Keyboard commands when editing within a textarea box http://www.javascriptkit.com/jsref/eventkeyboardmouse.shtml http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5597060/detecting-arrow-key-presses-in-javascript http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_keyboardshortcuts.asp http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Keyboard+shortcuts http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AS2LCR/Flash_10.0/help.html?content=00000520.html shift + arrow keys - to highlight text ctrl + x - to cut text ctrl + c - to copy text ctrl + v - to paste copied/cut text ctrl + z - to undo the previous command(s) ctrl + shift + z - to redo the previous command(s) ctrl + shift + v - to paste as plain text ctrl + a - select all - (ensure focus is within textarea box) delete key - erase chars from the right backspace key - erase chars moving left end key - move to end of the line - (end key used on a web page scrolls page to the bottom) home key - move to the start of the line - (home key used on a web page scrolls page to the top) pg up and pg dn keys - self explanatory