First-Level VoiceOver Commands, macOS Sierra

Function Keys Row

esccancel mode
F1*application summary
F2*window summary
F3describe item in VoiceOver cursor
F4describe item in keyboard focus
F5*describe item in mouse pointer
F6describe selected item
F7not mapped
F8VoiceOver Utility
F9not mapped
F10tile visuals
F11not mapped
F12not mapped
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Number Keys Row

`move window
1*jump to hot spot
2*jump to hot spot
3*jump to hot spot
4*jump to hot spot
5*jump to hot spot
6*jump to hot spot
7*jump to hot spot
8*jump to hot spot
9*jump to hot spot
0*jump to hot spot
-decrease system volume
=increase system volume
deletedelete ruler marker
(in TextEdit)

Tab Key Row

tabignore next command
Qnot mapped
W*read word
Enot mapped
R*read row in table
Ttext attributes
Ynot mapped
URotor
Iitem chooser
Onot mapped
Pread paragraph
[move to previous hot spot
]move to next hot spot
\open or close
disclosure triangle

Caps Lock Key Row

caps lockpressed
A**read all
Sread sentence
Dgo to the dock
Ffind text
Gfind next searched text
H*VoiceOver help menu
Jjump to linked item
Kkeyboard help
Lread line
;lock or unlock VoiceOver keys
'not mapped
returnselect a
menu or list item

Shift Key Row

shift
Zread last phrase
X*activity chooser
C*read character or column header
Vverbosity rotor
Bread from top to VoiceOver cursor
Nnot mapped
M*menu bar
,mark item to drag and drop
.drop item on VoiceOver cursor
/create custom label
shift

Control Key Row

fn
control pressed
option pressed
command ⌘
space barperform default action for selected item
⌘ command
enter
move up previous item move down next item

*F1: press twice to open the Application Chooser. F2: press twice to open the Window Chooser. F5: press two or three times to hear the mouse location in different ways. W: press two or three times to spell a word in different ways. R: press twice to read the contents of a table row from the VoiceOver cursor to the end of the row. H: press twice to open the Commands menu. X: press twice to switch to the previous activity. C: press twice to hear the contents of a column from the VoiceOver cursor to the bottom of the column. M: press twice to jump to the status menu in the menu bar.

** When interacting with text, reads from the VoiceOver cursor to the bottom.

Home and End move to the top or bottom of the area (such as a window or text area) where the VoiceOver cursor is located, scrolling if necessary. Page Up and Page Down read the previous and next page, respectively. On portable computers, you may need to press the Fn key with the arrow keys for Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down.

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