Hi All,
Here's my list of keyboard shortcuts with the Apple Wireless Keyboard,
amended using Cara Quinn's list style. I've put in sequences for
commands like redo, switching input language keyboards, pressing the
control key to stop VoiceOver speaking, using the media function keys
to control playback, emacs style control keys. I'm going to include
some pointers for using the media keys with touch screen navigation in
a second document. I also have not included the keyboard shortcut
alternatives for generating options or special characters or accents,
since they vary according to the language of your selected input
keyboard, and my list is for English language keyboards. Note that
when you use a keyboard such as the Apple Wireless (Bluetooth)
Keyboard or the iPad Keyboard Dock, you can also use cut, copy, and
paste to paste in long passwords in many edit fields where you are not
allowed to do this with the rotor and the touch screen. The iPad
Keyboard Dock has a few additional option keys (for Spotlight search,
return to home screen, and screen lock), and the key for showing /
hiding the virtual keyboard is at the position of the F5 key since
there is no eject key.
Apple Wireless Keyboard
eject - toggle showing / hiding virtual keyboard (this key is at top
right)
tab - move to next text field (e.g. in mail)
shift tab - move to previous text field
command z - undo
shift command z - redo
command x - cut
command c - copy
command v - paste
command a - select all
control - stops and restarts VoiceOver speaking (e.g., in the middle
of a two finger flick up or down to read all)
command space - change to next language keyboard (when you have more
than one selected)
shift command space - change to previous language keyboard
General movement and selection commands with command, option, and
arrow key combinations. (For these sequences, holding down the shift
key will select as well as move your cursor. On a PC keyboard, the
control key can be substituted for some, but not all instances of the
command key. On some keyboards, the Windows key may replace the
function of the command key.)
left / right arrows - move left or right by character
shift left / right arrows - select left or right by character
option left / right arrows - move left or right by word
shift option left / right arrows - select left or right by word
command left / right arrows - move to beginning or end of line
shift command left / right arrows - select to beginning or end of line
up / down arrows - move up or down by line
shift up / down arrows - select up or down by line
command up arrow - move to start of document (page up on PC keyboard)
shift command up arrow - select to start of document
command down arrow - move to end of document (page down on PC keyboard)
shift command down arrow - select to end of document
delete - delete backward by character
option delete - delete backward by word
(forward delete sequences with the Fn key do not work)
some emacs-like control key sequences work:
control a - move to beginning of line
control e - move to end of line
control b - move back a character
control f - move forward a character
control h - backwards delete a character
control k - delete to end of line
control m - insert line feed (blank line)
Selections are slightly tricky, because they are based on your current
insertion point, so if you select a few words forward by holding down
the shift key and tapping the option key, then press command up arrow
to move to the start of the document without releasing the shift key,
you will end up reversing the selection of the words you started with,
and selecting all of your document from your starting point to the
beginning of the document. Similarly, when you arrow down from the
middle of a line and hold down the shift key, you select all
characters from where you started to where you move to in the middle
of the next line. On a Mac you can check your selections while you
work, but here you can't. For more background details on how these
commands work for selection, see my archived post on "Moving and
Selecting in Cocoa Apps:
http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg02038.html
HTH. More later. Cheers,
Esther
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