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Mac keyboard shortcut for going forward in text for mac os x#

I highly recommend adopting the shortcuts given in the guidelines. … driving me crazy … I am used to being able to use ctrl+ →/ ← … Mac OS X Human Interface Guidelines: Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts

Mac keyboard shortcut for going forward in text for mac os x#

Recently updated by Apple for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: More interesting shortcuts and uses of the keyboard can be found here and elsewhere on the internet.

ctrl O inserts a newline after the cursor.

ctrl T transposes the two characters next to the cursor.

ctrl L scrolls so the selected text is visible.

ctrl K deletes to the end of the paragraph (kill).

You can also use ctrl D which doesn't work with the other modifiers)

fn ⌫ deletes forwards (and can be combined with ⌘ or ⌥.

ctrl A moves to the beginning of a paragraph.

Furthermore, you can double-click to select a word and triple-click to select a paragraph - and if you double-click-drag or triple-click-drag, you can select multiple words or paragraphs.Īlso useful, and perhaps familiar to you coming from Linux:

Both of these can also be used with ⇧ to select, or the delete key. As you said, ⌘ + arrow keys will move to the end/beginning of the line or document. ⌥ + arrow keys will let you navigate by word.