# Help with commands

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-commands/35798>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 17, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-commands/35798 "2025-04-17T12:17:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BotWarrior](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/botwarrior/32/25328_2.png) [@BotWarrior](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BotWarrior)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-commands/35798/1 "2025-04-17T12:17:32Z")

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I am having trouble with command a, v, c, and z not working in the editor. It seems to be an on and off problem, as sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. When I am trying to copy one of my sprites, I would usually just cmd a, cmd c, cmd v it. Instead, cmd a highlights everything like so. This could just be a problem on my Mac, but I would like to know if it isn’t just me experiencing these issues.

 ![Screenshot 2025-04-17 at 16.43.29](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/8/1/81b7fb93f5aaf4c530f1fb11abcc6859a3706cd3.png)

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**Author:** ![Gl125371](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gl125371/32/29131_2.png) [@Gl125371](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Gl125371)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-commands/35798/2 "2025-04-17T21:54:57Z")

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Just click the drawing screen and delete what you drew on. Then it should work.

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**Author:** ![WoofWoof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/woofwoof/32/32523_2.png) [@WoofWoof](https://forum.makecode.com/u/WoofWoof)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-commands/35798/3 "2025-04-17T22:12:22Z")

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Has this been working on and off on your Mac? Or do you usually use a different computer? I personally notice this problem with ctrl F sometimes using Chome’s find feature instead of Makecode’s, which is annoying because Chrome can’t scroll down to the word inside the editor. When this happens, usually just clicking on the editor and trying again works, so you might have to click on the art window once before using the command. Idk if that will work, though.

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**Author:** ![BotWarrior](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/botwarrior/32/25328_2.png) [@BotWarrior](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BotWarrior)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-commands/35798/4 "2025-04-18T23:47:19Z")

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> [@WoofWoof](#):
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> Has this been working on and off on your Mac? Or do you usually use a different computer?

I only use my Mac for coding. It is like cmd and anything just doesn’t work now.