DefaultKeyBindings.dict file (~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBindings.dict
) for Mac OS X, created by Brett Terpstra and based heavily on work done by Lri.
Please note that these bindings won't work in all applications: TextWrangler and TextMate, for example, override these with their own settings.
See Lri's gists and website for more coding madness.
Installation: Copy the DefaultKeyBindings.dict file to the ~/Library/KeyBindings/
directory (create KeyBindings
if it doesn't already exist).
Any open applications will need to be re-started before the key bindings will take effect -- or log out and log back in.
Documentation (last updated 10/01/2015.)
Grouped items begin with the groups shortcut (if exists), followed by a subgroup (if exists) followed by the keys specified.
General Commands | |
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Key | Function |
⌃y | replace yank: command with yankAndSelect for use with the kill ring ( defaults write -g NSRepeatCountBinding -string “^u” defaults write -g NSTextKillRingSize -int 6) |
⌃⇧u | uppercase word |
⌃⌥u | lowercase word |
⌃⇧t | titlecase word |
⌃⌥⇧u | uppercase current paragraph |
⌃⌥t | titlecase paragraph |
⌃w | delete word before cursor |
⌥w | select word |
⌥⇧w | select word backward and modify selection |
⌥⇧s | select entire line/paragraph |
⌥s | select from beginning of paragraph to last character |
⌃⌥⇧s | select paragraph excluding leading/trailing whitespace (same as ^$@\UF701) |
⌥d | delete line/paragraph |
⌥y | copy paragraph |
⌥x | cut paragraph |
⌥p | paste paragraph below |
⌥⇧p | paste paragraph above |
⌃⇧a | select to beginning of paragraph and copy |
⌃⇧e | select to end of paragraph and copy |
⌥q | cut to beginning of paragraph |
⌥k | cut to end of paragraph |
⌥o | blank line after current |
⌥⇧o | blank line before current |
⌃⌘k | move line up |
⌃⌘j | move line down |
⌃⌘l | indent line |
⌃⌘h | outdent line (one tab or char) |
⌃⌘↑ | move line up ( same commands but with arrow keys) |
⌃⌘↓ | move line down |
⌃⌘→ | indent line |
⌃⌘← | outdent line (one tab or char) |
⌃⇧⌘← | Full outdent - Deletes all leading space of line/paragraph (updated) ( Control-shift-command-left arrow) |
⌃⇧⌘→ | Delete trailing space ( Control-shift-command-right arrow) |
⌃⌘⇧↑ | Delete leading and trailing whitespace for paragraph ( Control-shift-command-up arrow) |
⌃⌘⇧↓ | Select paragraph without leading or trailing whitespace ( Control-shift-command-down arrow) |
⌃⌥⇧↑ | modify selection up by paragraph (Control Option Shift Up) ( Control-option-shift-up arrow) |
⌃⌥⇧↓ | modify selection down by paragraph (Control Option Shift Down) ( Control-option-shift-down arrow) |
⌃⌥⇧← | modify selection left by word ( Control-option-shift-left arrow) |
⌃⌥⇧→ | modify selection right by word ( Control-option-shift-right arrow) |
⌘⌥⌃← | Move to first Alphanumeric character of line (new) ( Control-option-up arrow) |
⌘⌥← | Move to first non-whitespace character of line (new) |
⌘⌥⇧← | Select to first word of paragraph modifying selection (new) |
⌘⌥⇧→ | Select to end of paragraph modifying selection (new) |
⌥⌘→ | Move to last non-whitespace character of paragraph (new) |
⌃⌥→ | Move to end of paragraph and delete trailing whitespace (new) |
⌘↩ | TextMate Command-Return (Command Return) |
⌘⇧↩ | Insert blank line above paragraph (Command Shift Return) |
⇧⌥␣ | Insert space and uppercase next character (Shift-Option-Space) (new) |
⌃⇧␣ | Uppercase next character (Control-Shift-Space) (new) |
⌘⌥_ | hyphenate next space and move to next word ( this will kill non alphanumeric symbols and punctuation, use only on words) |
⌥1 | bookmark |
⌥2 | jump to bookmark |
⌥⌘↩ | Continue a list item with indentation and include the same delimiter ( Command OptionReturn) |
⇧⇥ | remove one tab (or character) from start of line (outdent) ( Shift Tab) |
⌘⌥b | bold selection (Markdown) |
⌘⌥i | italicize selection (Markdown) |
⌘⌥` | backtick selection (Markdown) |
⌃⌘↩ | break line with double space (Markdown) (Control-Command-Return) |
⌘⌥= | increase markdown header level |
⌘⌥- | decrease markdown header level |
⌘⌥> | increase blockquote header level |
⌘⌥< | decrease blockquote level |
⌃< | Make selected text into paired HTML tag. Allows attributes, only dupes first word into closing tag (caveat: overwrites your pasteboard) |
⌥r | repeat character before cursor |
⌘⇧⌦ | Forward delete to end of paragraph |
⌘⇧⌫ | Delete to beginning of paragraph ( Command-shift-delete) |
⌘⌥7 | Right mouse click (useless, doesn’t maintain cursor position) |
⌘⌥⇧s | Real, honest-to-goodnes Save As… |
Commenting commands (⌃⌘c) | |||
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⌃⌘c | / | comment with “//” | |
⌃⌘c | \ | comment with “#” | |
⌃⌘c | ! | HTML commenting | |
⌃⌘c | * | Css Commenting |
Multi-stroke Markdown commands (⌃⌘w) | |||
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⌃⌘w | ␍ | force carriage return in text field | |
⌃⌘w | ⇥ | force tab in text field | |
⌃⌘w | [ | insert reference link [selection][[cursor]] |
|
⌃⌘w | ] | insert reference [selection]: [cursor] |
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⌃⌘w | + | Unordered list item with + | |
⌃⌘w | - | Unordered list item with - | |
⌃⌘w | * | Unordered list item with * | |
⌃⌘w | 8 | convert current numbered list item to bullet, handles indentation | |
⌃⌘w | 1 | convert current bullet list item to numbered | |
Headlines (removes leading whitespace after inserting hashmarks) (h) | |||
⌃⌘w | h | 1 | # |
⌃⌘w | h | 2 | ## |
⌃⌘w | h | 3 | ### |
⌃⌘w | h | 4 | #### |
⌃⌘w | h | 5 | ##### |
⌃⌘w | h | 6 | ###### |
Markdown link (l) | |||
⌃⌘w | l | t | create a link for selected text, cursor between () [selected text]([cursor]) ( links without selected text first, these can produce a mess using multiple clipboards make a text selection before you run them) |
⌃⌘w | l | c | create a link for selected text, inserting clipboard as url [[cursor]selected text](clipboard contents) |
Link as image (i) | |||
⌃⌘w | i | t | same as lt, but with image syntax ![selected text]([cursor]) |
⌃⌘w | i | c | same as lc, but with image syntax ![selected text](clipboard) |
⌃⌘w | i | d | same as lc, but with image syntax and “+” for Droplr links ![selected text](clipboard+) |
Reference links (:) | |||
⌃⌘w | : | t | create a reference from selected text |
⌃⌘w | : | c | create a reference from selected text, clipboard as url |
HTML commands (⌃⌘e) | |||
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⌃⌘e | = | =“[cursor]” | |
⌃⌘e | e | entity &[cursor]; | |
⌃⌘e | / | http:// | |
⌃⌘e | t | Make previous word into paired HTML tag | |
HTML Links (a) | |||
⌃⌘e | a | t | Insert HTML link for selected text, leave cursor in the href with “http://” selected |
⌃⌘e | a | c | Insert HTML link with clipboard as href |
HTML Image (i) | |||
⌃⌘e | i | t | Insert image tag, any selected text is alt text, leave cursor in src attribute |
⌃⌘e | i | c | Insert image tag, clipboard as src, any selected text as alt, leave cursor at beginning of alt attribute |
Surround commands (⌃⌘s) | |||
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⌃⌘s | ( | wrap () with spaces | |
⌃⌘s | ) | wrap () no spaces | |
⌃⌘s | [ | wrap [] with spaces | |
⌃⌘s | ] | wrap [] no spaces | |
⌃⌘s | { | wrap {} with spaces | |
⌃⌘s | } | wrap {} no spaces | |
⌃⌘s | < | wrap <> with spaces | |
⌃⌘s | > | wrap <> no spaces | |
⌃⌘s | ’ | wrap single quotes | |
⌃⌘s | ` | wrap backticks |
This documentation is generated automatically from the comments and commands in the DefaultKeyBinding.dict file. The script document_keybindings.rb
is free for use, but it's specifically designed for use with my formatting in the bindings plist (i.e. it's a little finicky).