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117 Reserved Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
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System Shortcuts
Action | Reserved Mac Shortcuts |
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Show or hide the Spotlight search field | Command + Spacebar |
Varies Apple Reserved | Shift + Command + Spacebar |
Show the Spotlight search results window | Option + Command + Spacebar |
Show the Special Characters window | Control + Command + Spacebar |
Navigate through controls in a reverse direction | Shift + Tab |
Move forward to the next most recently used app in a list of open apps | Command + Tab |
Move backward through a list of open apps (sorted by recent use) | Shift + Command + Spacebar |
Move focus to the next group of controls in a dialog or the next table | Control + Tab |
Move focus to the previous group of controls | Control + Shift + Tab |
Open the Force Quit dialog | Option + Command + Esc |
Quit all apps and restart the computer | Control + Command + Eject |
Quit all apps and shut the computer down | Control + Option + Command + Eject |
Toggle full keyboard access on or off | Control + F1 |
Move focus to the menu bar | Control + F2 |
Move focus to the Dock | Control + F3 |
Move focus to the active (or next) window | Control + F4 |
Move focus to the previously active window | Control + Shift + F4 |
Move focus to the toolbar | Control + F5 |
Turn VoiceOver on or off | Command + F5 |
Move focus to the first (or next) panel | Control + F6 |
Move focus to the previous panel | Control + Shift + F6 |
Temporarily override the current keyboard access mode in Windows and dialogs | Control + F7 |
Varies Apple Reserved | F8 |
Show desktop | F11 |
Hide or display Dashboard | F12 |
Activate the next open window in the frontmost app | Command + ‘ |
Activate the previous open window in the frontmost app | Shift + Command + ‘ |
Move focus to the window drawer | Option + Command + ‘ |
Decrease the size of the selection | Command + – |
Zoom out when screen zooming is on | Option + Command + – |
Decrease screen contrast | Control + Option + Command + , |
Increase screen contrast | Control + Option + Command + . |
Open the app’s Help menu | Command + ? |
Turn font smoothing on or off | Option + Command + / |
Increase the size of the selection | Shift + Command + = |
Zoom in when screen zooming is on | Option + Command + = |
Capture the screen to a file | Shift + Command + 3 |
Capture the screen to the Clipboard | Control + Shift + Command + 3 |
Capture a selection to a file | Shift + Command + 4 |
Capture a selection to the Clipboard | Control + Shift + Command + 4 |
Turn the screen zooming on or off | Option + Command + 8 |
Invert the screen colors | Control + Option + Command + 8 |
Show or hide the Dock | Option + Command + D |
Log out the current user | Shift + Command + Q |
Log out the current user without confirmation | Option + Shift + Command + Q |
Change the keyboard layout to the current layout of the Roman script | Command + Right Arrow Key |
Extend selection to the next semantic unit, typically the end of the current line | Shift + Command + Right Arrow Key |
Extend the selection of one character to the right | Shift + Right Arrow Key |
Extend selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the next word | Option + Shift + Right Arrow Key |
Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a table | Control + Right Arrow Key |
Change the keyboard layout to the current layout of the system script | Command + Left Arrow Key |
Extend selection to the previous semantic unit, typically the beginning of the current line | Shift + Command + Left Arrow Key |
Extend the selection of one character to the left | Shift + Left Arrow Key |
Extend selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the previous word | Option + Shift + Left Arrow Key |
Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a table | Control + Left Arrow Key |
Extend selection upward in the next semantic unit, typically at the beginning of the document | Shift + Command + Up Arrow Key |
Extend selection to the line above, to the nearest character boundary at the same horizontal location | Shift + Up Arrow Key |
Extend selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the next paragraph | Option + Shift + Up Arrow Key |
Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a table | Control + Up Arrow Key |
Extend selection downward in the next semantic unit, typically at the end of the document | Shift + Command + Down Arrow Key |
Extend selection to the line below, to the nearest character boundary at the same horizontal location | Shift + Down Arrow Key |
Extend the selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the next paragraph | Option + Shift + Down Arrow Key |
Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a table | Control + Down Arrow Key |
Expected Shortcuts
Action | Reserved Mac Shortcuts |
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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 app’s preferences window | Command + , |
Selects every item in a document or window, or all characters in a text field | Command + A |
Deselects all selections or characters | Shift + Command + A |
Boldface the selected text or toggle boldfaced text on and off | Command + B |
Copy the selection to the Clipboard | Command + C |
Display the Colors window | Shift + Command + C |
Copy the style of the selected text | Option + Command + C |
Copy the formatting settings of the selection and store them on the Clipboard | Control + Command + C |
Display the definition of the selected word in the Dictionary app | Control + Command + D |
Use the selection for a find operation | Command + E |
Open a Find window | Command + F |
Jump to the search field control | Option + Command + F |
Enter fullscreen | Control + Command + F |
Find the next occurrence of the selection | Command + G |
Find the previous occurrence of the selection | Shift + Command + G |
Hide the windows of the currently running app | Command + H |
Hide the windows of all other running apps | Option + Command + H |
Italicize the selected text or toggle italic text on or off | Command + I |
Display an Info window | Command + I |
Display an inspector window | Option + Command + I |
Scroll to a selection | Command + J |
Minimize the active window to the Dock | Command + M |
Minimize all windows of the active app to the Dock | Option + Command + M |
Open a new document | Command + N |
Display a dialog for choosing a document to open | Command + O |
Display the Print dialog | Command + P |
Display the Page Setup dialog | Shift + Command + P |
Quit the app | Command + Q |
Save a new document or save a version of a document | Command + S |
Duplicate the active document or initiate a Save As | Shift + Command + S |
Display the Fonts window | Command + T |
Show or hide a toolbar | Option + Command + T |
Underline the selected text or turn underlining on or off | Command + U |
Paste the Clipboard contents at the insertion point | Command + V |
Paste as (Paste as Quotation, for example) | Shift + Command + V |
Apply the style of one object to the selection | Option + Command + V |
Paste the Clipboard contents at the insertion point and apply the style of the surrounding text to the inserted object | Option + Shift + Command + V |
Apply formatting settings to the selection | Control + Command + V |
Close the active window | Command + W |
Close a file and its associated windows | Shift + Command + W |
Close all windows in the app | Option + Command + W |
Remove the selection and store it on the Clipboard | Command + X |
Undo the previous operation | Command + Z |
Redo | Shift + Command + Z |
Reserved international Shortcuts
Action | Reserved Mac Shortcuts |
---|---|
Rotate through enabled script systems | Command + Spacebar |
Rotate through keyboard layouts and input methods within a script | Option + Command + Spacebar |
Varies Apple reserved | Modifier Key + Command + Spacebar |
Change the keyboard layout to the current layout of the Roman script | Command + Right Arrow Key |
Change keyboard layout to current layout of system script | Command + Left Arrow Key |
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