Keyboard shortcut to highlight xy coordinates?

Hi,
Are there any keyboard commands that will immediately highlight the text in the TRANSFORM pane so I can quickly move and scale an object without having to move my mouse and double-click the box?
If so, is there also similar for the CHARACTER pane?
Kind regards

There's no keyboard command pre-defined for the Transform pane, but you can easily make one.
Go to Keyboard shortcuts under the Edit menu. If you are using one of the [Default] sets, click New Set so you can add shortcuts.
Now in the Product Area, select Window menu and scroll down the list to click on "Object & Layout: Transform". Now click in the New Shortcut box and type what you would like the shortcut to be (eg on a Mac you might choose: CMD ALT SHIFT T). Click Assign, then click OK.
That shortcut key will now bring up the Transform panel, and you can tab through the fields.
There is a shortcut key predefined for the Character panel, CMD T. Again, you can tab through the fields to type the font, weight, size, leading, etc. Just hit Return when you are done.

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