You can use keyboard shortcuts in GitHub Desktop.
GitHub Desktop keyboard shortcuts on macOS
Keyboard shortcut Description ⌘ , Go to Preferences ⌘ H Hide the GitHub Desktop application ⌥ ⌘ H Hide all other applications ⌘ Q Quit GitHub Desktop ⌃ ⌘ F Toggle full screen view ⌘ 0 Reset zoom to default text size ⌘ = Zoom in for larger text and graphics ⌘ - Zoom out for smaller text and graphics ⌥ ⌘ I Toggle Developer Tools
Keyboard shortcut Description ⌘ N Add a new repository ⌘ O Add a local repository ⇧ ⌘ O Clone a repository from GitHub ⌘ T Show a list of your repositories ⌘ P Push the latest commits to GitHub ⇧ ⌘ P Pull down the latest changes from GitHub ⌘ ⌫ Remove an existing repository ⇧ ⌘ G View the repository on GitHub ⌃ ` Open repository in your preferred terminal tool ⇧ ⌘ F Show the repository in Finder ⇧ ⌘ A Open the repository in your preferred editor tool ⌘ I Create an issue on GitHub
Keyboard shortcut Description ⌘ 1 Show all your changes before committing ⌘ 2 Show your commit history ⌘ B Show all your branches ⌘ G Go to the commit summary field ⌘ Enter Commit changes when summary or description field is active space Select or deselect all highlighted files ⇧ ⌘ N Create a new branch ⇧ ⌘ R Rename the current branch ⇧ ⌘ D Delete the current branch ⇧ ⌘ U Update from default branch ⇧ ⌘ B Compare to an existing branch ⇧ ⌘ M Merge into current branch ⌃ H Show or hide stashed changes ⇧ ⌘ C Compare branches on GitHub ⌘ R Show the current pull request on GitHub
GitHub Desktop keyboard shortcuts on Windows
Keyboard shortcut Description Ctrl , Go to Options F11 Toggle full screen view Ctrl 0 Reset zoom to default text size Ctrl = Zoom in for larger text and graphics Ctrl - Zoom out for smaller text and graphics Ctrl Shift I Toggle Developer Tools
Keyboard Shortcut Description Ctrl N Add a new repository Ctrl O Add a local repository Ctrl Shift O Clone a repository from GitHub Ctrl T Show a list of your repositories Ctrl P Push the latest commits to GitHub Ctrl Shift P Pull down the latest changes from GitHub Ctrl Delete Remove an existing repository Ctrl Shift G View the repository on GitHub Ctrl ` Open repository in your preferred command line tool Ctrl Shift F Show the repository in Explorer Ctrl Shift A Open the repository in your preferred editor tool Ctrl I Create an issue on GitHub
Keyboard shortcut Description Ctrl 1 Show all your changes before committing Ctrl 2 Show your commit history Ctrl B Show all your branches Ctrl G Go to the commit summary field Ctrl Enter Commit changes when summary or description field is active space Select or deselect all highlighted files Ctrl Shift N Create a new branch Ctrl Shift R Rename the current branch Ctrl Shift D Delete the current branch Ctrl Shift U Update from default branch Ctrl Shift B Compare to an existing branch Ctrl Shift M Merge into current branch Ctrl H Show or hide stashed changes Ctrl Shift C Compare branches on GitHub Ctrl R Show the current pull request on GitHub
