| title | Keyboard shortcuts for web portal and Team Explorer |
|---|---|
| titleSuffix | Azure DevOps |
| description | Learn about keyboard shortcuts for the web portal for Azure DevOps and Team Explorer, including wikis. |
| ms.custom | Navigation |
| ms.subservice | azure-devops-projects |
| ms.topic | overview |
| ms.author | chcomley |
| author | chcomley |
| monikerRange | <= azure-devops |
| ms.date | 03/11/2025 |
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You can use the keyboard shortcuts listed in this article when you work in Azure DevOps or Team Explorer. You also can assign your own shortcuts in Visual Studio on the Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard page.
For specific guidance about moving around in the web portal for Azure DevOps, see Web portal navigation.
You can use these keyboard shortcuts when you work in the web portal for Azure DevOps.
To access global and page-specific shortcuts, select ?.
Page-specific shortcuts work only when you're on a specific page. For example, select g, c to open the Code page, and then select c, p to create a pull request. These navigation shortcuts work as long as the focus isn't on an input control.
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You can use these keyboard shortcuts when you work in a list in the web portal for Azure DevOps:
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Tab | Move focus right |
| Left arrow | Move focus left |
| Right arrow | Move focus right |
| Up arrow | Move focus up |
| Down arrow | Move focus down |
| Ctrl+Home | Move focus to top of list |
| Ctrl+End | Move focus to bottom of list |
| Ctrl+Up arrow | Move up item in the list |
| Ctrl+Down arrow | Move item down in the list |
| Shift+Up arrow | Highlight consecutive items above the current line or field |
| Shift+Down arrow | Highlight consecutive items below the current line or field |
| Menu | Open context menu |
| Esc | Dismiss context menu |
| Enter | Choose selected menu item |
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You can use the following keyboard shortcuts when you manage or edit wiki pages. To view valid shortcuts, from the wiki page, select ?.
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| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| n | Add new page |
| e | Edit page |
| c | Create new subpage |
| Ctrl+Down arrow | Move page down the order |
| Ctrl+Up arrow | Move page up the order |
| Ctrl+P | Print page |
| Ctrl+Shift+b | Create work item from selected text |
The following screenshot shows the list of keyboard shortcuts as it appears in Azure DevOps:
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| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+b | Bold text |
| Ctrl+i | Italicize text |
| Ctrl+k | Insert hyperlink |
| Ctrl+c | Copy text |
| Ctrl+v | Paste copied text |
| Ctrl+Shift+f | Format tables |
| Ctrl+s | Save changes |
| Ctrl+Enter | Save and close |
| Esc | Close |
The following screenshot shows the list of keyboard shortcuts as it appears in Azure DevOps:
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You can use these shortcuts when you work in Team Explorer.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+0, a | Open web portal |
| Ctrl+0, b | Open Build |
| Ctrl+0, c | Open Connect |
| Ctrl+0, d | Open Documents |
| Ctrl+0, e | Open Branches (Git) |
| Ctrl+0, g | Open Changes (Git) |
| Ctrl+0, h | Open Home |
| Ctrl+0, m | Open My Work Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) |
| Ctrl+0, p | Open Pending changes (TFVC) |
| Ctrl+0, r | Open Reports |
| Ctrl+0, s | Open Settings |
| Ctrl+0, w | Open Work items |
| Ctrl+0, y | Open Synchronization (Git) |
| Ctrl+' | Move focus to search box |
| Alt+0 | Move focus to top of page |
| Alt+1 | Move focus to visible section [1 through 9] |
| Alt+Up arrow ( | Move focus to next section |
| Alt+Down arrow | Move focus to previous section |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| <+Down arrow | Open a context menu |
| Esc | Dismiss context menu |
| Left arrow | Move focus left |
| Right arrow | Move focus right |
| Up arrow | Move focus up |
| Down arrow | Move focus down |
| Enter | Choose context menu |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Alt+m, g | Open work item |
| Alt+m, i | Add a work item |
| Alt+m, q | Add a query |
| Shift+Alt, c | Copy selected work item |
| Shift+Alt, l | Link to new work item |
| Enter | Open selected work item |
You can use shortcuts for query results when you're viewing a list of work items, whether in the query results view or within a list of linked work items in a work item form.
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Team Explorer is a plug-in for Visual Studio. You gain access to Team Explorer when you install the free Visual Studio Community version, another version of Visual Studio, or Visual Studio Team Explorer 2017.
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