What is ⌘ Cmd + A keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 113 programs in our database.

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General (8)

Apple macOS - Select All items

Firefox (macOS) - Select All

Roll20 - Select everything on current layer

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

elementary OS - Window overivew (across all workspaces)

Waze Map Editor - Select Entire Street - mnemonic Select All

Text editing (9)

Google Docs (macOS) - Select all

Bear (macOS) - Select all

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

Zettlr (MacOS) - Select all text

TextMate - Select all

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

Imaging (29)

DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac) - Select all

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 Photoshop (macOS) - Select all pins

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Select all pins

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Select all

Procreate 5X - Copy the screen

Corel Painter (Mac) - All

Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac) - Select All

Final Cut Pro X - Select all clips

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Final Cut Pro X - Select all clips

Pixelmator Pro - Select the entire image

Adobe Lightroom Classic (Mac) - Select all photos

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

Adobe Animate CC (Mac) - Select All

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 (macOS) - Select All

OmniGraffle 7 - Select all

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 (macOS) - Select all

Canva (Mac) - Select all

Framer X - Select All Layers

PureRef (macOS) - Select All

Aseprite 1.2.27 (macOS) - Select all

MagicaVoxel - Select all

Adobe XD (Mac) - Select All

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - Select All

Adobe Dimension CC (Mac) - Select All

Mari 4.6 (macOS) - Select All

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Select all

InVision (macOS) - Select All

System tools (4)

Parallels Desktop - Select all

VMware Fusion - Control + A

Transmit - Select all

Epson Scan 2 - Select all selections

Developer tools (18)

Databricks Notebook - Select all cells

BBEdit 13 - Select all

Arduino IDE - Select all

IDA v7.0 Free (macOS) - Select all

RStudio (Mac) - Select All

CodeMirror - Select all

CoffeeCup Web Editor - Select all

Sequel Pro 1.1.2 - Select all

Principle - Select all siblings

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

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

Mode SQL Editor (Mac) - Select All

Mode SQL Editor (Mac) - Select All

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

AWS Cloud9 IDE (Mac) - Select All

GitLab (macOS) - Select all

Coda for iOS - Select all

Proto.io (macOS) - Select all

Media player (5)

Spotify (macOS) - Select all

QLab 4 - Select All

QuickTime Player (macOS) - Select all

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

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 (45)

Traktor Pro 3 - Select all

Final Draft 11 (Mac) - Select all

Davinci Resolve 17 (macOS) - Select all

Xmind - Select All Topics / Text

Luna (DAW) - Select All

Luna (DAW) - Select All

Google Sheets (Mac) - Select all

Guitar Pro 8 (macOS) - Select all

iPad Smart Keyboard - Select all text

Apple Pages - Select all objects and text

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Apple Pages - Select all objects

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

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Select All

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

Dorico (macOS) - Select all

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

Salesforce - (macOS) Select all

Salesforce - (macOS) Select all

Miro (macOS) - Select all

Premiere Rush (macOS) - Select All

Premiere Rush (macOS) - Select All Assets in Folder

Wondershare Filmora 10.1.6 (macOS) - Select All

Apple GarageBand - Select all

Tableau (Mac) - Select all data

Things (Mac) - Select everything

Google Docs (iPhone & iPad) - Select all

Melodyne 4 (Mac) - Select all

RoomSketcher - Toggle Always Show Furniture On or Off

Nuendo 10 (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

RX 8 Audio Editor (macOS) - Select All

Fission (Audio Editor) - Select all

Things (iPad) - Select everything

Abstract - – Toggle annotations

OnSite - Select all

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

Cricut Design Space (July 2022) - Select all

Adobe Captivate 2019 (macOS) - Select all

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

Zotero 5.0 (macOS) - Select All

SmartDraw - Select All

Cengage Mindtap - Select all items

Superhuman v7 (2022) - Select all from here

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

Scientific (6)

GeoGebra - Select All

Desmos Graphing Calculator (macOS) - Select all

Vectorworks 2020 (macOS) - Select All

JMP 15 (macOS) - Select all

Desmos Scientific Calculator (macOS) - Select All

Desmos Four-Function 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 (45)
Scientific (6)
Hardware (1)

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