Keyboard Shortcuts for Editors

Created by Ezra Weinstein, Modified on Tue, 09 Aug 2022 at 11:05 AM by Ethan Harris

Line Operations

Windows/Linux	Mac	Action
Ctrl-D	Command-D	Remove line
Alt-Shift-Down	Command-Option-Down	Copy lines down
Alt-Shift-Up	Command-Option-Up	Copy lines up
Alt-Down	Option-Down	Move lines down
Alt-Up	Option-Up	Move lines up
Alt-Delete	Ctrl-K	Remove to line end
Alt-Backspace	Command-Backspace	Remove to linestart
Ctrl-Backspace	Option-Backspace, Ctrl-Option-Backspace	Remove word left
Ctrl-Delete	Option-Delete	Remove word right
---	Ctrl-O	Split line

Selection

Windows/Linux	Mac	Action
Ctrl-A	Command-A	Select all
Shift-Left	Shift-Left	Select left
Shift-Right	Shift-Right	Select right
Ctrl-Shift-Left	Option-Shift-Left	Select word left
Ctrl-Shift-Right	Option-Shift-Right	Select word right
Shift-Home	Shift-Home	Select line start
Shift-End	Shift-End	Select line end
Alt-Shift-Right	Command-Shift-Right	Select to line end
Alt-Shift-Left	Command-Shift-Left	Select to line start
Shift-Up	Shift-Up	Select up
Shift-Down	Shift-Down	Select down
Shift-PageUp	Shift-PageUp	Select page up
Shift-PageDown	Shift-PageDown	Select page down
Ctrl-Shift-Home	Command-Shift-Up	Select to start
Ctrl-Shift-End	Command-Shift-Down	Select to end
Ctrl-Shift-D	Command-Shift-D	Duplicate selection
Ctrl-Shift-P	---	Select to matching bracket

Multicursor

Windows/Linux	Mac	Action
Ctrl-Alt-Up	Ctrl-Option-Up	Add multi-cursor above
Ctrl-Alt-Down	Ctrl-Option-Down	Add multi-cursor below
Ctrl-Alt-Right	Ctrl-Option-Right	Add next occurrence to multi-selection
Ctrl-Alt-Left	Ctrl-Option-Left	Add previous occurrence to multi-selection
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Up	Ctrl-Option-Shift-Up	Move multicursor from current line to the line above
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Down	Ctrl-Option-Shift-Down	Move multicursor from current line to the line below
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Right	Ctrl-Option-Shift-Right	Remove current occurrence from multi-selection and move to next
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Left	Ctrl-Option-Shift-Left	Remove current occurrence from multi-selection and move to previous
Ctrl-Shift-L	Ctrl-Shift-L	Select all from multi-selection

Go to

Windows/Linux	Mac	Action
Left	Left, Ctrl-B	Go to left
Right	Right, Ctrl-F	Go to right
Ctrl-Left	Option-Left	Go to word left
Ctrl-Right	Option-Right	Go to word right
Up	Up, Ctrl-P	Go line up
Down	Down, Ctrl-N	Go line down
Alt-Left, Home	Command-Left, Home, Ctrl-A	Go to line start
Alt-Right, End	Command-Right, End, Ctrl-E	Go to line end
PageUp	Option-PageUp	Go to page up
PageDown	Option-PageDown, Ctrl-V	Go to page down
Ctrl-Home	Command-Home, Command-Up	Go to start
Ctrl-End	Command-End, Command-Down	Go to end
Ctrl-L	Command-L	Go to line
Ctrl-Down	Command-Down	Scroll line down
Ctrl-Up	---	Scroll line up
Ctrl-P	---	Go to matching bracket
---	Option-PageDown	Scroll page down
---	Option-PageUp	Scroll page up

Find/Replace

Windows/Linux	Mac	Action
Ctrl-F	Command-F	Find
Ctrl-H	Command-Option-F	Replace
Ctrl-K	Command-G	Find next
Ctrl-Shift-K	Command-Shift-G	Find previous

Folding

Windows/Linux	Mac	Action
Alt-L, Ctrl-F1	Command-Option-L, Command-F1	Fold selection
Alt-Shift-L, Ctrl-Shift-F1	Command-Option-Shift-L, Command-Shift-F1	Unfold
Alt-0	Command-Option-0	Fold all
Alt-Shift-0	Command-Option-Shift-0	Unfold all

Other

Windows/Linux	Mac	Action
Tab	Tab	Indent
Shift-Tab	Shift-Tab	Outdent
Ctrl-Z	Command-Z	Undo
Ctrl-Shift-Z, Ctrl-Y	Command-Shift-Z, Command-Y	Redo
Ctrl-,	Command-,	Show the settings menu
Ctrl-/	Command-/	Toggle comment
Ctrl-T	Ctrl-T	Transpose letters
Ctrl-Enter	Command-Enter	Enter full screen
Ctrl-Shift-U	Ctrl-Shift-U	Change to lower case
Ctrl-U	Ctrl-U	Change to upper case
Insert	Insert	Overwrite
Ctrl-Shift-E	Command-Shift-E	Macros replay
Ctrl-Alt-E	---	Macros recording
Delete	---	Delete
---	Ctrl-L	Center selection