| Key | Description of function |
|---------- |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Ctrl+E | Open a command prompt for running commands (see `> help commands` for a list of valid commands). |
+| Ctrl-e | Open a command prompt for running commands (see `> help commands` for a list of valid commands). |
| Tab | In command prompt, it will autocomplete if possible. |
-| Ctrl+B | Run a shell command (this will close micro while your command executes). |
+| Ctrl-b | Run a shell command (this will close micro while your command executes). |
### Navigation
-| Key | Description of function |
-|--------------------------- |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| Arrows | Move the cursor around |
-| Shift+arrows | Move and select text |
-| Home or Ctrl+LeftArrow | Move to the beginning of the current line |
-| End or Ctrl+RightArrow | Move to the end of the current line |
-| Alt+LeftArrow | Move cursor one word left |
-| Alt+RightArrow | Move cursor one word right |
-| Alt+{ | Move cursor to previous empty line, or beginning of document |
-| Alt+} | Move cursor to next empty line, or end of document |
-| PageUp | Move cursor up one page |
-| PageDown | Move cursor down one page |
-| Ctrl+Home or Ctrl+UpArrow | Move cursor to start of document |
-| Ctrl+End or Ctrl+DownArrow | Move cursor to end of document |
-| Ctrl+L | Jump to a line in the file (prompts with #) |
-| Ctrl+W | Cycle between splits in the current tab (use `> vsplit` or `> hsplit` to create a split) |
+| Key | Description of function |
+|---------------------------- |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| Arrows | Move the cursor around |
+| Shift-arrows | Move and select text |
+| Alt(Ctrl on Mac)-LeftArrow | Move to the beginning of the current line |
+| Alt(Ctrl on Mac)-RightArrow | Move to the end of the current line |
+| Home | Move to the beginning of text on the current line |
+| End | Move to the end of the current line |
+| Ctrl(Alt on Mac)-LeftArrow | Move cursor one word left |
+| Ctrl(Alt on Mac)-RightArrow | Move cursor one word right |
+| Alt-{ | Move cursor to previous empty line, or beginning of document |
+| Alt-} | Move cursor to next empty line, or end of document |
+| PageUp | Move cursor up one page |
+| PageDown | Move cursor down one page |
+| Ctrl-Home or Ctrl-UpArrow | Move cursor to start of document |
+| Ctrl-End or Ctrl-DownArrow | Move cursor to end of document |
+| Ctrl-l | Jump to a line in the file (prompts with #) |
+| Ctrl-w | Cycle between splits in the current tab (use `> vsplit` or `> hsplit` to create a split) |
### Tabs
| Key | Description of function |
|-------- |------------------------- |
-| Ctrl+T | Open a new tab |
-| Alt+, | Previous tab |
-| Alt+. | Next tab |
+| Ctrl-t | Open a new tab |
+| Alt-, | Previous tab |
+| Alt-. | Next tab |
### Find Operations
| Key | Description of function |
|---------- |------------------------------------------ |
-| Ctrl+F | Find (opens prompt) |
-| Ctrl+N | Find next instance of current search |
-| Ctrl+P | Find previous instance of current search |
+| Ctrl-f | Find (opens prompt) |
+| Ctrl-n | Find next instance of current search |
+| Ctrl-p | Find previous instance of current search |
### File Operations
| Key | Description of function |
|---------- |------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| Ctrl+Q | Close current file (quits micro if this is the last file open) |
-| Ctrl+O | Open a file (prompts for filename) |
-| Ctrl+S | Save current file |
+| Ctrl-q | Close current file (quits micro if this is the last file open) |
+| Ctrl-o | Open a file (prompts for filename) |
+| Ctrl-s | Save current file |
### Text operations
| Key | Description of function |
|------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------ |
-| Alt+Shift+RightArrow | Select word right |
-| Alt+Shift+LeftArrow | Select word left |
-| Shift+Home or Ctrl+Shift+LeftArrow | Select to start of current line |
-| Shift+End or Ctrl+Shift+RightArrow | Select to end of current line |
-| Ctrl+Shift+UpArrow | Select to start of file |
-| Ctrl+Shift+DownArrow | Select to end of file |
-| Ctrl+X | Cut selected text |
-| Ctrl+C | Copy selected text |
-| Ctrl+V | Paste |
-| Ctrl+K | Cut current line |
-| Ctrl+D | Duplicate current line |
-| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
-| Ctrl+Y | Redo |
-| Alt+UpArrow | Move current line or selected lines up |
-| Alt+DownArrow | Move current line of selected lines down |
-| Alt+Backspace or Alt+Ctrl+H | Delete word left |
-| Ctrl+A | Select all |
+| Ctrl(Alt on Mac)-Shift-RightArrow | Select word right |
+| Ctrl(Alt on Mac)-Shift-LeftArrow | Select word left |
+| Alt(Ctrl on Mac)-Shift-LeftArrow | Select to start of current line |
+| Alt(Ctrl on Mac)-Shift-RightArrow | Select to end of current line |
+| Shift-Home | Select to start of current line |
+| Shift-End | Select to end of current line |
+| Ctrl-Shift-UpArrow | Select to start of file |
+| Ctrl-Shift-DownArrow | Select to end of file |
+| Ctrl-x | Cut selected text |
+| Ctrl-c | Copy selected text |
+| Ctrl-v | Paste |
+| Ctrl-k | Cut current line |
+| Ctrl-d | Duplicate current line |
+| Ctrl-z | Undo |
+| Ctrl-y | Redo |
+| Alt-UpArrow | Move current line or selected lines up |
+| Alt-DownArrow | Move current line or selected lines down |
+| Alt-Backspace or Alt-Ctrl-h | Delete word left |
+| Ctrl-a | Select all |
### Macros
| Key | Description of function |
|---------- |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Ctrl+U | Toggle macro recording (press Ctrl+U to start recording and press again to stop) |
-| Ctrl+J | Run latest recorded macro |
+| Ctrl-u | Toggle macro recording (press Ctrl-u to start recording and press again to stop) |
+| Ctrl-j | Run latest recorded macro |
### Multiple cursors
| Key | Description of function |
|------------------ |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Alt+N | Create new multiple cursor from selection (will select current word if no current selection) |
-| Alt+P | Remove latest multiple cursor |
-| Alt+C | Remove all multiple cursors (cancel) |
-| Alt+X | Skip multiple cursor selection |
-| Alt+M | Spawn a new cursor at the beginning of every line in the current selection |
-| Ctrl+MouseLeft | Place a multiple cursor at any location |
+| Alt-n | Create new multiple cursor from selection (will select current word if no current selection) |
+| Alt-Shift-Up | Spawn a new cursor on the line above the current one |
+| Alt-Shift-Down | Spawn a new cursor on the line below the current one |
+| Alt-p | Remove latest multiple cursor |
+| Alt-c | Remove all multiple cursors (cancel) |
+| Alt-x | Skip multiple cursor selection |
+| Alt-m | Spawn a new cursor at the beginning of every line in the current selection |
+| Ctrl-MouseLeft | Place a multiple cursor at any location |
### Other
| Key | Description of function |
|---------- |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Ctrl+G | Open help file |
-| Ctrl+H | Backspace (old terminals do not support the backspace key and use Ctrl+H instead) |
-| Ctrl+R | Toggle the line number ruler |
+| Ctrl-g | Open help file |
+| Ctrl-h | Backspace (old terminals do not support the backspace key and use Ctrl+H instead) |
+| Ctrl-r | Toggle the line number ruler |
### Emacs style actions
| Key | Description of function |
|---------- |-------------------------- |
-| Alt+F | Next word |
-| Alt+B | Previous word |
-| Alt+A | Move to start of line |
-| Alt+E | Move to end of line |
+| Alt-f | Next word |
+| Alt-b | Previous word |
+| Alt-a | Move to start of line |
+| Alt-e | Move to end of line |
### Function keys.