Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet generator for your daily tools

Build one printable page from the shortcuts you actually use. Choose your apps, keep the platform you work on, and trim the groups until the sheet fits the work in front of you.

The preview is the thing you will print. Each app keeps its name and each group keeps its task heading, so a key such as Ctrl+P still makes sense when several apps share the same paper.

Choose apps

1 selected
MATLAB
Platform
Groups

1 apps, 83 shortcuts

MATLAB keyboard shortcuts

MATLAB · Windows, macOS, Linux

ActionWindowsmacOSLinux
Editor windows and files
Maximize or restore the EditorCtrl Shift MCmd Shift MCtrl Shift M
Undock the EditorCtrl Shift UCtrl Shift UCtrl Shift U
Dock the EditorCtrl Shift DCtrl Shift DCtrl Shift D
Activate the EditorCtrl Shift 0Cmd Shift 0Ctrl Shift 0
Create a new fileCtrl NCmd NCtrl N
Open a fileCtrl OCmd OCtrl O
Create a file from a templateCtrl Shift TCmd Shift TCtrl Shift T
Save the current fileCtrl SCmd SCtrl S
Save the current file asCtrl Shift SCmd Shift SCtrl Shift S
Print the current fileCtrl PCmd PCtrl P
Close the current fileCtrl WCmd WCtrl W
Reopen the most recently closed fileCtrl Shift ZCmd Shift ZCtrl Shift Z
Undo the last editCtrl ZCmd ZCtrl Z
Redo the last editCtrl YCmd Shift ZCtrl Y
Navigation and search
Go to a line numberCtrl GCmd LCtrl G
Set or clear a bookmarkCtrl F2Cmd F2Ctrl F2
Go to the next bookmarkF2F2F2
Go to the previous bookmarkShift F2Shift F2Shift F2
Go to the previous locationAlt LeftCtrl MinusAlt Left
Go to the next locationAlt RightCtrl Shift MinusAlt Right
Move to the previous paragraphAlt UpOption UpAlt Up
Move to the next paragraphAlt DownOption DownAlt Down
Find textCtrl FCmd FCtrl F
Find the next matchF3Cmd GF3
Find the previous matchShift F3Cmd Shift GShift F3
Find filesAlt MNot documentedAlt M
Find functionsAlt WNot documentedAlt W
Find symbolsAlt XNot documentedAlt X
Find sectionsAlt SNot documentedAlt S
Find referencesAlt RNot documentedAlt R
Find actionsAlt ANot documentedAlt A
Find and replaceCtrl HCmd Option FCtrl H
Close the Find or Replace barEscEscEsc
Find the selected textCtrl F3Cmd ECtrl F3
Editing and formatting
Insert a live-code sectionAlt EnterOption EnterAlt Enter
Open live-editor settingsCtrl Alt TCtrl Option TCtrl Alt T
Apply live-code format 1Ctrl Shift 1Ctrl Shift 1Ctrl Shift 1
Apply live-code format 2Ctrl Shift 2Ctrl Shift 2Ctrl Shift 2
Apply live-code format 3Ctrl Shift 3Ctrl Shift 3Ctrl Shift 3
Open the live-code layout menuCtrl Alt LCtrl Option LCtrl Alt L
Toggle bold textCtrl BCmd BCtrl B
Toggle italic textCtrl ICmd ICtrl I
Toggle underlined textCtrl UCtrl UCtrl U
Comment or uncomment selected linesCtrl RCmd /Ctrl R
Comment or uncomment a blockCtrl Shift RCmd Option /Ctrl Shift R
Join selected linesCtrl JCmd Shift WCtrl J
Toggle automatic indentationCtrl ICmd ICtrl I
Indent the selected lines rightCtrl ]Cmd ]Ctrl ]
Indent the selected lines leftCtrl [Cmd [Ctrl [
Clear the current lineCtrl LCmd CCtrl L
Delete the current lineCtrl XCtrl XCtrl X
Copy the current lineCtrl Shift CCtrl Shift CCtrl Shift C
Select the current lineCtrl Shift ACtrl Shift ACtrl Shift A
Fold the current code sectionCtrl Shift OCmd Option OCtrl Shift O
Toggle the current blockCtrl MCmd MCtrl M
Sections and running code
Insert a new code sectionCtrl Alt EnterCmd Option EnterCtrl Alt Enter
Run the current sectionCtrl EnterCmd EnterCtrl Enter
Run the current section and advanceCtrl Shift EnterCmd Shift EnterCtrl Shift Enter
Run the current fileF5F5F5
Run the file and clear the Command WindowCtrl F5Cmd F5Ctrl F5
Run the selected codeF12Cmd \F12
Run the next lineF10F10F10
Run the next sectionF11F11F11
Run and stop at the next breakpointShift F11Shift F11Shift F11
Stop running codeShift F5Shift F5Shift F5
Move to the previous sectionCtrl UpCmd UpCtrl Up
Move to the next sectionCtrl DownCmd DownCtrl Down
View and desktop focus
Toggle full-screen Editor modeCtrl F11Cmd F11Ctrl F11
Fold one levelCtrl Shift .Ctrl Shift .Ctrl Shift .
Fold two levelsCtrl Shift . Ctrl Shift .Ctrl Shift . Ctrl Shift .Ctrl Shift . Ctrl Shift .
Unfold one levelCtrl Shift ,Ctrl Shift ,Ctrl Shift ,
Unfold all levelsCtrl Shift , Ctrl Shift ,Ctrl Shift , Ctrl Shift ,Ctrl Shift , Ctrl Shift ,
Reset the Editor zoomCtrl Alt 0Cmd Option 0Ctrl Alt 0
Open the spelling suggestionsAlt F7Not documentedAlt F7
Find the next spelling errorShift F7Option F7Shift F7
Move to the next desktop groupCtrl F6Cmd F6Ctrl F6
Move to the previous desktop groupCtrl Shift F6Cmd Shift F6Ctrl Shift F6
Move focus to the next controlTabTabTab
Search the MATLAB desktopCtrl Shift SpaceCmd Shift SpaceCtrl Shift Space
Open MATLAB PreferencesCtrl ,Cmd ,Ctrl ,
Open the keyboard shortcut listCtrl /Ctrl /Ctrl /
Interrupt executionCtrl CNot documentedCtrl C
Interrupt executionNot documentedCmd .Not documented

Build a sheet for the work you actually do

A useful cheat sheet is smaller than the reference it came from. Pick the apps that share your desk, keep the platform you are using, and remove groups that belong to a job you do not do. A focused page has a chance of staying beside the keyboard instead of becoming another document you never open.

If you move between a terminal, an editor, and a browser, make one sheet for that loop. If you are learning one app, select only its groups and give yourself a page you can glance at without hunting through unrelated commands.

Choose the platform before you print

Windows, macOS, and Linux often share the action but change the modifier. Keep all platforms when the sheet is for a shared desk or a team. Choose one platform when you want a quieter page and know which keyboard will be in front of you.

Some applications also use terminal settings, editor modes, or custom keymaps. The sheet keeps the documented default rows from this reference. It does not rewrite them for a personal binding file.

Read the paper as a task list

Each app keeps its own name and each group keeps its task heading. That matters when several apps share keys such as Ctrl+P or Cmd+K. The action beside the keys tells you which app context gives the combination its meaning.

The live preview is the document that prints. If you remove an app, platform, or group, the count and the paper change with it. Groups that have no shortcut for the selected platform disappear from the sheet rather than leaving an empty heading behind.

What this sheet does not promise

This generator does not discover shortcuts from your installed apps, inspect custom bindings, or turn undocumented actions into guesses. It prints the rows in the stack127 keyboard reference for the choices you made. For a full app page, including notes about modes and sequences, use the keyboard shortcuts directory.

Keep the first version deliberately short

Start with the keys that remove a repeated interruption today. When those become ordinary, make a second sheet or add another group. The point is to put the next useful action near your hand, not to turn every documented shortcut into homework.

Your selections stay in this browser while you build the sheet. Printing uses the browser's own print dialog, so the final paper follows the page you can see here.