Keyboard Shortcuts on macOS

[Michæl Atchison]

One thing that I can see will be difficult for me is adapting from the default macOS keyboard shortcuts used for editing text in all other apps—shortcuts I've been using for decades now. I'm not sure what these shortcuts are—maybe they are defaults in InDesign or something? One of the things I like about Affinity apps is that they usually feel more "Mac" friendly.

For examples:

⌥⇦ and ⌥⇨ should jump the cursor from word to word (not adjust kerning).

⌘⇦ and ⌘⇨ should jump to the beginning or end of the line.

⌘⇧ and ⌘⇨ should jump to the beginning or end of the text as a whole.

Holding Shift down for any of these should select the text.

[Denny]

I’ve got the exact same questions for these shortcuts. I checked in the preferences section for modifying shortcuts but could not find these. In the help section it says to use the home or end key for moving to the beginning or end of line but my keyboard does not have a home or end key (as far as I can see).

 

[GraphicDesigner]

I'd like to bump this thread and ask about emulating these shortcuts while text editing. It's really difficult for me to get used to Publisher's custom shortcuts because all other apps use the default Apple shortcuts in any text editing field. 

[fde101]

From the application menu, choose Preferences, navigate to Keyboard Shortcuts, and click Apple Defaults.  That will reset any customizations you may have made to your keyboard shortcuts, but will set most of the text editing keys to be the more correct ones for working on a Mac.