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⤢ MICRO KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 48 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q Ctrl Quit W Ctrl Switch t… E Ctrl Open com… R Ctrl Toggle l… T Ctrl Open new… Y Ctrl Redo U Ctrl Toggle m… I O Ctrl Open file P Alt Remove l… A Ctrl Select a… S Ctrl Save D Ctrl Duplicat… F Alt Find lit… G Alt Toggle k… H J Ctrl Play rec… K Ctrl Cut curr… L Ctrl Jump to … Z Ctrl Undo X Alt Skip cur… C Alt Remove a… V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Run shel… N Ctrl Find next M MORE SHORTCUTS Previous para… Alt { Next paragraph Alt } Select to sta… Ctrl Shift UP Select to end… Ctrl Shift DOWN Previous tab Alt , Next tab Alt . Delete word t… Alt Bksp Indent / auto… Tab Outdent Shift Tab Page up PgUp Page down PgDn Select word t… Ctrl Shift RIGHT Select word t… Ctrl Shift LEFT Spawn cursor … Alt Shift UP Spawn cursor … Alt Shift DOWN Move lines up Alt UP Move lines do… Alt DOWN Find previous Ctrl P Cursor to sta… Ctrl UP Cursor to end… Ctrl DOWN Start of line… HOME End of line END Spawn multi-c… Alt N Toggle help Ctrl G Copy (or copy… Ctrl C shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICRO · WINDOWS
MICRO KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 48 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A Ctrl Select a… Z Ctrl Undo E Ctrl Open com… R Ctrl Toggle l… T Ctrl Open new… Y Ctrl Redo U Ctrl Toggle m… I O Ctrl Open file P Alt Remove l… Q Ctrl Quit S Ctrl Save D Ctrl Duplicat… F Alt Find lit… G Alt Toggle k… H J Ctrl Play rec… K Ctrl Cut curr… L Ctrl Jump to … M W Ctrl Switch t… X Alt Skip cur… C Alt Remove a… V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Run shel… N Ctrl Find next MORE SHORTCUTS Previous para… Alt { Next paragraph Alt } Select to sta… Ctrl Shift UP Select to end… Ctrl Shift DOWN Previous tab Alt , Next tab Alt . Delete word t… Alt Bksp Indent / auto… Tab Outdent Shift Tab Page up PgUp Page down PgDn Select word t… Ctrl Shift RIGHT Select word t… Ctrl Shift LEFT Spawn cursor … Alt Shift UP Spawn cursor … Alt Shift DOWN Move lines up Alt UP Move lines do… Alt DOWN Find previous Ctrl P Cursor to sta… Ctrl UP Cursor to end… Ctrl DOWN Start of line… HOME End of line END Spawn multi-c… Alt N Toggle help Ctrl G Copy (or copy… Ctrl C shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICRO · WINDOWS
⤢ SELECTION Select to start of buffer Ctrl Shift UP Select to end of buffer Ctrl Shift DOWN Select word to the right Ctrl Shift RIGHT Select word to the left Ctrl Shift LEFT Select all Ctrl A FILE Previous tab Alt , Next tab Alt . Open new tab Ctrl T Open file Ctrl O Save Ctrl S Quit Ctrl Q MULTI-CURSOR Spawn cursor on line above Alt Shift UP Spawn cursor on line below Alt Shift DOWN Skip current multi-cursor … Alt X Remove last multi-cursor Alt P Remove all multi-cursors Alt C Spawn multi-cursor on next… Alt N NAVIGATION Previous paragraph Alt { Next paragraph Alt } Page up PgUp Page down PgDn Jump to line (goto) Ctrl L Cursor to start of buffer Ctrl UP Cursor to end of buffer Ctrl DOWN Start of line / text HOME End of line END SEARCH Find literal (no regex) Alt F Find next Ctrl N Find previous Ctrl P Find Ctrl F MISC Toggle macro recording Ctrl U Play recorded macro Ctrl J Toggle key menu Alt G Toggle line numbers (ruler) Ctrl R Run shell command Ctrl B Switch to next split Ctrl W Toggle help Ctrl G Open command bar Ctrl E EDITING Delete word to the left Alt Bksp Indent / autocomplete Tab Outdent Shift Tab Cut current line Ctrl K Duplicate selection or line Ctrl D Move lines up Alt UP Move lines down Alt DOWN Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Copy (or copy line if no s… Ctrl C Cut (or cut line if no sel… Ctrl X Paste Ctrl V micro KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 50 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICRO · WINDOWS ⤢ SELECTION 05 Select to start of buffer Ctrl Shift UP Select to end of buffer Ctrl Shift DOWN Select word to the right Ctrl Shift RIGHT Select word to the left Ctrl Shift LEFT Select all Ctrl A FILE 06 Previous tab Alt , Next tab Alt . Open new tab Ctrl T Open file Ctrl O Save Ctrl S Quit Ctrl Q MULTI-CURSOR 06 Spawn cursor on line above Alt Shift UP Spawn cursor on line below Alt Shift DOWN Skip current multi-cursor … Alt X Remove last multi-cursor Alt P Remove all multi-cursors Alt C Spawn multi-cursor on next… Alt N NAVIGATION 09 Previous paragraph Alt { Next paragraph Alt } Page up PgUp Page down PgDn Jump to line (goto) Ctrl L Cursor to start of buffer Ctrl UP Cursor to end of buffer Ctrl DOWN Start of line / text HOME End of line END SEARCH 04 Find literal (no regex) Alt F Find next Ctrl N Find previous Ctrl P Find Ctrl F MISC 08 Toggle macro recording Ctrl U Play recorded macro Ctrl J Toggle key menu Alt G Toggle line numbers (ruler) Ctrl R Run shell command Ctrl B Switch to next split Ctrl W Toggle help Ctrl G Open command bar Ctrl E EDITING 12 Delete word to the left Alt Bksp Indent / autocomplete Tab Outdent Shift Tab Cut current line Ctrl K Duplicate selection or line Ctrl D Move lines up Alt UP Move lines down Alt DOWN Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Copy (or copy line if no s… Ctrl C Cut (or cut line if no sel… Ctrl X Paste Ctrl V micro KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 50 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICRO · WINDOWS
⤢ MICRO · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 7 SETS · No.01 MICRO TOTAL 50 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS NAVIGATION 09 SELECTION 05 MISC 08 FILE 06 EDITING 12 SEARCH 04 MULTI-CURSOR 06 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Previous paragraph Alt { Next paragraph Alt } Page up PgUp Page down PgDn Jump to line (goto) Ctrl L Cursor to start of buffer Ctrl UP Cursor to end of buffer Ctrl DOWN Start of line / text HOME End of line END Select to start of buffer Ctrl Shift UP Select to end of buffer Ctrl Shift DOWN Select word to the right Ctrl Shift RIGHT Select word to the left Ctrl Shift LEFT Select all Ctrl A Toggle macro recording Ctrl U Play recorded macro Ctrl J Toggle key menu Alt G Toggle line numbers (ruler) Ctrl R Run shell command Ctrl B Switch to next split Ctrl W Toggle help Ctrl G Open command bar Ctrl E Previous tab Alt , Next tab Alt . Open new tab Ctrl T Open file Ctrl O Save Ctrl S Quit Ctrl Q Delete word to the left Alt Bksp Indent / autocomplete Tab Outdent Shift Tab Cut current line Ctrl K Duplicate selection or line Ctrl D Move lines up Alt UP Move lines down Alt DOWN Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Copy (or copy line if no selection) Ctrl C Cut (or cut line if no selection) Ctrl X Paste Ctrl V Find literal (no regex) Alt F Find next Ctrl N Find previous Ctrl P Find Ctrl F Spawn cursor on line above Alt Shift UP Spawn cursor on line below Alt Shift DOWN Skip current multi-cursor match Alt X Remove last multi-cursor Alt P Remove all multi-cursors Alt C Spawn multi-cursor on next match Alt N
MICRO KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W E R T Y U Ctrl Toggle m… I O P A S D F Alt Find lit… G H J Ctrl Play rec… K L Z X C V B N M MORE SHORTCUTS Previous paragraph Alt { Next paragraph Alt } Select to start o… Ctrl Shift UP Select to end of … Ctrl Shift DOWN Previous tab Alt , Next tab Alt . Delete word to th… Alt Bksp Indent / autocomp… Tab Outdent Shift Tab Page up PgUp Page down PgDn shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICRO · WINDOWS Keyboard map NAVIGATION Previous paragraph Alt { Next paragraph Alt } Page up PgUp Page down PgDn FILE Previous tab Alt , Next tab Alt . SEARCH Find literal (no regex) Alt F SELECTION Select to start of buffer Ctrl Shift UP Select to end of buffer Ctrl Shift DOWN MISC Toggle macro recording Ctrl U Play recorded macro Ctrl J EDITING Delete word to the left Alt Bksp Indent / autocomplete Tab Outdent Shift Tab micro KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICRO · WINDOWS Isometric NAVIGATION 04 Previous paragraph Alt { Next paragraph Alt } Page up PgUp Page down PgDn FILE 02 Previous tab Alt , Next tab Alt . SEARCH 01 Find literal (no regex) Alt F SELECTION 02 Select to start of buffer Ctrl Shift UP Select to end of buffer Ctrl Shift DOWN MISC 02 Toggle macro recording Ctrl U Play recorded macro Ctrl J EDITING 03 Delete word to the left Alt Bksp Indent / autocomplete Tab Outdent Shift Tab micro KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICRO · WINDOWS Typewriter MICRO · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 6 SETS · No.01 MICRO TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS NAVIGATION 04 SELECTION 02 MISC 02 FILE 02 EDITING 03 SEARCH 01 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Previous paragraph Alt { Next paragraph Alt } Page up PgUp Page down PgDn Select to start of buffer Ctrl Shift UP Select to end of buffer Ctrl Shift DOWN Toggle macro recording Ctrl U Play recorded macro Ctrl J Previous tab Alt , Next tab Alt . Delete word to the left Alt Bksp Indent / autocomplete Tab Outdent Shift Tab Find literal (no regex) Alt F Editorial micro is a modern, intuitive terminal-based text editor that works out of the box with familiar CUA-style shortcuts. These are its default keybindings, which are identical across macOS, Windows, and Linux.
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12 Action Shortcut Delete word to the left Alt Bksp Indent / autocomplete Tab Outdent Shift Tab Cut current line Ctrl K Duplicate selection or line Ctrl D Move lines up Alt UP Move lines down Alt DOWN Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Copy (or copy line if no selection) Ctrl C Cut (or cut line if no selection) Ctrl X Paste Ctrl V
9 Action Shortcut Previous paragraph Alt { Next paragraph Alt } Page up PgUp Page down PgDn Jump to line (goto) Ctrl L Cursor to start of buffer Ctrl UP Cursor to end of buffer Ctrl DOWN Start of line / text HOME End of line END
8 Action Shortcut Toggle macro recording Ctrl U Play recorded macro Ctrl J Toggle key menu Alt G Toggle line numbers (ruler) Ctrl R Run shell command Ctrl B Switch to next split Ctrl W Toggle help Ctrl G Open command bar Ctrl E
6 Action Shortcut Previous tab Alt , Next tab Alt . Open new tab Ctrl T Open file Ctrl O Save Ctrl S Quit Ctrl Q
6 Action Shortcut Spawn cursor on line above Alt Shift UP Spawn cursor on line below Alt Shift DOWN Skip current multi-cursor match Alt X Remove last multi-cursor Alt P Remove all multi-cursors Alt C Spawn multi-cursor on next match Alt N
5 Action Shortcut Select to start of buffer Ctrl Shift UP Select to end of buffer Ctrl Shift DOWN Select word to the right Ctrl Shift RIGHT Select word to the left Ctrl Shift LEFT Select all Ctrl A
4 Action Shortcut Find literal (no regex) Alt F Find next Ctrl N Find previous Ctrl P Find Ctrl F
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Does the poster include every micro shortcut? micro has 50 keyboard shortcuts in total — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
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