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Posted by Tiffany Watson
Tiffany Watson
151 Points

when i press crtl+right arrow the cursor des no go to the end of the line, but only to the end of the word it's on.

why doesn't the cursor move to the end of the line as it's supposed to when i click "ctrl+right arrow" or "ctrl+left arrow"?

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Tiffany,

Are you working on a Mac or PC?

Thanks

-Rich

Tiffany Watson
Tiffany Watson
151 Points

It's a PC

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Tiffany,

That's very odd. Have you tried any other combinations such as alt + right arrow (normally one word at a time on a PC I think - it is on a Mac anyway) or shift + right arrow (normally selecting one letter at a time)? It's possible that the keyboard setup means one of these do the function instead.

-Rich

David Dong
David Dong
5,593 Points
David Dong
David Dong
5,593 Points

'Alt' + Right arrow goes to the end of the line

'Ctrl' + Right arrow goes to the end of the word.

7 Answers

Andrew Nguyen
Andrew Nguyen
1,250 Points
Andrew Nguyen
Andrew Nguyen
1,250 Points

I'm using windows 8 right now, and [alt + arrow key] seems to be working for me.

Stuart Pierce
Stuart Pierce
919 Points
Stuart Pierce
Stuart Pierce
919 Points

Ctrl + Arrow only goes one word at a time for me also (Win 8.1, Chrome). Alt + Arrow goes to the end of the line for me.

Kris Wise
Kris Wise
228 Points

Rich Bagley on PC: CTRL + (Arrow) goes to end of word, ALT + (Arrow) goes to end of line

Matt F.
Matt F.
9,518 Points
Matt F.
Matt F.
9,518 Points

Hello, I think we need more context in order to understand your issue. Please describe where this is happening to you and what the exact issue is.

Thanks, Matt

Tiffany Watson
Tiffany Watson
151 Points
Tiffany Watson
Tiffany Watson
151 Points

Hi Rich, it's a PC

Yat So
Yat So
4,033 Points
Yat So
Yat So
4,033 Points

Yes I can confirm what they shown in the video is wrong. I'm on windows 7 and to get to the end of the line, it's (alt key+right arrow key)

Jose Laverde
Jose Laverde
3,575 Points
Jose Laverde
Jose Laverde
3,575 Points

I think for all PCs, Ctrl + Right arrow goes to the end of the word; while Alt + Right arrow goes to the end of the line

Reve Abi Khalil
Reve Abi Khalil
2,523 Points
Reve Abi Khalil
Reve Abi Khalil
2,523 Points

On windows you have to use "Home" and "End" button to move to the end and the beginning of the line.