Dump of /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Resources/StandardKeyBinding.dict on macOS Ventura 13.4, plus some notes

StandardKeyBinding.dict.dump.with.notes.txt

$ # plz forgive this dumb method of visualization.
$ cp /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Resources/StandardKeyBinding.dict .
$ plutil -convert xml1 StandardKeyBinding.dict
$ plutil -p StandardKeyBinding.dict | unicode-vis | cat -v | tr '\t' '+'
{
  "^C" => "insertNewline:"
  "^H" => "deleteBackward:"
  "^Y" => "insertBacktab:" //shift+tab
  "^[" => "cancelOperation:"
  "^?" => "deleteBackward:"
  "+" => "insertTab:"
  "
" => "insertNewline:"
  "^M" => "insertNewline:"
  "@" => "noop:"
  "@^?" => "deleteToBeginningOfLine:"
  "@ " => "cycleToNextInputScript:"
  "@." => "cancelOperation:"
  "@^ " => "togglePlatformInputSystem:"
  "@^U+F701" => "makeBaseWritingDirectionNatural:"
  "@^U+F702" => "makeBaseWritingDirectionRightToLeft:"
  "@^U+F703" => "makeBaseWritingDirectionLeftToRight:"
  "@~ " => "cycleToNextInputKeyboardLayout:"
  "@~^U+F701" => "makeTextWritingDirectionNatural:"
  "@~^U+F702" => "makeTextWritingDirectionRightToLeft:"
  "@~^U+F703" => "makeTextWritingDirectionLeftToRight:"
  "@$U+F700" => "moveToBeginningOfDocumentAndModifySelection:"
  "@$U+F701" => "moveToEndOfDocumentAndModifySelection:"
  "@$U+F702" => "moveToLeftEndOfLineAndModifySelection:"
  "@$U+F703" => "moveToRightEndOfLineAndModifySelection:"
  "@U+F700" => "moveToBeginningOfDocument:"
  "@U+F701" => "moveToEndOfDocument:"
  "@U+F702" => "moveToLeftEndOfLine:"
  "@U+F703" => "moveToRightEndOfLine:"
  "^" => "noop:"
  "^^C" => "insertLineBreak:"
  "^^Y" => "selectPreviousKeyView:" //ctrl+shift+tab (remember that tab is ^I(0x09) and shift got its name because it shifts one bit?) (i forgot the source sorry! maybe checkout "things every hacker once knew")
  "^^?" => "deleteBackwardByDecomposingPreviousCharacter:"
  "^+" => "selectNextKeyView:"
  "^
" => "insertLineBreak:"
  "^^M" => "insertLineBreak:"
  "^'" => "insertSingleQuoteIgnoringSubstitution:"
  "^"" => "insertDoubleQuoteIgnoringSubstitution:"
  "^/" => "insertRightToLeftSlash:"
  "^$U+F702" => "moveToLeftEndOfLineAndModifySelection:"
  "^$U+F703" => "moveToRightEndOfLineAndModifySelection:"
  "^a" => "moveToBeginningOfParagraph:"
  "^A" => "moveToBeginningOfParagraphAndModifySelection:"
  "^b" => "moveBackward:"
  "^B" => "moveBackwardAndModifySelection:"
  "^d" => "deleteForward:"
  "^e" => "moveToEndOfParagraph:"
  "^E" => "moveToEndOfParagraphAndModifySelection:"
  "^f" => "moveForward:"
  "^F" => "moveForwardAndModifySelection:"
  "^h" => "deleteBackward:"
  "^k" => "deleteToEndOfParagraph:"
  "^l" => "centerSelectionInVisibleArea:"
  "^n" => "moveDown:"
  "^N" => "moveDownAndModifySelection:"
  "^o" => [
    0 => "insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:"
    1 => "moveBackward:"
  ]
  "^p" => "moveUp:"
  "^P" => "moveUpAndModifySelection:"
  "^t" => "transpose:"
  "^v" => "pageDown:"
  "^V" => "pageDownAndModifySelection:"
  "^y" => "yank:"
  "^U+F700" => "scrollPageUp:"
  "^U+F701" => "scrollPageDown:"
  "^U+F702" => "moveToLeftEndOfLine:"
  "^U+F703" => "moveToRightEndOfLine:"
  "~^C" => "insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:"
  "~^H" => "deleteWordBackward:"
  "~^[" => "complete:"
  "~^?" => "deleteWordBackward:"
  "~+" => "insertTabIgnoringFieldEditor:"
  "~
" => "insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:"
  "~^M" => "insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:"
  "~^^?" => "deleteWordBackward:"
  "~^b" => "moveWordBackward:"
  "~^B" => "moveWordBackwardAndModifySelection:"
  "~^f" => "moveWordForward:"
  "~^F" => "moveWordForwardAndModifySelection:"
  "~$U+F700" => "moveParagraphBackwardAndModifySelection:"
  "~$U+F701" => "moveParagraphForwardAndModifySelection:"
  "~$U+F702" => "moveWordLeftAndModifySelection:"
  "~$U+F703" => "moveWordRightAndModifySelection:"
  "~U+F700" => [
    0 => "moveBackward:"
    1 => "moveToBeginningOfParagraph:"
  ]
  "~U+F701" => [
    0 => "moveForward:"
    1 => "moveToEndOfParagraph:"
  ]
  "~U+F702" => "moveWordLeft:"
  "~U+F703" => "moveWordRight:"
  "~U+F704" => "noop:"
  "~U+F705" => "noop:"
  "~U+F706" => "noop:"
  "~U+F707" => "noop:"
  "~U+F708" => "noop:"
  "~U+F709" => "noop:"
  "~U+F70A" => "noop:"
  "~U+F70B" => "noop:"
  "~U+F70C" => "noop:"
  "~U+F70D" => "noop:"
  "~U+F70E" => "noop:"
  "~U+F70F" => "noop:"
  "~U+F710" => "noop:"
  "~U+F711" => "noop:"
  "~U+F712" => "noop:"
  "~U+F713" => "noop:"
  "~U+F714" => "noop:"
  "~U+F715" => "noop:"
  "~U+F716" => "noop:"
  "~U+F717" => "noop:"
  "~U+F718" => "noop:"
  "~U+F719" => "noop:"
  "~U+F71A" => "noop:"
  "~U+F71B" => "noop:"
  "~U+F71C" => "noop:"
  "~U+F71D" => "noop:"
  "~U+F71E" => "noop:"
  "~U+F71F" => "noop:"
  "~U+F720" => "noop:"
  "~U+F721" => "noop:"
  "~U+F722" => "noop:"
  "~U+F723" => "noop:"
  "~U+F724" => "noop:"
  "~U+F725" => "noop:"
  "~U+F726" => "noop:"
  "~U+F727" => "noop:"
  "~U+F728" => "deleteWordForward:"
  "~U+F729" => "noop:"
  "~U+F72A" => "noop:"
  "~U+F72B" => "noop:"
  "~U+F72C" => "pageUp:"
  "~U+F72D" => "pageDown:"
  "~U+F72E" => "noop:"
  "~U+F72F" => "noop:"
  "~U+F730" => "noop:"
  "~U+F731" => "noop:"
  "~U+F732" => "noop:"
  "~U+F733" => "noop:"
  "~U+F734" => "noop:"
  "~U+F735" => "noop:"
  "~U+F736" => "noop:"
  "~U+F737" => "noop:"
  "~U+F738" => "noop:"
  "~U+F739" => "noop:"
  "~U+F73A" => "noop:"
  "~U+F73B" => "noop:"
  "~U+F73C" => "noop:"
  "~U+F73D" => "noop:"
  "~U+F73E" => "noop:"
  "~U+F73F" => "noop:"
  "~U+F740" => "noop:"
  "~U+F741" => "noop:"
  "~U+F742" => "noop:"
  "~U+F743" => "noop:"
  "~U+F744" => "noop:"
  "~U+F745" => "noop:"
  "~U+F746" => "noop:"
  "~U+F747" => "noop:"
  "$U+F700" => "moveUpAndModifySelection:"
  "$U+F701" => "moveDownAndModifySelection:"
  "$U+F702" => "moveLeftAndModifySelection:"
  "$U+F703" => "moveRightAndModifySelection:"
  "$U+F729" => "moveToBeginningOfDocumentAndModifySelection:"
  "$U+F72B" => "moveToEndOfDocumentAndModifySelection:"
  "$U+F72C" => "pageUpAndModifySelection:"
  "$U+F72D" => "pageDownAndModifySelection:"
  "U+F700" => "moveUp:"
  "U+F701" => "moveDown:"
  "U+F702" => "moveLeft:"
  "U+F703" => "moveRight:"
  "U+F704" => "noop:"
  "U+F705" => "noop:"
  "U+F706" => "noop:"
  "U+F707" => "noop:"
  "U+F708" => "complete:"
  "U+F709" => "noop:"
  "U+F70A" => "noop:"
  "U+F70B" => "noop:"
  "U+F70C" => "noop:"
  "U+F70D" => "noop:"
  "U+F70E" => "noop:"
  "U+F70F" => "noop:"
  "U+F710" => "noop:"
  "U+F711" => "noop:"
  "U+F712" => "noop:"
  "U+F713" => "noop:"
  "U+F714" => "noop:"
  "U+F715" => "noop:"
  "U+F716" => "noop:"
  "U+F717" => "noop:"
  "U+F718" => "noop:"
  "U+F719" => "noop:"
  "U+F71A" => "noop:"
  "U+F71B" => "noop:"
  "U+F71C" => "noop:"
  "U+F71D" => "noop:"
  "U+F71E" => "noop:"
  "U+F71F" => "noop:"
  "U+F720" => "noop:"
  "U+F721" => "noop:"
  "U+F722" => "noop:"
  "U+F723" => "noop:"
  "U+F724" => "noop:"
  "U+F725" => "noop:"
  "U+F726" => "noop:"
  "U+F727" => "noop:"
  "U+F728" => "deleteForward:"
  "U+F729" => "scrollToBeginningOfDocument:"
  "U+F72A" => "noop:"
  "U+F72B" => "scrollToEndOfDocument:"
  "U+F72C" => "scrollPageUp:"
  "U+F72D" => "scrollPageDown:"
  "U+F72E" => "noop:"
  "U+F72F" => "noop:"
  "U+F730" => "noop:"
  "U+F731" => "noop:"
  "U+F732" => "noop:"
  "U+F733" => "noop:"
  "U+F734" => "noop:"
  "U+F735" => "noop:"
  "U+F736" => "noop:"
  "U+F737" => "noop:"
  "U+F738" => "noop:"
  "U+F739" => "delete:"
  "U+F73A" => "noop:"
  "U+F73B" => "noop:"
  "U+F73C" => "noop:"
  "U+F73D" => "noop:"
  "U+F73E" => "noop:"
  "U+F73F" => "noop:"
  "U+F740" => "noop:"
  "U+F741" => "noop:"
  "U+F742" => "noop:"
  "U+F743" => "noop:"
  "U+F744" => "noop:"
  "U+F745" => "noop:"
  "U+F746" => "noop:"
  "U+F747" => "noop:"
}

don't forget defaults write -g NSRepeatCountBinding -string "^r" for emacs style numeric argument! (forgot the source!)

see also "Keyboard Viewer" in your input source menu bar icon.

see also Ukelele.

Don't forget option+esc to complete! (show possible completions of words) superhelpful! (especially for language learners!) unfortunately does not work in chrome. or for other languages.

The setMark: and swapWithMark: can be very useful, but the mark is a bit unstable, can sometimes unexpectedly change to your current cursor position. In some apps setMark also remembers selection.

It seems we can know about the defaults write -g NSRepeatCountBinding -string "^r" trick by just disassembling the AppKit...

The best thing about this DefaultKeyBinding.dict in context of AppKit, is that you can bind keys to any method you discover in the AppKit internal debug menu's "Record Actions" window!(Although I don't really know how it works) For example, in Notes.app you can bind a key to "searchInNoteList:" and it will move key focus to the search field!!!(just like cmd+opt+f)

About the AppKit internal debug menu: defaults write -g NS🐞 -bool true. It's worth mentioning that I discovered this entirely on my own... though I am far from the first. (But that did not spoil the fun!)

Also follow the main text view's responder chain, and statically search for some useful methods of those classes in your disassembler. Methods you discovered in "Record Actions" that belong to classes not in your responder chain will not be usable.

Notes.app cont'd:

Don't forget the subscript: and superscript:!!! OH MY GOD IS MACOS FUN AS FUCK TO HACK

…and the "moveSelectedListItemUp:" and "moveSelectedListItemDown:"

…and even some crazy shit like show/hide the sidebar toggleFolderListHidden:, and exportNoteAsPDF:

(Man, isn't this the pinnacle of the idea of object-oriented?)

Notes.app cont'd again:

You may also want to make use of Notes.app's URL scheme (CFBundleURLSchemes in app Info.plist). e.g. notes://showNote?identifier=9AFFFFFF-FAFF-CAFE-BABE-8FFFFF2FEEF to create clickable links to other notes!

see also: https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/aot272/get_url_of_note_copy_note_url_to_clipboard
see also: https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-the-built-in-notes-url-scheme/6071

Notes cont'd again again:

See also defaults write com.apple.Notes alexandria -bool YES. It will enable the .notesarchive export feature. This feature is already visible on iPad version of Notes (at least on Apple Store demo machines)