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Shortcuts

This doc provide a quick references to common default shortcuts to streamline your workflow in IDA.


Action Shortcut
Jump to Operand Enter
Jump in a New Window Alt+Enter
Jump to Previous Position Esc
Jump to Next Position Ctrl+Enter
Jump to Address G
Jump by Name Ctrl+L
Jump to Function Ctrl+P
Open Cross-References Window X
View Pseudocode Tab
Jump to Segment Ctrl+S
Jump to Segment Register Ctrl+G
Jump to Problem Q
Jump to Entry Point Ctrl+E

Bookmarks

Action Shortcut
Mark Position Alt+M
Jump to Bookmark Ctrl+M
Open Bookmarks Window Ctrl+Shift+M

Action Shortcut
Search Text Alt+T
Search Next Text Ctrl+T
Search Sequence of Bytes Alt+B
Search Immediate Value Alt+I
Search Next Immediate Value Ctrl+I
Search Next Code Alt+C
Search Next Data Ctrl+D

Debugging

Action Shortcut
Add Breakpoint F2
Start Process F9
Terminate Process Ctrl+F2
Step Into F7
Step Over F8
Run Until Return Ctrl+F7
Breakpoint List Ctrl+Alt+B
View Stack Trace Ctrl+Alt+S

Operands

Action Shortcut
Change to Hexadecimal Q
Change to Decimal H
Change to Binary B
Change to Character R
Change Enum Member Ctrl+O
Change to Offset (data segment) O
Change to Offset (in any segment) Alt+R
Change to Offset (user-defined) Ctrl+R
Select Union Member T
Change to Stack Variable K
Bitwise Negate ~
Change Sign _

Function Management

Action Shortcut
Create Function P
Edit Function Alt+P
Set Function End E
Edit Stack Variables Ctrl+K
Set Type Y
Open Stack Variables Window Ctrl+K

Annotate

Action Shortcut
Annotate (Rename) N
Enter Repeatable Comment ;
Enter Comment :
Insert Line Before Ins
Insert Line After Shift+Ins
Enter Anterior Lines Alt+Q
Enter Posterior Lines Alt+A

Open Subviews

Subview Shortcut
Local Types Shift+F1
Functions Shift+F3
Names Shift+F4
Signatures Shift+F5
Segments Shift+F7
Segment Registers Shift+F8
Structures Shift+F9
Type Libraries Shift+F11
Strings Shift+F12

Miscellaneous

Action Shortcut
Undo Ctrl+Z
Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z
Begin Selection Alt+L
Open Calculator ?
Save Ctrl+S
Exit Alt+X

Get the handy shortcuts cheatsheet

You can download the cheatsheet here: