Welcome back! We’ve got 9 more tips to help you navigate GitKraken more efficiently.
GitKraken Tips
1. Switch between dark and light themes in UI Preferences. We gave the light theme some love in v2.0!
![](https://www.gitkraken.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gk-tip-theme-switch.gif)
2. When viewing file history, select a commit to view its diff then click the commit SHA to jump to that commit in the graph.
![](https://www.gitkraken.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gk-tip-history-go-to-commit.gif)
3. Use keyboard shortcuts to quickly stage S or unstage U selected files in the right panel.
![](https://www.gitkraken.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gk-tip-shortcut-stage-unstage.gif)
4. Shortcut cmd/ctrl + \ will minimize or expand the left panel to make room for larger commit graphs.
![](https://www.gitkraken.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tip34-gk-tip-shortcut-left-panel.gif)
5. Quickly zoom in/out of GitKraken with cmd/ctrl + +/-. Reset to 100% with cmd/ctrl + 0.
![](https://www.gitkraken.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tip33-gk-tip-shortcut-zoom.gif)
6. Remotes can be fetched individually from the left panel – no need to fetch them all!
![](https://www.gitkraken.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tip32-gk-remote-fetch.gif)
7. Check out a branch 4 ways: 1. double click in the left panel 2. in the graph 3. in the toolbar dropdown 4. in the command palette cmd/ctrl+ shift + p.
![](https://www.gitkraken.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tip31-gk-tip-checkout.gif)
8. Organize branches into folders in the left panel by naming them with a slash between the folder and branch name.
![](https://www.gitkraken.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tip30-gk-tip-folder-tree.gif)
9. With the left panel collapsed, switch repos or branches quickly from the toolbar, the fuzzy finder cmd/ctrl + p or the command palette cmd/ctrl + shift + p
![](https://www.gitkraken.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tip29-gk-tip-collapse-left.gif)