Python IDLE Shortcuts for Windows:
Integrated Development and Learning Environment is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Python. It is used to create Python scripts. It also provides a fully-featured text editor, syntax highlighting, autocompletion, and indent.
In this article, we have shown a list of keyboard shortcut keys for Python IDLE (Windows).
Last updated on Aug 4, 2020.
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File Menu Shortcuts:
| Shortcut | Function |
|---|---|
| CTRL+N | Used to Create a new editing window |
| CTRL+O | It is Used to Open an existing file |
| Alt+M | Helps to Open module |
| Alt+C | It will Show classes and methods in the current file |
| CTRL+S | This shortcut is used to Save current window to the associated file |
| CTRL+Shift+S | Used to Save the current window to a new file, which becomes the associated file |
| Alt+Shift+S | This Shortcut will Save current window to different file without changing the associated file |
| CTRL+P | Helps to Print window |
| Alt+F4 | Used to Close current window |
| CTRL+Q | This Shortcut will Close all windows and quit IDLE (asks to save if unsaved) |
Edit Menu Shortcuts:
| Shortcut | Function |
|---|---|
| CTRL+Z | Used to undo last change to the current window. You can make max 1000 changes. |
| CTRL+Shift+Z | Used for Redo last undone change to the current window |
| CTRL+X | Used to Copy selection into the system-wide clipboard, then delete the selection |
| CTRL+C | This Shortcut will Copy selection into system-wide clipboard |
| CTRL+V | Used to Insert system-wide clipboard into window |
| CTRL+A | Helps to Select the entire contents of the edit buffer |
| CTRL+F | Used to Open a search dialog box with many options |
| CTRL+G | It will Repeat the last search |
| CTRL+F3 | Used to Find a selection |
| Alt+F3 | It is Used to Find in files |
| CTRL+H | It will open a search dialog box for searching files |
| Alt+G | Go to line |
| CTRL+\ | Used to Show call tip |
| CTRL+O | Helps to Show surrounding parents |
| CTRL+Space | Used to Show completions |
| CTRL+B or CTRL+Shift+F10 | Build |
| F5 | Helps to Run the program quickly |
Miscellaneous Shortcuts:
| Shortcut | Function |
|---|---|
| Alt+X | Check module |
| Alt+3 | Used to Comment region |
| Alt+4 | This Shortcut is Used to Uncomment region |
| Alt+5 | Used to Tabify region |
| Alt+6 | Used to Untabify region |
| CTRL+/ | It will Toggle auto coloring |
| Alt+T | Used to Toggle tabs |
In this article, you can learn all the shortcuts to Python IDLE for Windows. If you feel this article is useful, give your feedback in the comment section.