Keyboard shortcuts

These are the defaults. Change them in Settings → Shortcut Mapper… or in keymap.toml — see Settings. The table is built from Birchpad’s source code and follows its latest version.

File

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS
New	`Ctrl`+`N`	`⌘N`
Open…	`Ctrl`+`O`	`⌘O`
Save	`Ctrl`+`S`	`⌘S`
Save As…	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`S`	`⌘⌥S`
Save All	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`S`	`⌘⇧S`
Close	`Ctrl`+`F4`, `Ctrl`+`W`	`⌘W`
Close All	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`W`	`⌘⇧W`
Exit	—	`⌘Q`
Print…	`Ctrl`+`P`	`⌘P`

Edit

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS
Undo	`Alt`+`Backspace`, `Ctrl`+`Z`	`⌘Z`
Redo	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Z`, `Ctrl`+`Y`	`⌘⇧Z`, `⌘Y`
Cut	`Shift`+`Del`, `Ctrl`+`X`	`⇧Del`, `⌘X`
Copy	`Ctrl`+`Ins`, `Ctrl`+`C`	`⌘C`
Paste	`Shift`+`Ins`, `Ctrl`+`V`	`⌘V`
Select All	`Ctrl`+`A`	`⌘A`
Delete	`Del`	`Del`
Delete Previous Character	`Shift`+`Backspace`, `Backspace`	`⇧Backspace`, `Backspace`
Delete to Start of Word	`Ctrl`+`Backspace`	`⌥Backspace`
Delete to End of Word	`Ctrl`+`Del`	`⌥Del`
New Line	`Shift`+`Enter`, `Enter`	`⇧Enter`, `Enter`
Insert Tab	`Tab`	`Tab`
Toggle Insert/Overwrite	`Ins`	`Ins`
Cancel Multiple Selection	`Esc`	`Esc`
Begin/End Select	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`B`	`⌘⇧B`
Begin/End Select in Column Mode	`Alt`+`Shift`+`B`	`⌘⌥⇧B`
Column Editor…	`Alt`+`C`	`⌘⌥C`
Duplicate Current Line	`Ctrl`+`D`	`⌘D`
Delete Current Line	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`L`	`⌘⇧L`
Move Up Current Line	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`↑`	`⌥↑`
Move Down Current Line	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`↓`	`⌥↓`
Insert Blank Line Above Current	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Enter`	`⌃⌥Enter`
Insert Blank Line Below Current	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Shift`+`Enter`	`⌃⌥⇧Enter`
Join Lines	`Ctrl`+`J`	`⌘J`
Split Lines	`Ctrl`+`I`	`⌘I`
Convert Case (upper)	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`U`	`⌘⇧U`
Convert Case (lower)	`Ctrl`+`U`	`⌘U`
Convert Case (proper)	`Alt`+`U`	`⌥U`
Convert Case (proper-blend)	`Alt`+`Shift`+`U`	`⌥⇧U`
Convert Case (sentence)	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`U`	`⌃⌥U`
Convert Case (sentence-blend)	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Shift`+`U`	`⌃⌥⇧U`
Convert Case (random)	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`R`	`⌃⌥R`
Toggle Single Line Comment	`Ctrl`+`Q`	`⌘/`
Single Line Comment	`Ctrl`+`K`	`⌘K`
Single Line Uncomment	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`K`	`⌘⇧K`
Block Comment	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Q`	`⌘⌥/`

Selection

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS
Extend Selection Left	`Shift`+`←`	`⇧←`
Extend Selection Right	`Shift`+`→`	`⇧→`
Extend Selection Up	`Shift`+`↑`	`⇧↑`
Extend Selection Down	`Shift`+`↓`	`⇧↓`
Extend Selection to Line Start	`Shift`+`Home`	`⇧Home`, `⌘⇧←`
Extend Selection to Line End	`Shift`+`End`	`⇧End`, `⌘⇧→`
Extend Selection Page Up	`Shift`+`PgUp`	`⇧PgUp`
Extend Selection Page Down	`Shift`+`PgDn`	`⇧PgDn`
Extend Column Selection Left	`Alt`+`Shift`+`←`	`⌘⌥⇧←`
Extend Column Selection Right	`Alt`+`Shift`+`→`	`⌘⌥⇧→`
Extend Column Selection Up	`Alt`+`Shift`+`↑`	`⌘⌥⇧↑`
Extend Column Selection Down	`Alt`+`Shift`+`↓`	`⌘⌥⇧↓`
Extend Column Selection to Line Start	`Alt`+`Shift`+`Home`	`⌘⌥⇧Home`
Extend Column Selection to Line End	`Alt`+`Shift`+`End`	`⌘⌥⇧End`
Extend Column Selection Page Up	`Alt`+`Shift`+`PgUp`	`⌘⌥⇧PgUp`
Extend Column Selection Page Down	`Alt`+`Shift`+`PgDn`	`⌘⌥⇧PgDn`
Extend Selection to Previous Word	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`←`	`⌥⇧←`
Extend Selection to Next Word	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`→`	`⌥⇧→`
Extend Selection to Document Start	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Home`	`⌘⇧↑`
Extend Selection to Document End	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`End`	`⌘⇧↓`

Caret movement

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS
Move Left	`←`	`←`
Move Right	`→`	`→`
Move Up	`↑`	`↑`
Move Down	`↓`	`↓`
Move to Line Start	`Home`	`Home`, `⌘←`
Move to Line End	`End`	`End`, `⌘→`
Page Up	`PgUp`	`PgUp`
Page Down	`PgDn`	`PgDn`
Move to Previous Word	`Ctrl`+`←`	`⌥←`
Move to Next Word	`Ctrl`+`→`	`⌥→`
Move to Document Start	`Ctrl`+`Home`	`⌘↑`
Move to Document End	`Ctrl`+`End`	`⌘↓`

Search

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS
Find…	`Ctrl`+`F`	`⌘F`
Replace…	`Ctrl`+`H`	`⌘H`
Find in Files…	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`F`	`⌘⇧F`
Incremental Search	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`I`	`⌘⌥I`
Find Next	`F3`	`F3`
Find Previous	`Shift`+`F3`	`⇧F3`
Select and Find Next	`Ctrl`+`F3`	`⌘F3`
Select and Find Previous	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`F3`	`⌘⇧F3`
Search Results Window	`F7`	`F7`
Next Search Result	`F4`	`F4`
Previous Search Result	`Shift`+`F4`	`⇧F4`
Mark…	`Ctrl`+`M`	—
Go To…	`Ctrl`+`G`	`⌘G`
Go to Matching Brace	`Ctrl`+`B`	`⌘B`
Select All In-between {} [] or ()	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`B`	`⌘⌥B`
Close Find Panel — in the find panel	`Esc`	`Esc`
Close Incremental Search — in incremental search	`Esc`	`Esc`

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS
Go Back	`Alt`+`←`	`⌃-`
Go Forward	`Alt`+`→`	`⌃⇧-`

Marks and token styles

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS
Style All Occurrences of Token (1)	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`1`	`⌘⌥1`
Style All Occurrences of Token (2)	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`2`	`⌘⌥2`
Style All Occurrences of Token (3)	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`3`	`⌘⌥3`
Style All Occurrences of Token (4)	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`4`	`⌘⌥4`
Style All Occurrences of Token (5)	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`5`	`⌘⌥5`
Clear Style (1)	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Shift`+`1`	`⌘⌥⇧1`
Clear Style (2)	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Shift`+`2`	`⌘⌥⇧2`
Clear Style (3)	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Shift`+`3`	`⌘⌥⇧3`
Clear Style (4)	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Shift`+`4`	`⌘⌥⇧4`
Clear Style (5)	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Shift`+`5`	`⌘⌥⇧5`
Clear all Styles	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Shift`+`0`	`⌘⌥⇧0`
Jump Down (1)	`Ctrl`+`1`	`⌘1`
Jump Down (2)	`Ctrl`+`2`	`⌘2`
Jump Down (3)	`Ctrl`+`3`	`⌘3`
Jump Down (4)	`Ctrl`+`4`	`⌘4`
Jump Down (5)	`Ctrl`+`5`	`⌘5`
Jump Up (1)	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`1`	`⌘⌃1`
Jump Up (2)	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`2`	`⌘⌃2`
Jump Up (3)	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`3`	`⌘⌃3`
Jump Up (4)	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`4`	`⌘⌃4`
Jump Up (5)	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`5`	`⌘⌃5`

Bookmarks

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS
Toggle Bookmark	`Ctrl`+`F2`	`⌘F2`
Next Bookmark	`F2`	`F2`
Previous Bookmark	`Shift`+`F2`	`⇧F2`

View

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS
Zoom In	`Ctrl`+`=`, `Ctrl`+`Num +`, `Ctrl`+`+`	`⌘=`, `⌘Num +`, `⌘+`
Zoom Out	`Ctrl`+`Num −`, `Ctrl`+`-`	`⌘Num −`, `⌘-`
Restore Default Zoom	`Ctrl`+`Num /`, `Ctrl`+`0`	`⌘Num /`, `⌘0`
Next Tab	`Ctrl`+`PgDn`, `Ctrl`+`Tab`	`⌃PgDn`, `⌃Tab`
Previous Tab	`Ctrl`+`PgUp`, `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Tab`	`⌃PgUp`, `⌃⇧Tab`
Focus on Another View	`F8`	`F8`
Fold All	`Alt`+`0`	`⌥0`
Unfold All	`Alt`+`Shift`+`0`	`⌥⇧0`
Collapse Current Level	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`F`	`⌃⌥F`
Uncollapse Current Level	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Shift`+`F`	`⌃⌥⇧F`
Collapse Level (1)	`Alt`+`1`	`⌥1`
Uncollapse Level (1)	`Alt`+`Shift`+`1`	`⌥⇧1`
Collapse Level (2)	`Alt`+`2`	`⌥2`
Uncollapse Level (2)	`Alt`+`Shift`+`2`	`⌥⇧2`
Collapse Level (3)	`Alt`+`3`	`⌥3`
Uncollapse Level (3)	`Alt`+`Shift`+`3`	`⌥⇧3`
Collapse Level (4)	`Alt`+`4`	`⌥4`
Uncollapse Level (4)	`Alt`+`Shift`+`4`	`⌥⇧4`
Collapse Level (5)	`Alt`+`5`	`⌥5`
Uncollapse Level (5)	`Alt`+`Shift`+`5`	`⌥⇧5`
Collapse Level (6)	`Alt`+`6`	`⌥6`
Uncollapse Level (6)	`Alt`+`Shift`+`6`	`⌥⇧6`
Collapse Level (7)	`Alt`+`7`	`⌥7`
Uncollapse Level (7)	`Alt`+`Shift`+`7`	`⌥⇧7`
Collapse Level (8)	`Alt`+`8`	`⌥8`
Uncollapse Level (8)	`Alt`+`Shift`+`8`	`⌥⇧8`

Macro

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS
Start Recording	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`R`	`⌘⇧R`
Playback	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`P`	`⌘⇧P`

Auto-completion

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS
Function Completion	`Ctrl`+`Space`	`⌘Space`
Function Parameters Hint	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Space`	`⌘⇧Space`
Next Completion — while the completion list shows	`↓`	`↓`
Previous Completion — while the completion list shows	`↑`	`↑`
Accept Completion — while the completion list shows	`Enter`, `Tab`	`Enter`, `Tab`
Close Completion — while the completion list shows	`Esc`	`Esc`
Close Completion — while a call tip shows	`Esc`	`Esc`