Action gestures exist to keep keyboard shortcuts for common application operations consistent.

undo-action

redo-action

cut-action

copy-action

paste-action

delete-action

select-all-action

new-action

open-action

save-action

save-as-action

revert-action

close-action

The following keyboard gestures, if not handled directly by any gadget in the hierarchy until reaching the world, are re-sent as action gestures to the first gadget:

Keyboard gesture	Action gesture
T{ key-down f { C+ } "z" }	undo-action
T{ key-down f { C+ } "y" }	redo-action
T{ key-down f { C+ } "x" }	cut-action
T{ key-down f { C+ } "c" }	copy-action
T{ key-down f { C+ } "v" }	paste-action
T{ key-down f { C+ } "a" }	select-all-action
T{ key-down f { C+ } "n" }	new-action
T{ key-down f { C+ } "o" }	open-action
T{ key-down f { C+ } "s" }	save-action
T{ key-down f { C+ } "S" }	save-as-action
T{ key-down f { C+ } "w" }	close-action

Action gestures should be used in place of the above keyboard gestures if possible. For example, on macOS, the standard Edit menu items send action gestures.