Text keyboard shortcuts (macOS)

Use text keyboard shortcuts to edit and format text in fields and text on a layout.

Text deletion keyboard shortcuts

Use these keyboard shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes.

To delete the	Press
Next character	Forward Delete
Next word	Option-Forward Delete
Previous character	Delete
Previous word	Option-Delete
Text from the insertion point to the beginning of the line	Command-Delete

Text editing keyboard shortcuts

Use these keyboard shortcuts to edit field and layout text and to work with find requests.

To	Press
Clear selected text	Delete
Copy selected text	Command-C
Copy all text in a record	Command-C with no objects selected
Copy all records in the found set to the Clipboard in text form	Command-Option-C with no objects selected
Cut selected text	Command-X
Paste	Command-V
Paste text only	Command-Shift-Option-V
Undo	Command-Z
Redo	Command-Y or Command-Shift-Z
Exit text editing	Enter (numeric keypad)
Find/replace data	Command-Shift-F
Find the next occurrence of the specified data	Command-G
Reverse the current direction of a Find Again operation	Command-Shift-G
Replace the Find what data with the Replace with data, then search for and select the next occurrence	Command-Option-G
Reverse the current direction of a Replace & Find Again operation	Command-Shift-Option-G
Find the next occurrence of the selected data in the database	Command-Option-I
Reverse the current direction of a Find Selected operation	Command-Shift-Option-I
Insert a nonbreaking space	Option-Space bar
Insert a tab in a field or move the insertion point to the next tab stop	Option-Tab
Open the Spelling dialog box when alerted of a misspelled word	Command-Shift-Y

Note If the current Find/Replace direction is Forward or All, the reverse keyboard shortcut switches the direction to Backward. If the current Find/Replace direction is Backward, the reverse keyboard shortcut switches the direction to Forward.

Text formatting keyboard shortcuts

Use these keyboard shortcuts to format text in fields, field labels, and text objects in Browse and Layout modes.

Text alignment keyboard shortcuts

To align text	Press
Center	Command-\
Left	Command-[
Right	Command-]
Justified	Command-Shift-\|

Text style keyboard shortcuts

To style text	Press
Bold	Command-Shift-B
Italic	Command-Shift-I
Plain	Command-Shift-P
Underline	Command-Shift-U

Text size keyboard shortcuts

To change point size	Press
Up one point	Command-Option-Shift->
Down one point	Command-Option-Shift-<
The next point size up on the menu	Command-Shift->
The next point size down on the menu	Command-Shift-<

Text navigation keyboard shortcuts

Use these keyboard shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes to move the insertion point to different areas of a text field or label.

To move the insertion point to the	Press
Beginning of the text	Command-Up Arrow
End of the text	Command-Down Arrow
Beginning of the line	Command-Left Arrow
End of the line	Command-Right Arrow
Beginning of the previous word	Option-Left Arrow
End of the next word	Option-Right Arrow
Previous character	Left Arrow
Next character	Right Arrow
Previous line	Up Arrow
Next line	Down Arrow

Text selection keyboard shortcuts

Use these keyboard shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes to extend the selection in a field.

To extend selection to the	Press
Beginning of the line	Command-Shift-Left Arrow
Beginning of the previous word	Option-Shift-Left Arrow
Beginning of text	Command-Option-Shift-Up Arrow
End of the line	Command-Shift-Right Arrow
End of the next word	Option-Shift-Right Arrow
End of text	Command-Option-Shift-Down Arrow
Next character	Shift-Right Arrow
Next line	Command-Shift-Down Arrow
Previous character	Shift-Left Arrow
Previous line	Command-Shift-Up Arrow
Entire contents of the active field	Command-A