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JIRA 6.3 Keyboard Shortcuts

Hong Chen edited this page May 4, 2015 · 9 revisions

Using JIRA 6.3 Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts provide a quick and easy way of navigating though JIRA and performing fundamental actions on issues without having to take your fingers off the keyboard.

The keyboard shortcuts dialog box shows an overview of JIRA actions that are available as keyboard shortcuts and the combination of keystrokes required to perform them.

Accessing the Keyboard Shortcuts Dialog Box

To open the keyboard shortcuts dialog box:
  • Choose ? -> Keyboard Shortcuts.
  • You can also open this dialog by pressing ? or (Shift + /) on your keyboard. Note, your cursor must not be focused in a JIRA text field for ? to work.

The following shortcuts dialog box is captured with JIRA 6.3.15:

Using Common Keyboard Shortcuts

Global Shortcuts
  • These shortcuts are available from any JIRA screen.
Operation Keyboard Shortcut Description
Go to Dashboard g then d Directs you to the Dashboard screen.
Browse to a Project g then p Directs you to your current proejct browser screen.
Find Issues g then i Opens the Issue Navigator, where you can search for issues using either the Simple Search or Advanced Search features.
Quick Search ** Directs your cursor to the Quick Search text field in the top right-hand corner.
Open shortcut help ? Opens the keyboard shortcuts dialog box shown as above. To close this dialog box, press the 'Esc' key or click 'Close' in the lower-right of the box.