Hi Ray, I wasn't going to comment on the answer Chris gave, but as far as using the Control key instead of the Command key in movement combinations, Apple started supporting that for text navigation in iOS documents with Bluetooth keyboards. I suppose that was because some Bluetooth keyboards have Control keys, but no Command keys (or Windows keys). So if you are using selecting text on an iPhone with a Bluetooth keyboard, Control+Shift+Up arrow will work as well as Command+Shift+Up arrow to select all text from your current position to the beginning of the document. And Control+Shift+Down Arrow will work as well as Command+Shift+Down Arrow to select to the end. This actually changed in different iOS 4 releases with Bluetooth keyboard support. And at one point Control+Shift+Up arrow would make the selection, but VoiceOver wouldn't announce it.
Most of the keyboard shortcuts with Option key combinations that work on the Mac also work on the iOS devices, but a few of the combinations still don't get announced. And at the very beginning, some of the familiar combinations, like Option+Shift+K for the "Apple" icon didn't even work. This is the reason that I haven't posted an official list of the Option command keyboard shortcuts for the iPhone -- some of them are still changing. The most recent set got posted to the mac-access list, with lots of annotations about which combinations worked, but VoiceOver didn't announce (mostly math symbols), and which few worked only for OS X and not iOS devices. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jun 8, 2011, at 10:56, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Well, actually, Chris, you are not as far off the mark as you think. > FN+shift+left and FN+shift+right do in fact select to beginning and to end > respectively. So, of course, do command+shift+up to slect to begining and > command+shift+down to select to end. Both work equally well. > > That business about the control key...we won't go there. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! > > Skype name: > barefootedray > > Facebook: > facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 > > > > On Jun 8, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > >> OK, Teresa's correct, don't even listen to my previous post response. I do >> this so regularly I don't even think about it. frankly, I don't know what I >> was thinking a second ago. Teresa's exactly right. Shows what I know. LOL! >> Here's for a senior moment! >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Teresa Cochran" >> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 4:19 PM >> Subject: Re: editing? >> >> >>> command-shift-up and command-shift-down >>> >>> Teresa >>> On Jun 8, 2011, at 12:35 PM, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: >>> >>>> So, like I said before, I send email to multiple resipients. And >>>> sometimes I need to get rid of previous senders and headers. So how would >>>> I select to the end and beginning of a document or email? Thanks. >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
