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JuypterLab Keyboard Shortcuts (DRAFT) by

Keyboard shortcuts on how to navigate and run code in JupyterLab

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Naviation

edit mode to modify content
 
Enter
command mode to run code
 
Escape
Use 
Esc
and 
Enter
to toggle between command and edit mode. Notice the cell input border becomes blue in edit mode (grey in command mode).

when in command mode

use cursor keys to navigate
insert cell above
 
a
insert cell below
 
b
delete cell
 
dd

when in Edit mode

tab completion
 
Tab
toggle line comment
 
Cmd
+ 
/
in parent­hesis of function to display docstring
 
Shift
+ 
Tab
 

Running code, getting help

run cell and put cursor below
 
Shift + Enter
run cell and stay in cell
 
Control + Enter
get help / inform­ation on object / method
 
?name_­of_­object
(e.g. "­?pr­int­")
To run a cell of code, hit 
Shift + Enter
. This executes the cell and puts the cursor in the next cell below (or makes a new one if you are at the end). Altern­ati­vely, you can use 
Control + Enter
to execute the cell and keep the cursor in the same cell.