF10
Step into the function #WinF11MacF11
Step out of the function #WinShift plusF11MacShift plusF11
Stop debugging #WinShift plusF9MacShift plusF9
Run the code in a console # In a console's default notebook-style mode. With its interaction mode set to terminal, Enter runs it too.WinShift plusEnterMacShift plusReturn
Add a line break in a terminal-style console # Only when the console's interaction mode is set to terminal, where Enter runs the code.WinControl plusEnterMacCommand plusReturn
Next
RStudio
In RStudio the keys that matter most send code to R: a line, a chunk, a section or the whole file, each with its own shortcut.
VS Code
VS Code has more shortcuts than anyone can hold in their head, so this page is ordered by how often you would actually reach for one.
Sheets
Sheets deliberately borrows most of Excel's keys, so almost everything you already know still works.
Vim
Vim is not a list of shortcuts so much as a small language: an operator, then a motion or a text object.
JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook keyboard shortcuts — comboshelf.com. Checked 27 September 2026 against JupyterLab documentation — Commands (every command and its default shortcut).