GitHub Desktop Keyboard Shortcuts Explained | Generated by AI
Not quite — the actual shortcut is Ctrl+Tab (Control + Tab), not Tab and Caps Lock separately.
In GitHub Desktop on macOS, Ctrl+Tab switches between the Changes and History tabs. This is the standard cross-platform shortcut for cycling through tabs in most applications.
Other useful GitHub Desktop shortcuts:
- F5 — refresh all git data
- ⌘G — focus commit message field
So Tab and Caps Lock are just physically stacked on your keyboard, but they’re separate keys with their own functions. Ctrl+Tab combines them with the Control modifier to activate the tab-switching behavior.