Keybindings

DefaultKeybinding.dict for Mac OS X

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DefaultKeyBinding.dict file (~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.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 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.

Documentation (last updated 07/12/2017.)

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 NSRepeatCountBinding -string “^u” defaults write -g NSTextKillRingSize -int 6)
⌃⇧u uppercase word
⌃⌥u lowercase word
⌃⌥⇧u uppercase current 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
⌃⌘↑ 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)
⌘⌥← Move to first non-whitespace character of line
⌘⌥⇧← Select to first word of paragraph modifying selection
⌘⌥⇧→ Select to end of paragraph modifying selection
⌥⌘→ Move to last non-whitespace character of paragraph
⌃⌥→ Move to end of paragraph and delete trailing whitespace
⌘↩ 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)
⌘⌥_ 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…
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 + 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)
⌃⌘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 / 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)
⌃⌘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
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 p 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 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).