Working with icons

A plus sign (+) means keys are held down together.

  Use this keyboard shortcut   To do this    
Select the icon above, below, to the left, or to the right of the selected icon.

Letter keys
Select the icon whose name begins with the letters typed.

Select the next icon alphabetically.

+ Click icon
Select all of the icons clicked.

Drag across icons
Select all icons in the group.

+ Double-click icon
Open the icon and closes the window the icon is in.

+ Drag icon to folder
Copy the icon to the folder.

Highlight the name of the selected icon.

+ Drag icon(s)
Align selected icon(s) to the nearest gridpoint.

+ Drag icon
Create an alias of the icon.

Move selected icons to the Trash.

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