Default Mac OS X System Key Bindings

Shortcut		English	Computerese
	↩	new line	insertNewline:
⌥	↩	new line (don't leave form box)1	insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:
	⌅	new line	insertNewline:
⌥	⌅	new line (don't leave form box)1	insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:
	⇥	tab	insertTab:
⌥	⇥	tab (don't leave form box)1	insertTabIgnoringFieldEditor:
	⇤	backtab	insertBacktab:
⌘	space	change languages	cycleToNextInputScript:
⌘⌃	space	change input system	togglePlatformInputSystem:
⌘⌥	space	change keyboard layout	cycleToNextInputKeyboardLayout:
	⌫	delete backward	deleteBackward:
⌃	⌫	delete backward (an accent)	deleteBackwardByDecomposingPreviousCharacter:
⌃⌥	⌫	delete backward one word	deleteWordBackward:
⌥	⌫	delete backward one word	deleteWordBackward:
	⌦	delete forward	deleteForward:
⌥	⌦	delete forward one word	deleteWordForward:
	esc	cancel	cancelOperation:
⌥	esc	complete current word	complete:
	⇡	move up	moveUp:
⇧	⇡	select upward	moveUpAndModifySelection:
⌃	⇡	scroll one page up	scrollPageUp:
⌘	⇡	move to the beginning of the document	moveToBeginningOfDocument:
⌘⇧	⇡	select to the beginning of the document	moveToBeginningOfDocumentAndModifySelection:
⌥	⇡	move to the beginning of the paragraph	(moveBackward:, moveToBeginningOfParagraph:)
⌥⇧	⇡	select to the beginning of the paragraph	moveParagraphBackwardAndModifySelection:
	⇣	move down	moveDown:
⇧	⇣	select downward	moveDownAndModifySelection:
⌃	⇣	scroll one page down	scrollPageDown:
⌘	⇣	move to the end of the document	moveToEndOfDocument:
⌘⇧	⇣	select to the end of the document	moveToEndOfDocumentAndModifySelection:
⌥	⇣	move to the end of the paragraph	(moveForward:, moveToEndOfParagraph:)
⌥⇧	⇣	select to the end of the paragraph	moveParagraphForwardAndModifySelection:
	⇠	move left	moveLeft:
⇧	⇠	select leftward	moveLeftAndModifySelection:
⌃	⇠	move to the beginning of the line	moveToBeginningOfLine:
⌃⇧	⇠	select to the beginning of the line	moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:
⌘	⇠	move to the beginning of the line	moveToBeginningOfLine:
⌘⇧	⇠	select to the beginning of the line	moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:
⌘⌃	⇠	switch writing direction to right-to-left	changeBaseWritingDirectionToRTL:
⌥	⇠	move one word left	moveWordLeft:
⌥⇧	⇠	select one word leftward	moveWordLeftAndModifySelection:
	⇢	move right	moveRight:
⇧	⇢	select rightward	moveRightAndModifySelection:
⌃	⇢	move to the end of the line	moveToEndOfLine:
⌃⇧	⇢	select to the end of the line	moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:
⌘	⇢	move to the end of the line	moveToEndOfLine:
⌘⇧	⇢	select to the end of the line	moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:
⌘⌃	⇢	switch writing direction to left-to-right text	changeBaseWritingDirectionToLTR:
⌥	⇢	move one word right	moveWordRight:
⌥⇧	⇢	select one word rightward	moveWordRightAndModifySelection:
	↖	scroll to the beginning of the document	scrollToBeginningOfDocument:
⇧	↖	select to the beginning of the document	moveToBeginningOfDocumentAndModifySelection:
	↘	scroll to the end of the document	scrollToEndOfDocument:
⇧	↘	select to the end of the document	moveToEndOfDocumentAndModifySelection:
	⇞	scroll one page up	scrollPageUp:
⇧	⇞	select one page up	pageUpAndModifySelection:
⌥	⇞	move one page up	pageUp:
	⇟	scroll one page down	scrollPageDown:
⇧	⇟	select one page down	pageDownAndModifySelection:
⌥	⇟	move one page down	pageDown:
⌘	.	cancel	cancelOperation:
⌃	A	move to the beginning of the paragraph	moveToBeginningOfParagraph:
⌃	B	move backward	moveBackward:
⌃	D	delete forward	deleteForward:
⌃	E	move to the end of the paragraph	moveToEndOfParagraph:
⌃	F	move forward	moveForward:
⌃	H	delete backward	deleteBackward:
⌃	K	delete to the end of the paragraph	deleteToEndOfParagraph:
⌃	L	center the selection in the text area	centerSelectionInVisibleArea:
⌃	N	move down	moveDown:
⌃	O	split the current line	(insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:, moveBackward:)
⌃	P	move up	moveUp:
⌃	T	transpose letters	transpose:
⌃	V	move one page down	pageDown:
⌃	Y	yank back ‘killed’ text	yank:
	F5	complete current word	complete:
** Not on Apple keyboards **
	Backspace	delete backward	deleteBackward:
⌥	Backspace	delete backward one word	deleteWordBackward:
	Linefeed	new line	insertNewline:
⌥	Linefeed	new line (don't leave form box)1	insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:

1. The commands invoked by ‘⌥ ⇥’ and ‘⌥ ↩’ are designed to avoid leaving the current text box, as happens when pressing ‘⇥’, which usually tabs to the next form field, or ‘↩’, which usually submits the form.

US Keyboard Layout with Modifier Keys

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