April 1, 2018 - If you go to a GitHub repository and press T in your keyboard, you can then start typing the name of the file that you want to open. This way you are able to go to specific files as fast as your typing rather than having to go to that particular ...

February 20, 2017 - If you press the T key, you will open the file finder that allows you to search a file by its name in the source code of the repository. If you press the L key, you will open the go to line menu.

January 5, 2017 - Notice how in the previous image all I had to type was “main” and the file finder found three files using partial matching. I didn’t have to specify which folder these files resided in. The search was exhaustive throughout the repo. To recap, to search for a file via the keyboard, press the letter ‘t’ and then start typing the name of your file.

For more keyboard shortcuts, see the CodeMirror documentation. If you view a code file in a repository using the Code view and click on any line in the file, you will see a cursor.

May 6, 2025 - Ross Brandes brought up one of the most time-saving features GitHub has to offer. Press t to open up a file search window. Just start typing and GitHub instantly filters the repo’s file tree to find exactly what you need.

December 17, 2019 - These days, though, I find myself reading most new code in my browser on GitHub. And I really miss cmd-T. So, I did the only thing that made sense: I added cmd-T to GitHub. Try it out: just hit t on any repo’s file or directory view.

A visual cheat-sheet for the 80 keyboard shortcuts found on Github.com

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February 28, 2016 - Adds a keyboard shortcut to use GitHub's find file feature

You can also open the file finder by pressing t on your keyboard. For more information, see "Keyboard shortcuts."

I use Visual Studio a lot, where CTRL + ; is a shortcut key for jumping to find a file by name. I wonder if, when opening a repository, that same shortcut could switch me straight into the "Go to file" view, i.e. just click the button.

In the “Go to file” search bar, type the name of the file or directory you'd like to find. Alternatively, if there is no "Go to file" search bar, click Go to file, then type the name of the file or directory you'd like to find.

Just a quick tip here that most programmers I meet haven’t seen before so I thought it’d be cool to share. Github has a handy little reminder of keyboard shortcuts if you type ”?“. But that isn’t even the coolest part. If you press ”t” while in a repository, it opens up the file ...

// ==UserScript== // @name Find File Shortcut (GitHub) // @namespace chriskim06 // @description Adds a keyboard shortcut to use GitHub's find file feature // @include https://github.com/*/* // @version 1.6 // @grant none // @locale en // ==/UserScript== document.querySelector('html').addEventListener('keydown', function(e) { if (e.shiftKey && e.which === 80 && e.target.nodeName !== 'INPUT') { var url = window.location.href.match(/(https:\/\/github\.com\/[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\/[A-Za-z0-9_-]+)/); if (url) { var branchMenu = document.getElementsByClassName('btn btn-sm select-menu-button js-menu-target css-truncate')[0]; if (branchMenu) { var branch = branchMenu.getElementsByClassName('js-select-button css-truncate-target')[0]; if (branch) { window.location.href = url[1] + '/find/' + branch.innerHTML; } } } } });

November 7, 2017 - Now Github has a projects tab on each repository. Ever the completist, here's the shortcut for that tab: gb.

Shortcuts. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

February 23, 2022 - The Command Palette is designed to make it easy for you to navigate GitHub, search, and run commands:

June 24, 2021 - When using GitHub for programming, make use of these keyboard shortcuts for Windows and Mac, available in a free PDF.