diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ffde79e..8a18d4a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pairing with smart people at Hashrocket. For a steady stream of TILs, [sign up for my newsletter](https://crafty-builder-6996.ck.page/e169c61186). -_1458 TILs and counting..._ +_1459 TILs and counting..._ --- @@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ _1458 TILs and counting..._ - [Find The Process Using A Specific Port](mac/find-the-process-using-a-specific-port.md) - [Gesture For Viewing All Windows Of Current App](mac/gesture-for-viewing-all-windows-of-current-app.md) - [Insert A Non-Breaking Space Character](mac/insert-a-non-breaking-space-character.md) +- [Keyboard Shortcuts For Interesting With Text Areas](mac/keyboard-shortcuts-for-interacting-with-text-areas.md) - [List All The Say Voices](mac/list-all-the-say-voices.md) - [Open Finder.app To Specific Directory](mac/open-finder-app-to-specific-directory.md) - [Quickly Type En Dashes And Em Dashes](mac/quickly-type-en-dashes-and-em-dashes.md) diff --git a/mac/keyboard-shortcuts-for-interacting-with-text-areas.md b/mac/keyboard-shortcuts-for-interacting-with-text-areas.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..314a398 --- /dev/null +++ b/mac/keyboard-shortcuts-for-interacting-with-text-areas.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +# Keyboard Shortcuts For Interacting With Text Areas + +When interacting with a document text area on MacOS (such as in the Notes app), +there are a bunch of keyboard shortcuts made available to you via the operating +system. + +A couple common ones that I'm used to from Unix environments are: + +- `ctrl-a` to move the cursor to the beginning of the line +- `ctrl-e` to move the cursor to the end of the line +- `ctrl-p` to move the cursor up a line (this is a common _previous_ keybinding) +- `ctrl-n` to move the cursor down a line (this is a common _next_ keybinding) + +A handy one that I wasn't aware of is `ctrl-l` which will scroll the text area +so that the cursor gets centered in the view area. + +A much more niche one I wasn't aware of is `ctrl-t` which swaps the character +before the cursor with the character after the cursor. I can only imagine this +being useful for quickly fixing transposed characters in a misspelled word, +e.g. `baer`. + +There are many more *Document Shortcuts* as well as well as keyboard shorcuts +for other apps and situations. The full listing is at [Mac Keyboard +Shortcuts](https://support.apple.com/en-us/102650).