Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Home, End, Page Up, Page Down Keys in OSX

Shortcut keys for navigation are inconsistent in OSX across applications. Notionally the home and end keys are Fn + Left / Right and Page Up / Page Down are Fn + Up/Down. However, this does not always achieve the same navigational effect, especially for programs ported from Windows.




TextEdit, Chrome Text Editor (probably other native OSX apps)
  • Paragraph Up / Down: Alt + Up / Down
  • Start of line / End of line: Cmd + Left / Right
  • Start of document / End of document: Cmd + Up / Down
  • Page Up / Down: Fn + Alt + Up / Down
  • Previous / Next Word: Alt + Left / Right
Finder

  • Top / Bottom File: Alt + Up / Down

Chrome Browsing

  • Start  / End of document:: Fn + Left /Right OR Cmd + Up / Down
  • Page Up / Page Down: Fn + Up / Down
Skim

  • Start  / End of document:: Fn + Left /Right 
  • Page Up / Page Down: Fn + Up / Down
  • Previous Page / Next Page : Cmd + Left / Right

    Word
    • Paragraph Up / Down: Alt + Up / Down
    • Start of line / End of line: Fn + Left / Right OR Cmd + Left / Right
    • Start / End of document: Fn + Cmd + Left / Right
    • Page Up / Down: Fn + Up / Down
    • Previous / Next Word: Alt + Left / Right
    Outlook
    • Paragraph Up / Down: Alt + Up / Down
    • Start of line / End of line: Fn + Left / Right
    • Start / End of document: Fn + Cmd + Left / Right
    • Page Up / Down: Fn + Up / Down
    • Previous / Next Word: Alt + Left / Right