Zed Keyboard Shortcuts: The Ultimate Quick Reference Guide

A comprehensive and organized list of essential keyboard shortcuts for the Zed editor to boost your coding productivity.
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⌨️ Zed Keyboard Shortcuts

⚙️ General & Settings

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + , Open settings
Ctrl + Shift + X Open Extensions store
Ctrl + Q Quit Zed

📁 File Management

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + N New file
Ctrl + Shift + N New Window
Ctrl + O Open folder
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + O Open remote folder
Ctrl + S Save
Ctrl + Shift + S Save As…
Ctrl + Alt + S Save All
Ctrl + Shift + W Close Window

📝 Edit

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + Shift + Z Redo
Ctrl + X Cut
Ctrl + C Copy
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + Shift + F Find in project
Ctrl + / Toggle line comment

✂️ Selection & Cursor

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + A Select all
Alt + Shift + Right Expand selection
Alt + Shift + Left Shrink selection
Alt + Shift + Up Add cursor above
Alt + Shift + Down Add cursor below
Ctrl + Shift + Down Select next Occurrence
Alt + Up Move line up
Alt + Down Move line down
Ctrl + Shift + D Duplicate selection

👁️ View & Layout (Panels & Splits)

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + B Toggle Left Dock
Ctrl + Alt + B Toggle Right Dock
Ctrl + J Toggle Bottom Dock
Ctrl + Alt + Y Close All Docks
Ctrl + K then Up Split Up
Ctrl + K then Down Split Down
Ctrl + K then Left Split Left
Ctrl + K then Right Split Right
Ctrl + Shift + E Project Panel
Ctrl + Shift + B Outline Panel
Ctrl + Shift + C Collab Panel
`Ctrl + `` Terminal Panel
Ctrl + Shift + M Diagnostics

🚀 Navigation & Go To

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + Alt + - Back
Ctrl + Shift + P Command Palette…
Ctrl + E Go to File…
Ctrl + Shift + O Go to Symbol in Editor…
Ctrl + G Go to Line/Column…
F12 Go to Definition
Ctrl + F12 Go to Type Definition
Alt + Shift + F12 Find All References
F8 Next Problem
Shift + F8 Previous Problem
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