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DefaultKeybindings.dict for Mac OS X
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DefaultKeyBinding.dict file (`~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict`) for Mac OS X, created by

[Brett Terpstra](https://brettterpstra.com) 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.



**Installation**: Copy the DefaultKeyBinding.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.



The repository includes a script to generate a Dash docset from your customized version of the file.

[See here for details.](https://brettterpstra.com/2022/02/18/keybindings-cheat-sheet-for-dash/)



**Documentation** _(last updated 12/21/2023.)_



*Grouped items begin with the groups shortcut (if exists), followed by a subgroup (if exists) followed by the keys specified.*



	General Commands



	Key

	Function



	⌃y

	Replace yank: command with yankAndSelect for use with the kill ring (defaults write -g NSTextKillRingSize -int 6)



	⌃⌥y

	Regular yank, only insert last register and don’t select



	⌃⇧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



	⌃u

	Delete to beginning of paragraph (if this isn’t already defined?)



	⌥y

	Copy paragraph



	⌥x

	Cut paragraph



	⌥p

	Paste paragraph below



	⌃⌥p

	Yank (from kill ring) paragraph below



	⌥⇧p

	Paste paragraph above



	⌃⌥⇧p

	Yank (from kill ring) 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 (Control-option-up arrow Control-option-command-left arrow)



	⌘⌥←

	Move to first non-whitespace character of line (Control-options-left arrow)



	⌘⌥⇧←

	Select to first word of paragraph modifying selection (Options-shift-command-left arrow)



	⌘⌥⇧→

	Select to end of paragraph modifying selection (Option-shift-command-right arrow)



	⌥⌘→

	Move to last non-whitespace character of paragraph (Option-command-right arrow)



	⌃⌥→

	Move to end of paragraph and delete trailing whitespace (Control-option-right arrow)



	⌘↩

	TextMate Command-Return (Command Return)



	⌘⇧↩

	Insert blank line above paragraph (Command Shift Return)



	⇧⌥␣

	Insert space and uppercase next character (Shift-Option-Space)



	⌃⇧␣

	Uppercase next character (Control-Shift-Space)



	⌃⌥␣

	Move cursor forward with spacebar (shift-space)



	⌘⌥_

	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 Option Return)



	⇧⇥

	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…



	Multi–stroke casing commands (⌃⌥c)



	⌃⌥c 

	 

	c 

	Snake_case to camelCase (delete forward and capitalize)



	⌃⌥c 

	 

	s 

	Snake_case word break



	Commenting commands (⌃⌘c)



	⌃⌘c 

	 

	/ 

	Comment with “//”



	⌃⌘c 

	 

	 

	Comment with “#”



	⌃⌘c 

	 

	! 

	HTML commenting



	⌃⌘c 

	 

	* 

	Css Commenting



	Multi–stroke Markdown commands (⌃⌘w)



	⌃⌘w 

	 

	␍ 

	Force carriage return in text field



	⌃⌘w 

	 

	⇥ 

	Force tab in text field



	⌃⌘w 

	 

	[ 

	Insert reference link [selection][[cursor]]



	⌃⌘w 

	 

	] 

	Insert reference [selection]: [cursor]



	⌃⌘w 

	 

	` 

	Fence code (new) (Requires text selection)



	⌃⌘w 

	 

	f 

	Insert inline footnote marker or inline footnote (new)



	⌃⌘w 

	 

	+ 

	Unordered list item with +



	⌃⌘w 

	 

	- 

	Unordered list item with -



	⌃⌘w 

	 

	* 

	Unordered list item with *



	⌃⌘w 

	 

	. 

	Numeric list item (new)



	⌃⌘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)



	⌃⌘w 

	 

	s 

	SearchLink Basic Link



	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)



	⌃⌘e 

	 

	= 

	=“[cursor]”



	⌃⌘e 

	 

	e 

	Entity &[cursor];



	⌃⌘e 

	 

	/ 

	Https://



	⌃⌘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 “https://” 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)



	⌃⌘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 <> with spaces



	⌃⌘s 

	 

	' 

	Wrap single quotes



	⌃⌘s 

	 

	` 

	Wrap backticks



	Jekyll Shortcuts (⌃⌘j)



	⌃⌘j 

	 

	p 

	Pullquote Liquid Tag (new)



	⌃⌘j 

	 

	r 

	Raw Liquid Tag (new)



	⌃⌘j 

	 

	⇧r 

	Raw Tag for entire paragraph (new)



	TaskPaper Tags (⌃⌘t)



	⌃⌘t 

	 

	d 

	@done (new)



	⌃⌘t 

	 

	p 

	// @priority() (new)



	⌃⌘t 

	 

	n 

	@na (new)



	⌃⌘t 

	 

	t 

	@today (new)



	SearchLink commands (⌃⌘g)



	⌃⌘g 

	 

	g 

	SearchLink Syntax: Google (new)



	⌃⌘g 

	 

	⇧a 

	SearchLink Syntax: Amazon (new)



	Apple (a)



	⌃⌘g 

	a 

	i 

	SearchLink Syntax: iOS App (new)



	⌃⌘g 

	a 

	m 

	SearchLink Syntax: Mac App Store (new)



	⌃⌘g 

	 

	s 

	SearchLink Syntax: Software (new)



	⌃⌘g 

	 

	m 

	SearchLink Syntax: IMDB (new)



	⌃⌘g 

	 

	b 

	SearchLink Syntax: BrettTerpstra.com (new)



	⌃⌘g 

	 

	p 

	SearchLink Syntax: BrettTerpstra.com Projects (new)



	⌃⌘g 

	 

	t 

	SearchLink Syntax: Twitter User (new)



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).