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Zed

Select everything

CmdA

Mac Desktop app Zed default keymap

Practice this

To select everything in Zed, press Ctrl + A. On a Mac, press Cmd + A instead.

Where it works: Editor

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Desktop app	`CmdA`
Windows	Desktop app	`CtrlA`

Where this comes from

Zed default keymaps - zed-industries/zed

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Select everything Adobe After Effects Cmd + A
Select everything Audacity Ctrl + A
Select all the text in the field Bitwarden Cmd + A
Select everything Blender A
Select everything on the page ChromeOS Ctrl + A
Select everything Eclipse IDE Ctrl + A
Select every note in the list Evernote Cmd + A
Select every clip Final Cut Pro Cmd + A
Select all Mozilla Firefox Ctrl + A
Select everything GarageBand Cmd + A
Select all visible items Google Drive Cmd + A
Select the whole image GIMP Ctrl + A

More Zed shortcuts

Select the current line Cmd + L
Select every match of the selection Cmd + Shift + L
Delete the line Cmd + Shift + K
Duplicate the line below Option + Shift + Down arrow
Move the line up Option + Up arrow
Move the line down Option + Down arrow
Indent the line Cmd + ]
Outdent the line Cmd + [

See every Zed shortcut

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