Keyboard

Old

Binding	Mac additional	Command	Description
left		go_left
up		go_up
right		go_right
down		go_down
space		flip_dir
backspace		backspace
tab		clue_next
shift+tab		clue_prev

New

Binding	Mac additional	Command	Description
home	cmd+left	move_word_begin	beginning of word
end	cmd+right	move_word_end	end of word
ctrl+home	ctrl+cmd+left	move_puz_begin	beginning of puzzle (first white cell)
ctrl+end	ctrl+cmd+right	move_puz_end	end of puzzle (last white cell)
shift+up			move to beginning of Down word without changing direction
shift+down			move to end of Down word without changing direction
shift+left			move to beginning of Across word without changing direction
shift+right			move to end of Across word without changing direction
delete	(fn+backspace)		clear current square without moving
ctrl+backspace			clear from current square to beginning of word, move to beginning of word
ctrl+delete	(ctrl+fn+backspace)		clear from current square to end of word without moving
shift+enter or insert			enter rebus mode (see #5)

Backwards-incompatible changes

Binding	Mac additional	Command	Description
enter			switch direction (replaces space)
space			clear current square and move forward

What to do about delete? Just delete should be acceptable because fn+backspace triggers the correct delete keyCode (n.b. fn by itself doesn't trigger anything at all). Thus ctrl+delete would just be activated by ctrl+fn+backspace as expected.

Remember that these will eventually be configurable (#22).

Key mappings in existing crossword software

• XWord: 1 2
• Across Lite: 1