Text Shortcuts - Apple Mac

Text Shortcuts - Apple Mac

These shortcuts can be used within all text areas in Cocoa applications.

option-left arrow	move left one word
option-right arrow	move right one word
control-delete	delete accent to left
option-delete	back delete one word
shift-option-delete	foward delete one word (equivalent to option-del)
option-up arrow	move up one paragraph
option-down arrow	move down one paragraph
command-up arrow	move to beginning of all text
command-down arrow	move to end of all text
control-left arrow	move to start of current line
command-left arrow
control-right arrow	move to end of current line
command-right arrow
shift + any of the above	extend selection by appropriate amount
click then drag	select text
double-click then drag	select text, wrapping to word ends
triple-click then drag	select text, wrapping to paragraph ends
shift-select text with mouse	add to selection (contiguous)
command-select text with mouse	add to selection (non-contiguous)
option-drag	select rectangular area (non-contiguous)
command-option-drag	add rectangular area to selection
drag selection	move text
option-drag selection	copy text
command-control-D	use the dictionary to look up the word under the mouse pointer
escape	show auto-complete list for word (equivalent to F5 or option-escape)
control-A	move to start of current paragraph
control-B	move left one character
control-D	forwards delete
control-E	move to end of current paragraph
control-F	move right one character
control-H	delete
control-K	delete remainder of current paragraph
control-N	move down one line
control-O	insert new line after cursor
control-P	move up one line
control-T	transpose (swap) two surrounding character
control-V	move to end, then left one character
control-Y	paste text previously deleted with control-K