Text selection, copy & paste

Extend selection by words

⇧⌥← / ⇧⌥→ · Shift–Option–Arrow

Place the cursor in editable text. Hold Shift and Option, then press Left Arrow or Right Arrow to extend the selection word by word. App be…

Extend a selection to a distant point

Shift-click the endpoint

Select a word or paragraph

Double-click / triple-click

Double-click a word to select it, or triple-click within a paragraph to select that paragraph. The text must be selectable in the app.

Move selected text

Drag the selection

Copy selected text by dragging

Option-drag

Select to a line boundary

⇧⌘← / ⇧⌘→ · Shift–Command–Arrow

Select all

⌘A

Focus the editable text field or document, then press Command-A to select its text. On iPad, use a connected physical keyboard.

Copy

⌘C

Copy selected text on Mac or iPad with a keyboard. Use Command-A first to select all text in an editable text field.