How do I type Home/End/PageUp/PageDown on a MacBook Pro?

Question

What combination of keys (fn, control, option, command, arrow keys) is the equivalent of the Home key on a MacBook Pro?

What about End/PageUp/PageDown?

score 205 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 03 '16 at 16:23

Home is Fn ←
End is Fn →
Page Up is Fn ↑
Page Down is Fn ↓
Forward Delete is Fn delete
Insert is Fn return^*2

They used to label these on older MacBooks/PowerBooks.

Note 1: Not every application respects this, or behaves as expected.

Terminal is a notable example; for Fn arrow to work as expected when coming from a Linux background, the settings must be changed.

Note 2: OS X by default has no Insert functionality, however it is respected in some situations being Virtual Machines, Bootcamp, other Remote Desktops. Notably it also works in Google Chrome extensions that expect the Insert key for some other functionality (other than overtyping, which does not exist in OS X). Be careful though, in text boxes, dialog boxes and the like, it will always act as an enter key.

score 38 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 01 '12 at 04:27

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In text editors such as TextEdit or Pages:

Beginning of Wrapped Line (reposition cursor) is ⌘←
End of Wrapped Line (reposition cursor) is ⌘→
Beginning of Line (reposition cursor) is ⌃A
End of Line (reposition cursor) is ⌃E
Page Up (reposition cursor) is Fn⌥↑
Page Down (reposition cursor) is Fn⌥↓ or ⌃V

edited Sep 01 '12 at 04:27

Matteo

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answered Apr 19 '11 at 07:15

Lauri Oherd

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score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 05 '12 at 22:21

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I found that I need to use the Command + whatever arrow/directional key you need

edited Mar 05 '12 at 22:21

Simon Sheehan

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answered Mar 29 '11 at 16:03

Rich

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score 8 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 04 '11 at 21:52

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I have a 2011 Macbook Air. Fn with the arrow-keys did not work for me.

It seems that Command + Right Arrow is the equivalent of End.

edited Dec 04 '11 at 21:52

Duijf

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answered Dec 04 '11 at 18:04

Dana

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score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 15 '12 at 20:18

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In XCode 4.4 (MacOS X 10.6) for the MacBook pro, the Fn-direction keys don't work to navigate to beginning / end / top / bottom of lines.

Only the Command + directional key buttons work.

edited Jul 15 '12 at 20:18

slhck

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answered Jul 15 '12 at 18:29

tim

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 16 '14 at 23:21

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I have a MacBookPro and the fn and left arrow takes me to beginning of text and fn and right arrow takes me to ed of text. cmd also performs the same functions. Only fn and up or down arrows will page up or down.

answered Jan 16 '14 at 23:21

BellaUK

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 06 '14 at 06:39

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Some programs also respect:

go to the beginning of a document Fn⌘←
go to the end of a document Fn⌘→

(this works for me in editors and IDEs written in Java)

answered Aug 06 '14 at 06:39

Leksat

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 17 '14 at 09:25

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I love to use secureshell when ssh-ing different servers. For me the way to pageup pagedown is:

Page Up: Fn⌥↑
Page Down: Fn⌥↓

answered Oct 17 '14 at 09:25

andilabs

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score -2 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 28 '17 at 08:18

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⌘ + ↓ gets to the end of the document

⌘ + ↑ gets to the beginning of the document

answered Apr 28 '17 at 08:18

puerile

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How do I type Home/End/PageUp/PageDown on a MacBook Pro?

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