Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts

Steps

1. In the Key Bindings preferences pane, choose a command set to edit.

2. Locate the command for which you want to change the shortcut.

3. Double-click a key sequence to select it.

4. Type a new key sequence to replace the selected one.

5. Click elsewhere in the detail area to apply your change.

Customize the keyboard shortcut for a command by editing its key sequence in the Key Bindings preferences pane.

To edit the key binding for a command, double-click its key field, and then:

• To change a selected sequence, type a new one to replace it.

• To remove a selected sequence, click the Remove (—) button. (Do not press the keyboard Delete key; that just adds Delete to the key sequence.)

• To enter a sequence in an empty key field, type the sequence.

• To add a sequence to an existing one, click the Add (+) button and type the new sequence. This only works for text commands; you cannot assign more than one sequence to a menu command.

Specify a key sequence by typing it just as you would type it to use it; for example, to specify ^A, hold down the Control key and type the letter a.

A specific key sequence can be bound to only one command; if you enter one that is already assigned to another command, Xcode removes it from that other command.

The video shows adding the key sequence Control-Option–Right Arrow as a shortcut for the Move Expression Right command.

For detailed information about key bindings, see “Text System Defaults and Key Bindings” in Cocoa Event-Handling Guide.