Keyboard shortcuts on your Mac. You can press key combinations to do things on your MacBook Air that you’d normally do with a trackpad, mouse, or other device. Here’s a list of commonly used keyboard shortcuts. Custom Keyboard Shortcuts. Mac OS has a tremendous number of keyboard shortcuts already built in, but if you find it falling short of what you need, never fear. There are ways to create custom keyboard shortcuts. Here’s how to do it. First, click the Apple icon in the top left corner of your screen. Select System Preferences.
10 incredibly useful Mac keyboard shortcuts you should be using Want to take screenshots or find files faster? There’s a shortcut for that—and many other things. Keys for other layouts might not correspond exactly to the keys on a US keyboard. A plus sign (+) in a shortcut means that you need to press multiple keys at the same time. A comma sign (,) in a shortcut means that you need to press multiple keys in order. Windows macOS iOS Android Web. A lot of Mac users love their keyboard shortcuts and swear that they make their lives much easier. For those of you still trying to figure out your new Mac laptop, figuring out keyboard shortcuts.
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Shortcut Keys In Macbook Air
You can access a variety of commands in Visual Studio for Mac by using the appropriate keyboard shortcut. This document lists the default shortcuts for the Visual Studio for Mac key binding scheme. For more information about how to change the key binding scheme, see Customizing the IDE. You can also customize shortcuts for a command using the Visual Studio for Mac > Preferences menu item and choosing Environment > Key Bindings in the Preferences window.
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The keyboard shortcuts displayed in this document, and the key binding preferences in Visual Studio for Mac, are presented using the symbols commonly used in macOS. If you are unsure of a symbol, review the macOS key symbols loopkup table.
Downloadable quick ref pdfs
We have compiled the most used, and most useful, keyboard shortcuts into a downloadable pdf file. We have two versions,one that shows shortcuts for Visual Studio for Mac, and a version that shows Visual Studio shorts side-by-side for usersthat have prior experience with Visual Studio when using Windows.
Code Navigation
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Find References | ⇧⌘R, F12 |
| Go to Declaration | ⌘D, F12 |
| Next Error | ⌥⇧⇟, ⇧⌘F12 |
| Next Issue in File | ⌥⇟ |
| Previous Error | ⌥⇧⇞ |
| Previous Issue in File | ⌥⇞ |
Debug
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Enable or Disable Breakpoint | ⌥⌘/, ⌘F9 |
| Pause | ⌥⌘P, ⌥⌘L5 |
| Remove All Breakpoints | ⇧⌘F9 |
| Run To Cursor | ⌘F10 |
| Set Next Statement | ⇧⌘F10 |
| Show Next Statement | ⌥* |
| Step Into | ⇧⌘I, ⌘F11 |
| Step Out | ⇧⌘U, ⇧⌘F11 |
| Step Over | ⇧⌘O, F10 |
| Toggle Breakpoint | ⌘, F9 |
| View Breakpoints | ⌥⌘B |
Designer
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Switch between related files | ⌃⌘↑ |
Edit
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Constraint Editing Mode | ⌘E |
| Copy | ⌘C |
| Cut | ⌘X |
| Delete | ⌘⌫ |
| Format Document | ⌃I |
| Indent Selection | ⌘] |
| Paste | ⌘V |
| Preferences | ⌘, |
| Redo | ⇧⌘Z |
| Rename | ⌘R, F2 |
| Select All | ⌘A |
| Show Code Generation | ⌘I |
| Toggle All Folds | ⌥⇧⌘↑ |
| Toggle Definitions | ⌥⇧⌘↓ |
| Toggle Fold | ⌥⇧⌘← |
| Toggle Line Comment(s) | ⌘/ |
| Undo | ⌘Z |
| Unindent Selection | ⌘[ |
| Update Frame from Constraints | ⇧⌘R |
F# Integration
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Clear F# Interactive | ⌃⌥C |
| F# Interactive | ⌃⌥F |
| Restart F# Interactive | ⌃⌥R |
| Send line to F# Interactive | ⌃⌥L |
| Send references to F# Interactive | ⌃⌥P |
| Send selection to F# Interactive | ⌃⏎ |
File
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Close All | ⇧⌘W |
| Close File | ⌘W |
| Close Workspace | ⌥⌘W |
| New File | ⌘N |
| New Solution | ⇧⌘N |
| Open | ⌘O |
| Print | ⌘P |
| Quit | ⌘Q |
| Revert | ⌘U |
| Save | ⌘S |
| Save All | ⇧⌘S |
Help
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| API Documentation | ⌥⌘? |
| Unity API Reference | ⌘' |
Other
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Implement Unity Messages | ⇧⌘M |
| Inspect | ⌥⌘I |
Project
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Add Files | ⌥⌘A |
| Build | ⌘K, ⇧F6 |
| Build All | ⌘B, F6 |
| Clean | ⇧⌘K |
| Rebuild | ⌃⌘K |
| Rebuild All | ⌃⌘B |
| Start Debugging | ⌘⏎, F5 |
| Start Without Debugging | ⌥⌘⏎, ⌃F5 |
| Stop | ⇧⌘⏎, ⇧F5 |
Refactoring
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Import Symbol | ⌃⌥␣ |
| Quick Fix | ⌥⏎ |
Search
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Command | ⇧⌘P |
| Find in Files | ⇧⌘F |
| Find Next | ⌘G, F3 |
| Find Next Like Selection | ⌘E, ⌘F3 |
| Find Previous | ⇧⌘G, ⇧F3 |
| Find Previous Like Selection | ⇧⌘F3 |
| Find | ⌘F |
| Go to File | ⇧⌘D |
| Go to Line | ⌘L |
| Go to Type | ⇧⌘T |
| Navigate To | ⌘. |
| Replace in Files | ⌥⇧⌘F |
| Replace | ⌥⌘F |
Text Editor
Shortcut Keys In Macbook Air
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Complete Word | ⌃␣ |
| Delete left character | ⌃H |
| Delete next subword | ⌃⌦ |
| Delete next word | ⌥⌦ |
| Delete previous subword | ⌃⌫ |
| Delete previous word | ⌥⌫ |
| Delete right character | ⌃D |
| Delete to end of line | ⌃K |
| Dynamic abbrev | ⌃/ |
| Expand selection | ⌥⇧↓ |
| Expand selection | ⌥⇧↑ |
| Expand selection to document end | ⇧⌘↓, ⇧⌘↘ |
| Expand selection to document start | ⇧⌘↑, ⇧⌘↖ |
| Expand selection to line end | ⇧↘, ⇧⌘→ |
| Expand selection to line start | ⇧↖, ⇧⌘← |
| Expand selection to next line | ⇧↓ |
| Expand selection to next word | ⌥⇧→ |
| Expand selection to page down | ⇧⇟ |
| Expand selection to page up | ⇧⇞ |
| Expand selection to previous line | ⇧↑ |
| Expand selection to previous word | ⌥⇧← |
| Expand selection to the left | ⇧← |
| Expand selection to the right | ⇧→ |
| Find caret | ⌘ |
| Go left one character | ⌃B |
| Go right one character | ⌃F |
| Go to beginning of document | ⌘↑ |
| Go to beginning of line | ⌘←, ⌃A |
| Go to end of document | ⌘↓ |
| Go to end of line | ⌘→, ⌃E |
| Go to Matching Brace | ⇧⌘ |
| Go to next line | ⌃N |
| Go to next word | ⌥→ |
| Go to previous line | ⌃P |
| Go to previous word | ⌥← |
| Insert line break after the caret | ⌃O |
| Move caret to EOL and insert new line | ⇧⏎ |
| Move the line or highlighted selection down | ⌥↓ |
| Move the line or highlighted selection up | ⌥↑ |
| Move to next usage | ⌃⌥⌘↓ |
| Move to prev usage | ⌃⌥⌘↑ |
| Show Parameter List | ⌃⇧␣ |
| Show quick info | ⌘F1 |
| Show Scopes | ⌥⇧⌘P |
| Transpose characters | ⌃T |
| Wrap with <div> | ⌥⇧W |
View
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Center and Focus Document | ⌃L |
| Focus Document | F7 |
| Full Screen | ⌃⌘F |
| Move to Next Notebook | ⌥⌘→ |
| Move to Previous Notebook | ⌥⌘← |
| Navigate Back | ⌃⌘← |
| Navigate Forward | ⌃⌘→ |
| Normal Size | ⌘0 |
| One Editor Column | ⌥⌘1 |
| Show Next | ⌥⌘↓, F8 |
| Show Previous | ⌥⌘↑, ⇧F8 |
| Two Editor Columns | ⌥⌘2 |
| Zoom In | ⌘+, ⌘= |
| Zoom Out | ⌘-, ⌘_ |
Window
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Activate 1 | ⌘1 |
| Activate 2 | ⌘2 |
| Activate 3 | ⌘3 |
| Activate 4 | ⌘4 |
| Activate 5 | ⌘5 |
| Activate 6 | ⌘6 |
| Activate 7 | ⌘7 |
| Activate 8 | ⌘8 |
| Activate 9 | ⌘9 |
| Hide Others | ⌥⌘H |
| Hide Visual Studio | ⌘H |
| Minimize | ⌘M |
| Next Document | ⌘}, ⌘F6 |
| Previous Document | ⌘{, ⇧⌘F6 |
| Switch to next document | ⌃⇥ |
| Switch to next pad | ⌃⌥⇥ |
| Switch to previous document | ⌃⇧⇥ |
| Switch to previous pad | ⌃⌥⇧⇥ |
macOS key symbols lookup
| Symbol | Key |
|---|
| ⌘ | Command (cmd) |
| ⌥ | Option (alt) |
| ⇧ | Shift |
| ⌃ | Control (ctrl) |
| ⇞ | Page Up (Pg Up) |
| ⇟ | Page Down (Pg Dn) |
| ⌫ | Delete (Backspace) |
| ⌦ | Forward Delete |
| ⏎ | Return |
| ←→↑↓ | Arrow Keys |
| ↖ | Home |
| ↘ | End |
| ␣ | Space Bar |
| ⇥ | Tab |
See also