Voiceover key commands
QuickNav
General Navigation

table with 4 columns and 23 rows
Action
Keystroke (quick nav on)
Keystroke (quick nav off)
Equivalent Gesture 
Toggle quick nav
left arrow * right arrow
left arrow * right arrow
N/A 
Previous element
left arrow
VO + left arrow
flick left 
Next element
right arrow
VO + right arrow
flick right 
Previous element by roter
up arrow
VO + up arrow
flick up 
Next element by roter
down arrow
VO + down arrow
flick down 
Previous roter setting
up arrow * left arrow
N/A
rotate counterclockwise 
Next roter setting
up arrow * right arrow
N/A
rotate clockwise 
Activate selected element
up arrow * down arrow
VO + spacebar
double tap 
Previous text field
shift + tab
shift + tab
N/A 
Next text field
tab
tab
N/A 
Read page from selected item
VO + a
VO + a
2 finger flick down 
Read page from top
VO + b
VO + b
2 finger flick up 
Move to first element
control + up arrow
N/A
4 finger tap near top of screen 
Move to last element
control + down arrow
N/A
4 finger tap near bottom of screen 
Scroll up 1 page
option + up arrow
N/A
3 finger flick down 
Scroll down 1 page
option + down arrow
N/A
3 finger flick up 
Scroll left 1 page
option + left arrow
N/A
3 finger flick right 
Scroll right 1 page
option + right arrow
N/A
3 finger flick left 
Move to status bar
VO + m
VO + m
N/A 
Activate back button
escape
escape
2 finger scrub 
Activate home button
VO + h
VO + h
N/A 
Start/stop current action
VO + -
VO + -
2 finger double tap
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VoiceOver Controls

table with 4 columns and 10 rows
Action
Keystroke (quick nav on)
Keystroke (quick nav off)
Equivalent Gesture 
Previous VO setting
VO + command + left arrow
VO + command + left arrow
N/A 
Next VO setting
VO + command + right arrow
VO + command + right arrow
N/A 
Increment selected VO setting
VO + command + up arrow
VO + command + up arrow
N/A 
Decrement selected VO setting
VO + command + down arrow
VO + command + down arrow
N/A 
Pause/resume speech
control
control
2 finger single tap 
Toggle speech
VO + s
VO + s
3 finger double tap 
Toggle screen curtain
VO + shift + s
VO + shift + s
3 finger triple tap 
VoiceOver help
VO + k
VO + k
four finger double tap
Exit VoiceOver help
escape
escape
four finger double tap 
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Text Navigation

table with 4 columns and 20 rows
Action
Keystroke (quick nav on)
Keystroke (quick nav off)
Equivalent Gesture 
Previous character
N/A
left arrow
N/A 
Next character
N/A
right arrow
N/A 
Previous word
N/A
option + left arrow
N/A 
Next word
N/A
option + right arrow
N/A 
Previous line
N/A
up arrow
N/A 
Next line
N/A
down arrow
N/A 
Start of line
N/A
command + left arrow
N/A 
End of line
N/A
command + right arrow
N/A 
Top of document
N/A
command + up arrow
N/A 
End of document
N/A
command + down arrow
N/A 
Select text
N/A
shift + navigation keystroke(left or right arrow)
N/A 
Select all
N/A
command + a
N/A 
Cut
N/A
command + x
N/A 
Copy
N/A
command + c
N/A 
Paste
N/A
command + v
N/A 
Undo
N/A
command + z
N/A 
Redo
N/A
shift + command + z
N/A 
Previous int. keyboard
N/A
shift + command + spacebar
N/A 
Next int. keyboard
N/A
command + spacebar
N/A
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Unix-Style Text Navigation

table with 4 columns and 8 rows
Action
Keystroke (quick nav on)
Keystroke (quick nav off)
Equivalent Gesture 
Previous character
N/A
control + b
N/A 
Next character
N/A
control + f
N/A 
Start of line
N/A
control + a
N/A 
End of line
N/A
control + e
N/A 
Backspace
N/A
control + h
N/A 
Delete to end of line
N/A
control + k
N/A 
Return (new line)
N/A
control + m
N/A
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