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Useful Mac Text-Editing Shortcuts

General

  • ctrl + d - forward delete
  • ctrl + k - deletes everything to the right of the insertion point to the next newline.
  • command + delete - like ctrl+k, but reverse.
  • command + ctrl + d - look up the word under the mouse position in the dictionary.
  • command-f - Find dialog
  • command-t - Font dialog
  • command-g - Go to dialog
  • command-e - Align Center
  • command-j - Align Justified
  • command-l - Align Left
  • command-r - Align Right

Text Selection

  • Shift + option (alt) + ⬅ – Select up to beginning of word the insertion-point currently is
  • Shift + command + ⬅ - Select up to beginning of line the insertion-point currently is
  • Shift + option (alt) + ➡ - Select up to end of word the insertion-point currently is
  • Shift + command + ➡ – Select up to end of line the insertion-point currently is
  • Shift + command + ⬆ - Select up to beginning of document from insertion-point currently is
  • Shift + command + ⬇ – Select up to end of document from insertion-point currently is
  • option (alt) – changes the cursor to a + , and you can now select columns of text!

Navigation

  • ctrl + a - Go to the beginning of the line the insertion-point is on.
  • ctrl + e - Go to the end of the line the insertion-point is on.
  • option (alt) + ⬅ – Go to beginning of word
  • option (alt) + ➡ – Go to end of word
  • command + ⬅ – Go to beginning of the line
  • command + ➡ – Go to end of the line
  • command + ⬆ - Go to beginning of document
  • command + ⬇ - Go to end of document

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