What is ⌘ Cmd + A keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 124 programs in our database.

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General (8)

Apple macOS - Select All items

Roll20 - Select everything on current layer

elementary OS - Window overivew (across all workspaces)

Firefox (macOS) - Select All

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

Waze Map Editor - Select Entire Street - mnemonic Select All

Text editing (8)

Bear (macOS) - Select all

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

TextMate - Select all

Tomboy 0.23 - Select all items

Typora 0.9.81 (macOS) - Select All

Ace Editor (Mac) - Select all

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

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)

DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac) - Select all

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Select all

Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac) - Select All

MagicaVoxel - Select all

Procreate 5X - Copy the screen

Final Cut Pro X - Select all clips

Final Cut Pro X - Select all clips

Corel Painter (Mac) - All

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Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Select all pins

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Select all pins

Adobe Lightroom Classic (Mac) - Select all photos

Canva (Mac) - Select all

PureRef (macOS) - 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

Adobe Animate CC (Mac) - Select All

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Select all

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 (macOS) - Select All

Adobe XD (Mac) - Select All

OmniGraffle 7 - Select all

Pixelmator Pro - Select the entire image

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - Select All

Framer X - Select All Layers

Aseprite 1.2.27 (macOS) - Select all

Adobe Dimension CC (Mac) - Select All

InVision (macOS) - Select All

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 (macOS) - Select all

Mari 4.6 (macOS) - Select All

System tools (4)

VMware Fusion - Control + A

Epson Scan 2 - Select all selections

Parallels Desktop - Select all

Transmit - Select all

Developer tools (16)

Databricks Notebook - Select all cells

Arduino IDE - Select all

BBEdit 13 - Select all

CodeMirror - Select all

RStudio (Mac) - Select All

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

Mode SQL Editor (Mac) - Select All

Mode SQL Editor (Mac) - Select All

CoffeeCup Web Editor - Select all

Coda for iOS - Select all

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AWS Cloud9 IDE (Mac) - Select All

Proto.io (macOS) - Select all

IDA v7.0 Free (macOS) - Select all

Sequel Pro 1.1.2 - Select all

Principle - Select all siblings

GitLab (macOS) - Select all

Media player (5)

QLab 4 - Select All

QuickTime Player (macOS) - Select all

Spotify (macOS) - Select all

Roon - Select All

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

Games - PC (2)

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

Total War: Attila (Mac) - Select all

Social & Messaging (2)

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

Luna (DAW) - Select All

Luna (DAW) - Select All

Davinci Resolve 17 (macOS) - Select all

Xmind - Select All Topics / Text

iPad Smart Keyboard - Select all text

Google Sheets (Mac) - Select all

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

Salesforce - (macOS) Select all

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Salesforce - (macOS) Select all

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Select All

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

RoomSketcher - Toggle Always Show Furniture On or Off

Apple GarageBand - Select all

Google Docs (iPhone & iPad) - 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

Dorico (macOS) - Select all

Superhuman v7 (2022) - Select all from here

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

Zotero 5.0 (macOS) - Select All

OnSite - Select all

Premiere Rush (macOS) - Select All

Premiere Rush (macOS) - Select All Assets in Folder

Things (iPad) - Select everything

Things (Mac) - Select everything

Fission (Audio Editor) - Select all

Cengage Mindtap - Select all items

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

Abstract - – Toggle annotations

Adobe Captivate 2019 (macOS) - Select all

RX 8 Audio Editor (macOS) - Select All

Cricut Design Space (July 2022) - Select all

Nuendo 10 (macOS) - Select all

Miro (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

Wondershare Filmora 10.1.6 (macOS) - Select All

Tableau (Mac) - Select all data

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

Scientific (6)

GeoGebra - Select All

Vectorworks 2020 (macOS) - Select All

Desmos Graphing Calculator (macOS) - Select all

JMP 15 (macOS) - Select all

Desmos Four-Function Calculator (macOS) - Select All

Desmos Scientific Calculator (macOS) - Select All

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