Key combination |
Function |
Command-Space key |
Show or hide the Spotlight search bar (if multiple languages are installed, the enabled languages may be displayed cyclically) |
Option-Command-Space key |
Display the Spotlight search result window (if multiple languages are installed, the keyboard layout and Input Method of a certain language family may be displayed cyclically) |
Command-Tab |
In the list of opened applications, move down to the next recently used application |
Shift-Command-Tab |
Move up in the list of opened applications (sorted by recent use time) |
Shift-Tab |
Browse controls in the opposite direction |
Control-Tab |
The next group of controls in the focus dialog box or the next table (when the Tab is moved to the next cell) |
Shift-Control-Tab |
Focus on the previous control group |
Command-esc |
Open Front Row (if installed) |
Option-Eject |
Available from alternative drive (if installed) |
Control-Eject |
Show shutdown dialog box |
Option-Command-Eject |
Enable the computer to sleep |
Control-Command-Eject |
Exit all applications (before that, you will be given the opportunity to store changes to opened documents), and then restart your computer |
Control Option-Command-Eject |
Exit all applications (before that, you will be given the opportunity to store changes to opened documents), and then shut down your computer |
Fn-Delete |
Forward deletion (built-in keyboard for portable Mac) |
Control-F1 |
Switch on or off the full keyboard control |
Control-F2 |
Focus menu bar |
Control-F3 |
Focus on the Dock |
Control-F4 |
Focus on active window or next window |
Shift-Control-F4 |
Focus on the previous active window |
Control-F5 |
Focus Toolbar |
Control-F6 |
Focus on the first (or next) Panel |
Shift-Control-F6 |
Focus on the previous Panel |
Control-F7 |
Temporarily overwrite the current keyboard access mode in the window and dialog box |
F9 |
Tiled or untiled all open windows |
F10 |
Tiled or untiled all open windows in the current active application |
F11 |
Hide or show all open windows |
F12 |
Hide or display a Dashboard |
Command -' |
Activate the next open window in the front application |
Shift-Command -' |
Activate the window opened in the previous application |
Option-Command -' |
Focus window drawer |
Command--(minus sign) |
Zoom out |
Command -{ |
Align selected content to the left |
Command -} |
Align the selected content to the right |
Command-| |
Center selected content |
Command -: |
Show spelling window |
Command -; |
Search for misspelled words in the document |
Command -, |
Open the preference setting window for the previous application (provided that the application supports this shortcut) |
Option-control-command -, |
Decrease screen contrast |
Option-control-command -. |
Enhance screen contrast |
Command -? |
Enable application help in the Help display program |
Option-command -/ |
Enable or disable font Smoothing |
Shift-command-= |
Zoom in Options |
Shift-command-3 |
Capture the screen to a file |
Shift-control-command-3 |
Capture the screen to the cart |
Shift-command-4 |
Capture selected content to a file |
Shift-control-command-4 |
Capture the selected content to the cart |
Command- |
Highlight all items in the document or window, or highlight all characters in the text bar |
Command-B |
Show selected text in bold or switch to on/off in bold |
Command-C |
Copy the selected data and store it on the clipboard. |
Shift-command-C |
Display "color" Window |
Option-command-C |
Copy the style of the selected text |
Control-command-C |
Copy the selected format settings and store them to the cart. |
Option-command-d |
Show or hide the dock |
Command-control d |
Display the definition of the selected word in the dictionary Application |
Command-e |
Search with the selected content |
Command-F |
Open the "Search" Window |
Option-command-F |
Move to the search bar Control |
Command-G |
Find the next location where the selected content appears |
Shift-command-G |
Find the previous location where the selected content appears |
Command-H |
Hide the currently running application window |
Option-command-H |
Hide all other running application windows |
Command-I |
Display selected text in italic or switch the on/off of italic text |
Option-command-I |
Display the checker window |
Command-J |
Scroll to the selected part |
Command-m |
Minimize the active window to the dock |
Option-command-m |
Minimize all windows of an active application to the dock |
Command-n |
Create a document in the first application |
Command-o |
Display the dialog box for selecting the document to open in the front application |
Command-P |
Display the "print" dialog box |
Shift-Command-P |
Display the dialog box for setting print parameters (page settings) |
Command-Q |
Exit the first application |
Command-S |
Store active documents |
Shift-Command-S |
The "storage as" dialog box is displayed. |
Command-T |
Show "font" Window |
Option-Command-T |
Display or hide Toolbar |
Command-U |
Underline the selected text or switch to underline/remove underline |
Command-V |
Paste the cart content at the insertion point |
Option-Command-V |
Apply the style of an object to the selected object (paste style) |
Option-Shift-Command-V |
Apply the style of surrounding text to the inserted object (paste and match the style) |
Control-Command-V |
Apply the format settings to the selected object (paste the ruler command) |
Command-W |
Close the frontend window |
Shift-Command-W |
Close the file and its associated window |
Option-Command-W |
Close all of its windows without exiting the application |
Command-X |
Remove selected content and store it on the cart |
Command-Z |
Restore the previous command (some applications allow multiple restores) |
Shift-Command-Z |
Redo the previous command (some applications allow multiple retries) |
Control-right arrow |
Focus on another value or cell in a view (such as a table) |
Control-left arrow |
Focus on another value or cell in a view (such as a table) |
Control-Down Arrow |
Focus on another value or cell in a view (such as a table) |
Control-Up Arrow |
Focus on another value or cell in a view (such as a table) |
Shift-Command-right arrow |
Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current row (*) |
Shift-Command-left arrow |
Select the text between the insert point and the beginning of the current row (*) |
Shift-right arrow |
Extend the text to the right by one character (*) |
Shift-left arrow |
Extend the text to the left by one character (*) |
Shift-Command-Up Arrow |
Select the text between the insertion point and the start position of the document (*) |
Shift-Command-Down Arrow |
Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document (*) |
Shift-Up Arrow |
Extend the line of text to the nearest character boundary at the same horizontal position (*) |
Shift-Down Arrow |
Extend the line of text next to the character boundary at the same horizontal position (*) |
Shift-Option-right arrow |
Extend the text selection to the end of the current word, and then expand to the end of the last word once (*) |
Shift-Option-left arrow |
Extend the text selection to the current word beginning, and then expand to the previous word beginning once (*) |
Shift-Option-Down Arrow |
Extend the text to the end position of the current paragraph, and extend it to the end position of the next paragraph once (*) |
Shift-Option-Up Arrow |
Extend the text to the starting position of the current paragraph, and then expand to the starting position of the previous paragraph (*) |
Control-Space key |
Switch between the current input source and the previous Input Source |
Option-Control-Space key |
Switch between all enabled input sources |
Command-left arrow |
Change the keyboard layout to the current layout of the system language family |
Command-right arrow |
Change the keyboard layout to the current layout of the Rome language family |
Option-Command-esc |
Force exit |