Use these keyboard shortcuts for Application and other commands.
Command+Space — Show or hide the Spotlight search field (if multiple languages are installed, may rotate through enabled script systems)
Control+A — Move to beginning of line/paragraph
Control+B — Move one character backward
Control+D — Delete the character in front of the cursor
Control+E — Move to end of line/paragraph
Control+F — Move one character forward
Control+H — Delete the character behind the cursor
Control+K — Delete from the character in front of the cursor to the end of the line/paragraph
Control+L — Center the cursor/selection in the visible area
Control+N — Move down one line
Control+O — Insert a new line after the cursor
Control+P — Move up one line
Control+T — Transpose the character behind the cursor and the character in front of the cursor
Control+V — Move down one page
Option+Delete — Delete the word that is left of the cursor, as well as any spaces or punctuation after the word
Option+Command+Space — Show the Spotlight search results window (if multiple languages are installed, may rotate through keyboard layouts and input methods within a script)
Command+Tab — Move forward to the next most recently used application in a list of open applications
Shift+Command+Tab — Move backward through a list of open applications (sorted by recent use)
Shift+Tab — Navigate through controls in a reverse direction
Control+Tab — Move focus to the next grouping of controls in a dialog or the next table (when Tab moves to the next cell)
Shift+Control+Tab — Move focus to the previous grouping of controls
Command+esc — Open Front Row (if installed)
Option+Eject — Eject from secondary optical media drive (if one is installed)
Control+Eject — Show shutdown dialog
Option+Command+Eject — Put the computer to sleep
Control+Command+Eject — Quit all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open documents), then restart the computer
Control Option+Command+Eject — Quit all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open documents), then shut down the computer
fn+Delete — Forward Delete (on portable Macs’ built+in keyboard)
Control+F1 — Toggle full keyboard access on or off
Control+F2 — Move focus to the menu bar
Control+F3 — Move focus to the Dock
Control+F4 — Move focus to the active (or next) window
Shift+Control+F4 — Move focus to the previously active window
Control+F5 — Move focus to the toolbar.
Control+F6 — Move focus to the first (or next) panel
Shift+Control+F6 — Move focus to the previous panel
Control+F7 — Temporarily override the current keyboard access mode in windows and dialogs
F9 — Tile or untile all open windows
F10 — Tile or untile all open windows in the currently active application
F11 — Hide or show all open windows
F12 — Hide or display Dashboard
Command+` — Activate the next open window in the frontmost application
Shift+Command+` — Activate the previous open window in the frontmost application
Option+Command+` — Move focus to the window drawer
Command+ — (minus) — Decrease the size of the selected item
Command+{ — Left+align a selection
Command+} — Right+align a selection
Command+| — Center+align a selection
Command+: — Display the Spelling window
Command+; — Find misspelled words in the document
Command+, — Open the front application’s preferences window (if it supports this keyboard shortcut)
Option+Control+Command+, — Decrease screen contrast
Option+Control+Command+. — Increase screen contrast
Command+? — Open the application’s help in Help Viewer
Option+Command+/ — Turn font smoothing on or off
Shift+Command+= — Increase the size of the selected item
Shift+Command+3 — Capture the screen to a file
Shift+Control+Command+3 — Capture the screen to the Clipboard
Shift+Command+4 — Capture a selection to a file
Shift+Control+Command+4 — Capture a selection to the Clipboard
Command+A — Highlight every item in a document or window, or all characters in a text field
Command+B — Boldface the selected text or toggle boldfaced text on and off
Command+C — Copy the selected data to the Clipboard
Shift+Command+C — Display the Colors window
Option+Command+C — Copy the style of the selected text
Control+Command+C — Copy the formatting settings of the selected item and store on the Clipboard
Option+Command+D — Show or hide the Dock
Command+Control+D — Display the definition of the selected word in the Dictionary application
Command+D — Selects the Desktop folder in Open and Save dialogs
Selects “Don’t Save” in dialogs that contain a Don’t Save button, in Mac OS X v10.6.8 and earlier —
Command+Delete — Selects “Don’t Save” in dialogs that contain a Don’t Save button, in OS X Lion
Command+E — Use the selection for a find
Command+F — Open a Find window
Option+Command+F — Move to the search field control
Command+G — Find the next occurrence of the selection
Shift+Command+G — Find the previous occurrence of the selection
Command+H — Hide the windows of the currently running application
Option+Command+H — Hide the windows of all other running applications
Command+I — Italicize the selected text or toggle italic text on or off
Option+Command+I — Display an inspector window
Command+J — Scroll to a selection
Command+M — Minimize the active window to the Dock
Option+Command+M — Minimize all windows of the active application to the Dock
Command+N — Create a new document in the frontmost application
Command+O — Display a dialog for choosing a document to open in the frontmost application
Command+P — Display the Print dialog
Shift+Command+P — Display a dialog for specifying printing parameters (Page Setup)
Command+Q — Quit the frontmost application
Command+S — Save the active document
Shift+Command+S — Display the Save As dialog
Command+T — Display the Fonts window
Option+Command+T — Show or hide a toolbar
Command+U — Underline the selected text or turn underlining on or off
Command+V — Paste the Clipboard contents at the insertion point
Option+Command+V — Apply the style of one object to the selected object (Paste Style)
Option+Shift+Command+V — Apply the style of the surrounding text to the inserted object (Paste and Match Style)
Control+Command+V — Apply formatting settings to the selected object (Paste Ruler Command)
Command+W — Close the frontmost window
Shift+Command+W — Close a file and its associated windows
Option+Command+W — Close all windows in the application without quitting it
Command+X — Remove the selection and store in the Clipboard
Command+Z — Undo previous command (some applications allow for multiple Undos)
Shift+Command+Z — Redo previous command (some applications allow for multiple Redos)
Control+Right Arrow — Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a table
Control+Left Arrow — Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a table
Control+Down Arrow — Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a table
Control+Up Arrow — Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a table
Command+Right Arrow — Move the text insertion point to the end of the current line
Command+Left Arrow — Move the text insertion point to the beginning of the current line
Command+Down Arrow — Move the text insertion point to the end of the document
Command+Up Arrow — Move the text insertion point to the beginning of the document
Shift+Command+Right Arrow — Select text between the insertion point and the end of the current line (*)
Shift+Command+Left Arrow — Select text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line (*)
Shift+Right Arrow — Extend text selection one character to the right (*)
Shift+Left Arrow — Extend text selection one character to the left (*)
Shift+Command+Up Arrow — Select text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document (*)
Shift+Command+Down Arrow — Select text between the insertion point and the end of the document (*)
Shift+Up Arrow — Extend text selection to the line above, to the nearest character boundary at the same horizontal location (*)
Shift+Down Arrow — Extend text selection to the line below, to the nearest character boundary at the same horizontal location (*)
Shift+Option+Right Arrow — Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again (*)
Shift+Option+Left Arrow — Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again (*)
Shift+Option+Down Arrow — Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again (*)
Shift+Option+Up Arrow — Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again (*)
Control+Space — Toggle between the current and previous input sources
Option+Control+Space — Toggle through all enabled input sources
Option+Command+esc — Force Quit
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