6 Text Navigation Shortcuts

The first group of keyboard shortcuts allow for quickly moving around text:

• Jump to beginning of a line – Command+Left Arrow (Ctrl-a) or Home or Function Key (Fn) + Left Arrow
• Jump to end of a line – Command+Right Arrow (Ctrl-e) or End  or  Function Key (Fn) + Right Arrow
• Jump to beginning of current word – Option+Left Arrow
• Jump to end of current word – Option+Right Arrow
• Jump to beginning of all text – Command+Up Arrow
• Jump to end of all text – Command+Down Arrow
• Jump to beginning of a paragraph – Option+Up Arrow
• Jump to end of paragraph – Option+Down Arrow
• Jump to beginning of next line – Ctrl-n
• Jump to previous line – Ctrl-p

6 Text Selection Shortcuts

The next group of keyboard shortcuts allow for quickly highlighting and selecting elements of text:

• Select text to beginning of a line – Shift+Command+Left Arrow
• Select text to end of a line – Shift+Command+Right Arrow
• Select text to beginning of current word – Shift+Option+Left Arrow
• Select text to end of current word – Shift+Option+Right Arrow
• Select text to beginning of all text – Shift+Command+Up Arrow
• Select text to end of all text – Shift+Command+Down Arrow

• Delete from cursor to end of line – Ctrl-k
• Delete previous word – Alt-backspace 
• Transpose letters on either side of the insertion point – Ctrl-t