Selecting text with the keyboard


  Move the cursor to indicate where the selection is to begin.
  While holding down the Shift key, move the cursor to where the selection is to end.


While you move the cursor with the Shift key held down, the highlighted selection changes.
You can use all the cursor movement key bindings described in the General key binding section to create a selection.  For example, you can use Control-Right Arrow to extend the selection a word at a time.
A selection created with the keyboard is no different than a selection created with the mouse.  You can Cut, Copy, and Paste this selection.
The Shift key is used to extend the selection, just like Shift-clicking extends a selection in a NEXTSTEP based drawing program.


See also

General key bindings
Move and copy text
Select text with the mouse