Keyboard shortcut or menu option to edit a selected text box in Keynote

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I can edit the contents of a text box by double-clicking it. Are there any key commands to do this?

Here's why – I have a text box A behind a shape B. I can select the text box easily using the objects list or using tab to toggle from object B to A. But once I have the text box selected, how can I edit its contents?

UPDATE
Here's a gif to make my situation more clear. I have a text box beneath a rectangle. In the video I 1) click the rectangle, 2) click tab to select the text box, and 3) double click the text box to edit the contents (but this doesn't work). How do I edit the text box without bringing it in front of the rectangle?
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Best Answer

The selection tool honors layering so there’s no way to select that text short of sending the front most layers to the back, making the edit and then reverting the layering.

While you are building the slide, is there a reason to not keep the text on top while it’s being edited?

It’s the same with groupings, it’s best to do all the editing and placements first, then set the layers, finally group.

Now that I’ve told you it’s not possible, here’s how to do it anyhow.

Keynote text bounding box

  • Make the bounding box for the text wider than the object that masks it.
  • Select the text box (Here on the left or on the right)
  • Edit the text without layer changes.

q.e.d

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