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When creating a gist, how do I search for the previous/next match?

If I press the search shortcut in my browser while creating/editing a gist, it pops up a little search on the header:

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I haven't found any documentation on this functionality. If I press Enter it jumps to a match, the search disappears, and all other matches are highlighted: so far so good.

But I can't figure out how to navigate from one match to the next with my keyboard; if I press any key after I've pressed ctrl+f, Enter, it edits the document. How do I jump to the previous/next matching term with my keyboard?

For context, I'm using Windows.

Solution

  • The keyboard shortcuts you are searching for are as follows:

    Find next
    Windows: ctrl+G
    Mac/Linux: cmd ⌘+G

    Find previous
    Windows: ctrl+shift ⇧+G
    Mac/Linux: cmd ⌘+shift ⇧+G

    More shortcuts can be found on the page about Keyboard shortcuts in the GitHub Docs.