8/31/2023 0 Comments Skitch for mac shortcus![]() Move the cursor to the very top of the document, hold down the shift key to begin selecting data and then Page Down a time or two. To use the example you cited, open Text Edit with a large block of text that extends several screens down on your Mac. This is purely an issue of what action actually moves the cursor position. ![]() It is no different than the behavior I get on my Mac. I do not have to grab the mouse in order to do that. These details are the soul of a Russo: Range selection works fine in Windows if I move to the beginning of a block of text (say the start of a document), then hold down the shift key to begin selecting text (just like Mac), then my selection extends down with my screen changes. ![]() These little subtle details are what makes a Mac a Mac, what differentiates a Mac from Windows. The behavior that you dislike is an example of how Microsoft copied obvious Mac functionality, but missed the subtlety of function that makes a Mac consistent and understandable. The Windows scrolling behavior causes the selection of large blocks of data to be both tiring and time consuming. For large blocks of data, it forces the user to click at the beginning of the data, then drag down to select the whole block of data. Because range selection is broken on Windows, selecting a block of data requires a click and drag down the window. The only way for range selection to extend generically to large blocks of data, is for scrolling to change the view, but not change the position of the cursor. The Windows scrolling that you are familiar with, breaks range selection because it moves the cursor when it scrolls. This can be a lot easier and more efficient than clicking and dragging to select a large block of data like a chapter. For example, in a word processor, click on the beginning of a chapter, then scroll down and click on the end of the chapter to select the entire chapter. Range selection extends to larger blocks of data. Range selection is generic, as are most things on a Mac. This can be a bit easier than clicking and dragging to select the sentence. For example, in a word processor, a sentence can be selected by clicking on the beginning of the sentence then shift clicking on the end of the sentence. Everything in between the start and the end is selected. Range selection allows you to select a block of data by selecting the first end of the block then shift clicking on the other end of data. Range Selection - a primer in case some readers are not familiar with this. There is a reason for the behavior that you dislike: range selection. It is of course too late now to change it and I am working to commit this keystroke combination to muscle memory, however if anyone knows the rationale behind this design choice I'd love to hear it. ![]() Many times lately I've found myself paging up and down in a large code file in TextMate, then I'll automatically hit the Down Arrow to just move down a little and since that action moves the view back to the cursor I'm usually back at the top of my document.įrankly I think Apple got this one wrong it should be the other way around with the Option modifier being used to only scroll the screen. Page Up / Page Down are effectively a jump tool for the cursor position. When I'm in Safari I hit Page Up / Down in order to scroll the viewport, then can switch to the arrow keys for fine tuning the view. Even when doing this the behavior is different: Windows and Ubuntu keep the cursor position in the same place relative to the window as you scroll down Mac places the cursor in the middle of the screen. The way to move the cursor and the screen view on a Mac one screen at a time is to use Option-Page Down / Option-Page Up. The Mac Page Down / Page Up keys (fn-Down Arrow / fn-Up Arrow on a MacBook) only move the screen view, not the cursor. This is different than the behavior on a Mac. If however you are in an editable surface (like a text editor) and hit Page Down/Page Up it moves the screen and the cursor. On the Windows and Ubuntu based systems I have handy the Page Up and Page Down key perform the following action: Page Down/Page Up in a non-editing viewport (web browser, help system, etc) and the viewing window scrolls Down or Up by a screen. In spite of all this attention there was one key stroke combination group that I missed and it didn't get to me until very recently: the behavior of the Page Up and Page Down keys. Windows to Mac keystroke mapping - a quick guide Mac: Have you tried using the Option key? In the past I've written that among the more difficult things I encountered in the switch was the behavior of the keyboard: It has been nearly a year since I switched from Windows to Mac.
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