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This shortcut is used by 111 programs in our database.

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General (8)

Roll20 - Select everything on current layer

elementary OS - Window overivew (across all workspaces)

Apple macOS - Select All items

Apple iBooks - Select all inline objects and text

Apple iBooks - (Select one floating object and press Command + A) Select all floating objects

Apple iBooks - Select all table borders or cell content, depending on the initial selection

Firefox (macOS) - Select All

Waze Map Editor - Select Entire Street - mnemonic Select All

Text editing (9)

Bear (macOS) - Select all

Bear (macOS) - Select all the notes in the list

TextMate - Select all

Zettlr (MacOS) - Select all text

Tomboy 0.23 - Select all items

Typora 0.9.81 (macOS) - Select All

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - Select or deselect all files

Ace Editor (Mac) - Select all

Google Docs (macOS) - Select all

Imaging (29)

Xcode - Select All

Xcode - Highlight every item in a document or window, or all characters in a text field (equivalent to the Select All command)

Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac) - Select All

Corel Painter (Mac) - All

Final Cut Pro X - Select all clips

Final Cut Pro X - Select all clips

DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac) - Select all

Procreate 5X - Copy the screen

Adobe Animate CC (Mac) - Select All

Apple iMovie - Select all clips. To select all clips in the timeline, first click anywhere in the timeline. To select all clips in the browser, first click anywhere in the browser

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Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - Select All

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Select all pins

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Select all pins

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Select all

Adobe Dimension CC (Mac) - Select All

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Select all

OmniGraffle 7 - Select all

MagicaVoxel - Select all

Aseprite 1.2.27 (macOS) - Select all

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 (macOS) - Select all

Adobe XD (Mac) - Select All

Pixelmator Pro - Select the entire image

Adobe Lightroom Classic (Mac) - Select all photos

Canva (Mac) - Select all

Framer X - Select All Layers

Mari 4.6 (macOS) - Select All

InVision (macOS) - Select All

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 (macOS) - Select All

PureRef (macOS) - Select All

System tools (4)

VMware Fusion - Control + A

Transmit - Select all

Epson Scan 2 - Select all selections

Parallels Desktop - Select all

Developer tools (18)

Databricks Notebook - Select all cells

BBEdit 13 - Select all

Arduino IDE - Select all

CodeMirror - Select all

NovelAI (Windows, Mac) - Selects everything in the text field

NovelAI (Windows, Mac) - Select all the text in the text entry field

RStudio (Mac) - Select All

AWS Cloud9 IDE (Mac) - Select All

Coda for iOS - Select all

Proto.io (macOS) - Select all

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Sequel Pro 1.1.2 - Select all

CoffeeCup Web Editor - Select all

Mode SQL Editor (Mac) - Select All

Mode SQL Editor (Mac) - Select All

IDA v7.0 Free (macOS) - Select all

Reserved Mac - Selects every item in a document or window, or all characters in a text field.

Principle - Select all siblings

GitLab (macOS) - Select all

Media player (5)

iTunes 11 for Mac - Select all the songs in the list

QuickTime Player (macOS) - Select all

QLab 4 - Select All

Spotify (macOS) - Select all

Roon - Select All

Games - PC (2)

Company of Heroes 2 (classic controls) - Set “Attack here!” signal

Total War: Attila (Mac) - Select all

Blackboard Collaborate (macOS) - Select all objects in whiteboard

Blackboard Collaborate (macOS) - Select all chat text in the conversation pane

Security (1)

DocuSign - Select all fields

Productivity (43)

Traktor Pro 3 - Select all

Final Draft 11 (Mac) - Select all

Xmind - Select All Topics / Text

Luna (DAW) - Select All

Luna (DAW) - Select All

Davinci Resolve 17 (macOS) - Select all

Salesforce - (macOS) Select all widgets in the canvas while editing the dashboard

Salesforce - (macOS) Select all

Salesforce - (macOS) Select all

Things (Mac) - Select everything

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Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Select All

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Select all Clips/Slots

Google Sheets (Mac) - Select all

Apple Pages - Select all objects and text

Apple Pages - Select all objects

Apple Pages - (after selecting a cell) Select all content in a table

Melodyne 4 (Mac) - Select all

Adobe Captivate 2019 (macOS) - Select all

Dorico (macOS) - Select all

RX 8 Audio Editor (macOS) - Select All

iPad Smart Keyboard - Select all text

Tableau (Mac) - Select all data

Wondershare Filmora 10.1.6 (macOS) - Select All

RoomSketcher - Toggle Always Show Furniture On or Off

Superhuman v7 (2022) - Select all from here

Google Docs (iPhone & iPad) - Select all

ClickUp (macOS) - Select all characters in a code block

Apple GarageBand - Select all

Things (iPad) - Select everything

Abstract - – Toggle annotations

Nuendo 10 (macOS) - Select all

Miro (macOS) - Select all

OnSite - Select all

Zotero 5.0 (macOS) - Count Items (Result Appears in Right-Hand Pane)

Zotero 5.0 (macOS) - Select All

Cryptee (macOS) - (after selecting a file) Select all files / photos in a folder or album

Cryptee (Windows, Linux) - (after selecting a file) Select all files / photos in a folder or album

Fission (Audio Editor) - Select all

Premiere Rush (macOS) - Select All

Premiere Rush (macOS) - Select All Assets in Folder

Cengage Mindtap - Select all items

Adobe Experience Manager 6.4 (macOS) - Select all the text in the text editor

Cricut Design Space (July 2022) - Select all

Scientific (6)

Desmos Graphing Calculator (macOS) - Select all

GeoGebra - Select All

Vectorworks 2020 (macOS) - Select All

JMP 15 (macOS) - Select all

Desmos Four-Function Calculator (macOS) - Select All

Desmos Scientific Calculator (macOS) - Select All

Hardware (1)

Xiaomi Pad Keyboard - Screenshot

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Table of contents

General (8)
Text editing (9)
Imaging (29)
System tools (4)
Developer tools (18)
Media player (5)
Games - PC (2)
Social & Messaging (2)
Security (1)
Productivity (43)
Scientific (6)
Hardware (1)

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