docs/source/interactive/cm_keyboard.rst

.. _cm_keyboard:

Some additional Codemirror keyboard shortcuts
=============================================

Because each cell of the IPython notebook is powered by Codemirror,
you can actually use a set of predetermined keyboard shortcuts to
write and manipulate your content easily:

=================  ==============  ==================
Action             PC shortcut     Mac shortcut      
=================  ==============  ==================
newline & indent   Enter           Enter             
toggle overwrite   Insert          Insert            
indent             Ctrl-]          Cmd-]             
dedent             Ctrl-[          Cmd-[             
select all         Ctrl-A          Cmd-A             
delete line        Ctrl-D          Cmd-D             
undo               Ctrl-Z          Cmd-Z             
redo               Ctrl-Shift-Z    Cmd-Shift-Z       
redo               Ctrl-Y          Cmd-Y             
go to cell start   Ctrl-Home       Cmd-Up            
go to cell start   Alt-Up          Cmd-End           
go to cell start   PageUp          PageUp            
go to cell end     Ctrl-End        ---               
go to cell end     Ctrl-Down       Cmd-Down          
go to cell end     PageDown        PageDown          
go one word left   Ctrl-Left       Alt-Left          
go one word right  Ctrl-Right      Alt-Right         
go to line start   Alt-Left        Cmd-Left          
go to line start   Home            Home              
go to line end     Alt-Right       Cmd-Right         
go to line end     End             End               
del word before    Ctrl-Backspace  Alt-Backspace     
del word after     ---             Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
del word after     Ctrl-Delete     Alt-Delete        
=================  ==============  ==================

.. note::

     These shorcuts are valid for US keyboards, so some shortcuts can change
     for non-US keyboards.