AHK Studio has a keyboard shortcut for a lot of what you click every day. Here are 49 that work on Windows, grouped by what you’re trying to do.
We checked every one against AHK Studio on GitHub: default menus and hotkeys (lib/menus.xml) on October 21, 2026.
Files and Projects
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + N | Create a new file |
| Ctrl + O | Open a file |
| Ctrl + S | Save |
| Ctrl + Alt + D | Open the script’s folder in Explorer |
| Ctrl + Shift + O | Make one backup of the current file |
| Ctrl + Shift + N | Create an #Include file from the selected code |
| Alt + Shift + Down Arrow | Go to the next file in the project |
| Alt + Shift + Up Arrow | Go to the previous file in the project |
| Ctrl + Page Down | Go to the next open project |
| Ctrl + Page Up | Go to the previous open project |
Editing
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + X | Cut |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| F2 | Duplicate the current line |
| Shift + F2 | Delete the current line |
| Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow | Move the selected lines up |
| Ctrl + Shift + Down Arrow | Move the selected lines down |
| Ctrl + J | Comment or uncomment the current line |
| Shift + F1 | Comment or uncomment several lines as a block |
| Ctrl + Alt + U | Remove spaces from the selected text |
| Ctrl + Shift + Delete | Delete the matching brace |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Up Arrow | Add a cursor on the line above |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Down Arrow | Add a cursor on the line below |
| Ctrl + Shift + F3 | Select the next copy of the selected text |
Find and Search
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + F | Open Find |
| Alt + Q | Open Quick Find |
| Ctrl + H | Open Find and Replace |
| F3 | Go to the next match |
| Shift + F3 | Go to the previous match |
| Ctrl + G | Go to a line number |
| Ctrl + Alt + O | Open Omni Search (type ? to see what it can find) |
| Ctrl + Shift + 9 | Search functions |
| Ctrl + Alt + C | Search classes |
| Ctrl + Shift + 7 | Search hotkeys |
| Alt + J | Search files in the project |
| Alt + M | Search the menus (handy for finding any command) |
Navigation and Bookmarks
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Alt + F1 | Jump to the definition of the word under the cursor |
| Ctrl + Shift + I | Jump to an #Include file |
| Alt + Left Arrow | Go back to the previous location |
| Alt + Right Arrow | Go forward |
| Ctrl + B | Add a bookmark |
| Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow | Jump to the next bookmark |
| Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow | Jump to the previous bookmark |
| Ctrl + M | Manage bookmarks |
Run and Debug
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Alt + R | Run the script |
| Ctrl + D | Debug the current script |
| Ctrl + F7 | Compile the script to an .exe |
| Ctrl + Alt + V | Run the selected comment block as code |
| F1 | Open AutoHotkey help for the command under the cursor |
Good to know: Taken from the default menus file in the author’s GitHub repo; not independently verified in a running copy. Every hotkey can be changed in the menu editor, so your copy may differ.
Good to know: Help > Display Hotkeys shows the hotkeys your copy is actually using.
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Want One Key to Do More?
Built-in shortcuts only work while AHK Studio is the active window, and you can’t add new ones. These tools let you pick your own hotkeys:
- Prompt Assistant: paste your standard #Requires and #SingleInstance header or a GUI template into AHK Studio with a hotkey
- AHK Script Maker: another AutoHotkey editor for writing your own hotkey scripts
- AutoHotkey v2 Tools: more tools for AutoHotkey users
