How to go to beginning and end of line in ordinary text boxes

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When I'm not in vim, how do I go to the beginning of a line in something like Firefox search bar or Google Docs with a keyboard shortcut? How would I replicate macOS's command + arrow keybind.

I'm in 20.04.

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 12 '21 at 20:41

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Generally use the Home key to move to the beginning of input field and End key to move to the end.

You can also use Ctrl + arrow key to move direction one word at a time. For example Ctrl + Left Arrow to move to previous word.

answered Sep 12 '21 at 20:41

WinEunuuchs2Unix

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 13 '21 at 13:51

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In most applications you can use Emacs-style cursor motion commands:

beginning-of-line = Control-a
end-of-line = Control-e

answered Sep 13 '21 at 13:51

Barmar

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How to go to beginning and end of line in ordinary text boxes

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