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⤢ MICRO KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 48 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q ⌃ Quit W ⌃ Switch t… E ⌃ Open com… R ⌃ Toggle l… T ⌃ Open new… Y ⌃ Redo U ⌃ Toggle m… I O ⌃ Open file P ⌥ Remove l… A ⌃ Select a… S ⌃ Save D ⌃ Duplicat… F ⌥ Find lit… G ⌥ Toggle k… H J ⌃ Play rec… K ⌃ Cut curr… L ⌃ Jump to … Z ⌃ Undo X ⌥ Skip cur… C ⌥ Remove a… V ⌃ Paste B ⌃ Run shel… N ⌃ Find next M MORE SHORTCUTS Previous para… ⌥ { Next paragraph ⌥ } Select to sta… ⌃ ⇧ ↑ Select to end… ⌃ ⇧ ↓ Previous tab ⌥ , Next tab ⌥ . Delete word t… ⌥ ⌫ Indent / auto… ⇥ Outdent ⇧ ⇥ Page up ⇞ Page down ⇟ Select word t… ⌃ ⇧ → Select word t… ⌃ ⇧ ← Spawn cursor … ⌥ ⇧ ↑ Spawn cursor … ⌥ ⇧ ↓ Move lines up ⌥ ↑ Move lines do… ⌥ ↓ Find previous ⌃ P Cursor to sta… ⌃ ↑ Cursor to end… ⌃ ↓ Start of line… ↖ End of line ↘ Spawn multi-c… ⌥ N Toggle help ⌃ G Copy (or copy… ⌃ C shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICRO · MAC
MICRO KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 48 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A ⌃ Select a… Z ⌃ Undo E ⌃ Open com… R ⌃ Toggle l… T ⌃ Open new… Y ⌃ Redo U ⌃ Toggle m… I O ⌃ Open file P ⌥ Remove l… Q ⌃ Quit S ⌃ Save D ⌃ Duplicat… F ⌥ Find lit… G ⌥ Toggle k… H J ⌃ Play rec… K ⌃ Cut curr… L ⌃ Jump to … M W ⌃ Switch t… X ⌥ Skip cur… C ⌥ Remove a… V ⌃ Paste B ⌃ Run shel… N ⌃ Find next MORE SHORTCUTS Previous para… ⌥ { Next paragraph ⌥ } Select to sta… ⌃ ⇧ ↑ Select to end… ⌃ ⇧ ↓ Previous tab ⌥ , Next tab ⌥ . Delete word t… ⌥ ⌫ Indent / auto… ⇥ Outdent ⇧ ⇥ Page up ⇞ Page down ⇟ Select word t… ⌃ ⇧ → Select word t… ⌃ ⇧ ← Spawn cursor … ⌥ ⇧ ↑ Spawn cursor … ⌥ ⇧ ↓ Move lines up ⌥ ↑ Move lines do… ⌥ ↓ Find previous ⌃ P Cursor to sta… ⌃ ↑ Cursor to end… ⌃ ↓ Start of line… ↖ End of line ↘ Spawn multi-c… ⌥ N Toggle help ⌃ G Copy (or copy… ⌃ C shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICRO · MAC
⤢ SELECTION Select to start of buffer ⌃ ⇧ ↑ Select to end of buffer ⌃ ⇧ ↓ Select word to the right ⌃ ⇧ → Select word to the left ⌃ ⇧ ← Select all ⌃ A FILE Previous tab ⌥ , Next tab ⌥ . Open new tab ⌃ T Open file ⌃ O Save ⌃ S Quit ⌃ Q MULTI-CURSOR Spawn cursor on line above ⌥ ⇧ ↑ Spawn cursor on line below ⌥ ⇧ ↓ Skip current multi-cursor … ⌥ X Remove last multi-cursor ⌥ P Remove all multi-cursors ⌥ C Spawn multi-cursor on next… ⌥ N NAVIGATION Previous paragraph ⌥ { Next paragraph ⌥ } Page up ⇞ Page down ⇟ Jump to line (goto) ⌃ L Cursor to start of buffer ⌃ ↑ Cursor to end of buffer ⌃ ↓ Start of line / text ↖ End of line ↘ SEARCH Find literal (no regex) ⌥ F Find next ⌃ N Find previous ⌃ P Find ⌃ F MISC Toggle macro recording ⌃ U Play recorded macro ⌃ J Toggle key menu ⌥ G Toggle line numbers (ruler) ⌃ R Run shell command ⌃ B Switch to next split ⌃ W Toggle help ⌃ G Open command bar ⌃ E EDITING Delete word to the left ⌥ ⌫ Indent / autocomplete ⇥ Outdent ⇧ ⇥ Cut current line ⌃ K Duplicate selection or line ⌃ D Move lines up ⌥ ↑ Move lines down ⌥ ↓ Undo ⌃ Z Redo ⌃ Y Copy (or copy line if no s… ⌃ C Cut (or cut line if no sel… ⌃ X Paste ⌃ V micro KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 50 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICRO · MAC ⤢ SELECTION 05 Select to start of buffer ⌃ ⇧ ↑ Select to end of buffer ⌃ ⇧ ↓ Select word to the right ⌃ ⇧ → Select word to the left ⌃ ⇧ ← Select all ⌃ A FILE 06 Previous tab ⌥ , Next tab ⌥ . Open new tab ⌃ T Open file ⌃ O Save ⌃ S Quit ⌃ Q MULTI-CURSOR 06 Spawn cursor on line above ⌥ ⇧ ↑ Spawn cursor on line below ⌥ ⇧ ↓ Skip current multi-cursor … ⌥ X Remove last multi-cursor ⌥ P Remove all multi-cursors ⌥ C Spawn multi-cursor on next… ⌥ N NAVIGATION 09 Previous paragraph ⌥ { Next paragraph ⌥ } Page up ⇞ Page down ⇟ Jump to line (goto) ⌃ L Cursor to start of buffer ⌃ ↑ Cursor to end of buffer ⌃ ↓ Start of line / text ↖ End of line ↘ SEARCH 04 Find literal (no regex) ⌥ F Find next ⌃ N Find previous ⌃ P Find ⌃ F MISC 08 Toggle macro recording ⌃ U Play recorded macro ⌃ J Toggle key menu ⌥ G Toggle line numbers (ruler) ⌃ R Run shell command ⌃ B Switch to next split ⌃ W Toggle help ⌃ G Open command bar ⌃ E EDITING 12 Delete word to the left ⌥ ⌫ Indent / autocomplete ⇥ Outdent ⇧ ⇥ Cut current line ⌃ K Duplicate selection or line ⌃ D Move lines up ⌥ ↑ Move lines down ⌥ ↓ Undo ⌃ Z Redo ⌃ Y Copy (or copy line if no s… ⌃ C Cut (or cut line if no sel… ⌃ X Paste ⌃ V micro KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 50 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICRO · MAC
⤢ MICRO · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 7 SETS · No.01 MICRO TOTAL 50 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS NAVIGATION 09 SELECTION 05 MISC 08 FILE 06 EDITING 12 SEARCH 04 MULTI-CURSOR 06 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Previous paragraph ⌥ { Next paragraph ⌥ } Page up ⇞ Page down ⇟ Jump to line (goto) ⌃ L Cursor to start of buffer ⌃ ↑ Cursor to end of buffer ⌃ ↓ Start of line / text ↖ End of line ↘ Select to start of buffer ⌃ ⇧ ↑ Select to end of buffer ⌃ ⇧ ↓ Select word to the right ⌃ ⇧ → Select word to the left ⌃ ⇧ ← Select all ⌃ A Toggle macro recording ⌃ U Play recorded macro ⌃ J Toggle key menu ⌥ G Toggle line numbers (ruler) ⌃ R Run shell command ⌃ B Switch to next split ⌃ W Toggle help ⌃ G Open command bar ⌃ E Previous tab ⌥ , Next tab ⌥ . Open new tab ⌃ T Open file ⌃ O Save ⌃ S Quit ⌃ Q Delete word to the left ⌥ ⌫ Indent / autocomplete ⇥ Outdent ⇧ ⇥ Cut current line ⌃ K Duplicate selection or line ⌃ D Move lines up ⌥ ↑ Move lines down ⌥ ↓ Undo ⌃ Z Redo ⌃ Y Copy (or copy line if no selection) ⌃ C Cut (or cut line if no selection) ⌃ X Paste ⌃ V Find literal (no regex) ⌥ F Find next ⌃ N Find previous ⌃ P Find ⌃ F Spawn cursor on line above ⌥ ⇧ ↑ Spawn cursor on line below ⌥ ⇧ ↓ Skip current multi-cursor match ⌥ X Remove last multi-cursor ⌥ P Remove all multi-cursors ⌥ C Spawn multi-cursor on next match ⌥ N
MICRO KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W E R T Y U ⌃ Toggle m… I O P A S D F ⌥ Find lit… G H J ⌃ Play rec… K L Z X C V B N M MORE SHORTCUTS Previous paragraph ⌥ { Next paragraph ⌥ } Select to start o… ⌃ ⇧ ↑ Select to end of … ⌃ ⇧ ↓ Previous tab ⌥ , Next tab ⌥ . Delete word to th… ⌥ ⌫ Indent / autocomp… ⇥ Outdent ⇧ ⇥ Page up ⇞ Page down ⇟ shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICRO · MAC Keyboard map NAVIGATION Previous paragraph ⌥ { Next paragraph ⌥ } Page up ⇞ Page down ⇟ FILE Previous tab ⌥ , Next tab ⌥ . SEARCH Find literal (no regex) ⌥ F SELECTION Select to start of buffer ⌃ ⇧ ↑ Select to end of buffer ⌃ ⇧ ↓ MISC Toggle macro recording ⌃ U Play recorded macro ⌃ J EDITING Delete word to the left ⌥ ⌫ Indent / autocomplete ⇥ Outdent ⇧ ⇥ micro KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICRO · MAC Isometric NAVIGATION 04 Previous paragraph ⌥ { Next paragraph ⌥ } Page up ⇞ Page down ⇟ FILE 02 Previous tab ⌥ , Next tab ⌥ . SEARCH 01 Find literal (no regex) ⌥ F SELECTION 02 Select to start of buffer ⌃ ⇧ ↑ Select to end of buffer ⌃ ⇧ ↓ MISC 02 Toggle macro recording ⌃ U Play recorded macro ⌃ J EDITING 03 Delete word to the left ⌥ ⌫ Indent / autocomplete ⇥ Outdent ⇧ ⇥ micro KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICRO · MAC Typewriter MICRO · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 6 SETS · No.01 MICRO TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS NAVIGATION 04 SELECTION 02 MISC 02 FILE 02 EDITING 03 SEARCH 01 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Previous paragraph ⌥ { Next paragraph ⌥ } Page up ⇞ Page down ⇟ Select to start of buffer ⌃ ⇧ ↑ Select to end of buffer ⌃ ⇧ ↓ Toggle macro recording ⌃ U Play recorded macro ⌃ J Previous tab ⌥ , Next tab ⌥ . Delete word to the left ⌥ ⌫ Indent / autocomplete ⇥ Outdent ⇧ ⇥ Find literal (no regex) ⌥ F Editorial micro is a modern, intuitive terminal-based text editor that works out of the box with familiar CUA-style shortcuts. These are its default keybindings, which are identical across macOS, Windows, and Linux.
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+ 6 more controls in the table below
12 Action Shortcut Delete word to the left ⌥ ⌫ Indent / autocomplete ⇥ Outdent ⇧ ⇥ Cut current line ⌃ K Duplicate selection or line ⌃ D Move lines up ⌥ ↑ Move lines down ⌥ ↓ Undo ⌃ Z Redo ⌃ Y Copy (or copy line if no selection) ⌃ C Cut (or cut line if no selection) ⌃ X Paste ⌃ V
9 Action Shortcut Previous paragraph ⌥ { Next paragraph ⌥ } Page up ⇞ Page down ⇟ Jump to line (goto) ⌃ L Cursor to start of buffer ⌃ ↑ Cursor to end of buffer ⌃ ↓ Start of line / text ↖ End of line ↘
8 Action Shortcut Toggle macro recording ⌃ U Play recorded macro ⌃ J Toggle key menu ⌥ G Toggle line numbers (ruler) ⌃ R Run shell command ⌃ B Switch to next split ⌃ W Toggle help ⌃ G Open command bar ⌃ E
6 Action Shortcut Previous tab ⌥ , Next tab ⌥ . Open new tab ⌃ T Open file ⌃ O Save ⌃ S Quit ⌃ Q
6 Action Shortcut Spawn cursor on line above ⌥ ⇧ ↑ Spawn cursor on line below ⌥ ⇧ ↓ Skip current multi-cursor match ⌥ X Remove last multi-cursor ⌥ P Remove all multi-cursors ⌥ C Spawn multi-cursor on next match ⌥ N
5 Action Shortcut Select to start of buffer ⌃ ⇧ ↑ Select to end of buffer ⌃ ⇧ ↓ Select word to the right ⌃ ⇧ → Select word to the left ⌃ ⇧ ← Select all ⌃ A
4 Action Shortcut Find literal (no regex) ⌥ F Find next ⌃ N Find previous ⌃ P Find ⌃ F
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