Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide

To Select Text with the Keyboard

Text to Select 

Action 

Text block 

Move the cursor to the beginning of the text block. Hold down the Shift key and an arrow key to move the cursor to the end of the text block. 

Cursor to beginning of line 

Shift+Home 

Cursor to end of line 

Shift+End 

Cursor to beginning of paragraph 

Shift+Control+Up Arrow 

Cursor to end of paragraph 

Shift+Control+Down Arrow 

Cursor to beginning of document 

Shift+Control+Home 

Cursor to end of document 

Shift+Control+End 

All text 

Control+/ 

Deselect all text 

Control+\