VoiceOver search commands on Mac
Use VoiceOver search commands to perform actions such as searching for text attributes, graphics, controls and other items in text documents and web pages. VO represents the VoiceOver modifier that you press with additional keys to enter VoiceOver commands. By default, you can press Control and Option together or just press Caps Lock.
Note: By default, when you use a function key (F1 through F12) in a VoiceOver command, you must also press the Fn key. Depending on your Mac, you can change this behaviour so that you don’t have to press the Fn key. See Change function key behaviour for VoiceOver.
You can also enter VoiceOver commands that use a function key by using the Fn key and a number key instead of the Fn key and a function key. For example, to open VoiceOver Utility, you can press VO-Fn-8 (instead of VO-Fn-F8).
Action | Command |
|---|---|
Find | VO-F |
Open the Find Commands menu | VO-Shift-F |
Find the next searched text | VO-G |
Find the previous searched text | VO-Shift-G |
Find the next list | VO-Command-X |
Find the previous list | VO-Command-Shift-X |
Find the next bold text | VO-Command-B |
Find the previous bold text | VO-Command-Shift-B |
Find the next style change | VO-Command-C |
Find the previous style change | VO-Command-Shift-C |
Find the next italic text | VO-Command-I |
Find the previous italic text | VO-Command-Shift-I |
Find the next colour change | VO-Command-K |
Find the previous colour change | VO-Command-Shift-K |
Find the next font change | VO-Command-O |
Find the previous font change | VO-Command-Shift-O |
Find the next table | VO-Command-T |
Find the previous table | VO-Command-Shift-T |
Find the next underlined text | VO-Command-U |
Find the previous underlined text | VO-Command-Shift-U |
Find the next control | VO-Command-J |
Find the previous control | VO-Command-Shift-J |
Find the next different item | VO-Command-D |
Find the previous different item | VO-Command-Shift-D |
Find the next item that’s the same type as the current item | VO-Command-S |
Find the previous item that’s the same type as the current item | VO-Command-Shift-S |
Find the next graphic | VO-Command-G |
Find the previous graphic | VO-Command-Shift-G |
Find the next heading | VO-Command-H |
Find the previous heading | VO-Command-Shift-H |
Find the next link | VO-Command-L |
Find the previous link | VO-Command-Shift-L |
Find the next heading of the same level | VO-Command-M |
Find the previous heading of the same level | VO-Command-Shift-M |
Find the next plain text | VO-Command-P |
Find the previous plain text | VO-Command-Shift-P |
Find the next visited link | VO-Command-V |
Find the previous visited link | VO-Command-Shift-V |
Find the next misspelt word | VO-Command-E |
Find the previous misspelt word | VO-Command-Shift-E |
Find the next blockquote | VO-Command-Q |
Find the previous blockquote | VO-Command-Shift-Q |
Find the next blockquote of the same level | VO-Command-W |
Find the previous blockquote of the same level | VO-Command-Shift-W |
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