Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

shortcuts.md

Shortcut	English	Computerese
↩	new line	insertNewline:
⌥ ↩	new line (don't leave form box)1	insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:
⌅	new line	insertNewline:
⌥ ⌅	new line (don't leave form box)1	insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:
⇥	tab	insertTab:
⌥ ⇥	tab (don't leave form box)1	insertTabIgnoringFieldEditor:
⇤	backtab	insertBacktab:
⌘ space	change languages	cycleToNextInputScript:
⌘⌃ space	change input system	togglePlatformInputSystem:
⌘⌥ space	change keyboard layout	cycleToNextInputKeyboardLayout:
⌫	delete backward	deleteBackward:
⌃ ⌫	delete backward (an accent	deleteBackwardByDecomposingPreviousCharacter:
⌃⌥ ⌫	delete backward one word	deleteWordBackward:
⌥ ⌫	delete backward one word	deleteWordBackward:
⌦	delete forward	deleteForward:
⌥ ⌦	delete forward one word	deleteWordForward:
esc	cancel	cancelOperation:
⌥ esc	complete current word	complete:
⇡	move up	moveUp:
⇧ ⇡	select upward	moveUpAndModifySelection:
⌃ ⇡	scroll one page up	scrollPageUp:
⌘ ⇡	move to the beginning of the document	moveToBeginningOfDocument:
⌘⇧ ⇡	select to the beginning of the document	moveToBeginningOfDocumentAndModifySelection:
⌥ ⇡	move to the beginning of the paragraph	moveBackward moveToBeginningOfParagraph:)
⌥⇧ ⇡	select to the beginning of the paragraph	moveParagraphBackwardAndModifySelection:
⇣	move down	moveDown:
⇧ ⇣	select downward	moveDownAndModifySelection:
⌃ ⇣	scroll one page down	scrollPageDown:
⌘ ⇣	move to the end of the document	moveToEndOfDocument:
⌘⇧ ⇣	select to the end of the document	moveToEndOfDocumentAndModifySelection:
⌥ ⇣	move to the end of the paragraph	moveForward moveToEndOfParagraph:)
⌥⇧ ⇣	select to the end of the paragraph	moveParagraphForwardAndModifySelection:
⇠	move left	moveLeft:
⇧ ⇠	select leftward	moveLeftAndModifySelection:
⌃ ⇠	move to the beginning of the line	moveToBeginningOfLine:
⌃⇧ ⇠	select to the beginning of the line	moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:
⌘ ⇠	move to the beginning of the line	moveToBeginningOfLine:
⌘⇧ ⇠	select to the beginning of the line	moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:
⌘⌃ ⇠	switch writing direction to right-to-left	changeBaseWritingDirectionToRTL:
⌥ ⇠	move one word left	moveWordLeft:
⌥⇧ ⇠	select one word leftward	moveWordLeftAndModifySelection:
⇢	move right	moveRight:
⇧ ⇢	select rightward	moveRightAndModifySelection:
⌃ ⇢	move to the end of the line	moveToEndOfLine:
⌃⇧ ⇢	select to the end of the line	moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:
⌘ ⇢	move to the end of the line	moveToEndOfLine:
⌘⇧ ⇢	select to the end of the line	moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:
⌘⌃ ⇢	switch writing direction to left-to-right text	changeBaseWritingDirectionToLTR:
⌥ ⇢	move one word right	moveWordRight:
⌥⇧ ⇢	select one word rightward	moveWordRightAndModifySelection:
↖	scroll to the beginning of the document	scrollToBeginningOfDocument:
⇧ ↖	select to the beginning of the document	moveToBeginningOfDocumentAndModifySelection:
↘	scroll to the end of the document	scrollToEndOfDocument:
⇧ ↘	select to the end of the document	moveToEndOfDocumentAndModifySelection:
⇞	scroll one page up	scrollPageUp:
⇧ ⇞	select one page up	pageUpAndModifySelection:
⌥ ⇞	move one page up	pageUp:
⇟	scroll one page down	scrollPageDown:
⇧ ⇟	select one page down	pageDownAndModifySelection:
⌥ ⇟	move one page down	pageDown:
⌘ .	cancel	cancelOperation:
⌃ A	move to the beginning of the paragraph	moveToBeginningOfParagraph:
⌃ B	move backward	moveBackward:
⌃ D	delete forward	deleteForward:
⌃ E	move to the end of the paragraph	moveToEndOfParagraph:
⌃ F	move forward	moveForward:
⌃ H	delete backward	deleteBackward:
⌃ K	delete to the end of the paragraph	deleteToEndOfParagraph:
⌃ L	center the selection in the text area	centerSelectionInVisibleArea:
⌃ N	move down	moveDown:
⌃ O	split the current line	insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor moveBackward:)
⌃ P	move up	moveUp:
⌃ T	transpose letters	transpose:
⌃ V	move one page down	pageDown:
⌃ Y	yank back 'killed' text	yank:
F5	complete current word	complete:

** Not on Apple keyboards **

Shortcut	English	Computerese
Backspace	delete backward	deleteBackward:
⌥ Backspace	delete backward one word	deleteWordBackward:
Linefeed	new line	insertNewline:
⌥ Linefeed	new line (don't leave form box)1	insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:

1 The commands invoked by '⌥ ⇥' and '⌥ ↩' are designed to avoid leaving the current text box, as happens when pressing '⇥', which usually tabs to the next form field, or '↩', which usually submits the form.