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Ken Weingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/12/01 at 12:17a:
> No universal OS-wide home/end function for text lines. In Windows
> home/end will always shoot you to the beginning and end of the line,
> and UNIX ^A and ^E. And a lot of other commands like that within,
> like skipping words. I wish Apple would standardize this.
Command + left-arrow = beginning of line
Command + right-arrow = end of line
Option + left-arrow = one word left
Option + right-arrow = one word right
Combine Shift with any of the above to select text.
When the insertion point is in the top line, up-arrow has nowhere
else to go, so it takes you to the beginning of the first line.
Likewise for the bottom line and down-arrow.
These have been standards (both published in Apple's HIG and
implemented in superior Mac software) for upwards of 10 years.
I note, however, that Fire uses the Cmd-left and Cmd-right shortcuts
for the Next Chat Window and Previous Chat Window commands in the
Window menu, and that these shortcuts override the standard editing
gestures. (But also note that the Shift-Command-Arrow gestures do
work correctly for selecting text.)
Home and End do have standard meaning on the Mac, by the way -- they
move the view to the top or bottom lines, without moving the
insertion point.
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