This page collects some miscellaneous typing and selection features that you might otherwise be unaware of.

To navigate with the keyboard, Script Debugger supports a full repertoire of keyboard navigation shortcuts:

• Right Arrow and Left Arrow navigate by character.

• Option-Right Arrow and Option-Left Arrow navigate by word.

• Command-Right Arrow and Command-Left Arrow navigate to the two ends of the current line.

• Option-Up Arrow and Option-Down Arrow navigate a line at a time.

• Command-Up Arrow and Command-Down Arrow navigate to the start and end of the script.

To select with the keyboard:

• Add Shift to the above keyboard navigation shortcuts.

To select a line:

• Triple-click on the line. You can triple-click-drag to select a stretch of lines.

• Click to the left of the line. Just to the right of the gutter is a narrow area where this click works to select a line. You can click-drag to select a stretch of lines.

• Click or select anywhere within the line and then type Shift-Command-Right Arrow, Shift-Command-Left Arrow. You can then use Shift-Up Arrow or Shift-Down Arrow to select a stretch of lines.

To start a new line:

• Press Command-Return. No matter where the insertion point or selection is in the current line, it will be abandoned and a new line will be inserted below the current line, with the insertion point at its start, ready to type. To append an AppleScript line-continuation character to the current line at the same time, press Command-Option-Return. This feature may be combined with auto-closing; for example, if you start in the middle of a tell line and press Command-Return, then if there is no corresponding end line, one will be created if auto-closing is turned on.