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Keyboard shortcuts


PlistEdit Pro also provides several convenient keyboard shortcuts which allow you to edit anything in your property list without ever leaving the keyboard.

Property list navigation

Expand the currently selected item(s)

 

Right arrow

Expand the currently selected item(s) and all of their children, recursively

 

Option-right arrow

Collapse the currently selected item(s)

 

Left arrow

Collapse the currently selected item(s) and all of their children, recursively

 

Command-left arrow

Select the dictionary or array containing the selected item

 

Command-up arrow

Initiating edits

Begin editing the key in the currently selected row

 

Return

Begin editing the value in the currently selected row

 

Shift-Return

Begin editing the class in the currently selected row

 

Option-Return

Edit the currently selected value(s) in a separate sheet

 

Command-Shift-E

While editing

Advances editing to the next editable cell, going left to right and top to bottom

 

Tab

Advances editing to the previous editable cell, going right to left and bottom to top

 

Shift-Tab

Advances editing to the next editable row in the same column

 

Return

Ends the current editing session without beginning another one

 

Escape

Pop-up the menu in the currently selected cell

 

Space

Property list browsers

Open the selected files

 

Return

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