Navigating Text Boxes
Text boxes are controls in which you type text.
Figure 4-4 Sample Single Line Text Box
The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that you can use to
navigate a single line text box.
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Left arrow
| Positions the cursor one character to the left.
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Right arrow
| Positions the cursor one character to the right.
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Ctrl+left arrow
| Positions the cursor at the start of the current word. Press and hold Ctrl and continue to press left arrow to position
the cursor at the start of the previous word.
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Ctrl+right arrow
| Positions the cursor at the end of the current word. Press and hold Ctrl and continue to press right arrow to position
the cursor at the end of the next word.
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Home
| Positions the cursor at the start of the line.
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End
| Positions the cursor at the end of the line.
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Shift+left arrow or right
arrow
| Selects one character at a time to the left or right of the cursor.
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Shift+Ctrl+left arrow or right arrow
| Selects one word at a time to the left or right of the cursor.
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Shift+Home
| Selects all text to the left of the cursor.
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Shift+End
| Selects all text to the right of the cursor.
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Ctrl+A
| Selects all text in the text box.
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In addition to the keyboard shortcuts listed in the previous table,
use the keyboard shortcuts in the following table to navigate multiline text
boxes.
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Page Up
| Positions the cursor at the top of the current view. Press Page
Up again to position the cursor at the top of the previous view.
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Page Down
| Positions the cursor at the end of the current view. Press Page
Down again to position the cursor at the end of the previous view.
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Ctrl+up arrow
| Positions the cursor at the start of the current paragraph. Press and
hold Ctrl and continue to press the up arrow key
to position the cursor at the start of the previous paragraph.
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Ctrl+down arrow
| Positions the cursor at the end of the current paragraph. Press and
hold Ctrl and continue to press the down arrow key
to position the cursor at the end of the next paragraph.
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Ctrl+Page Up
| Positions the cursor one view width to the left.
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Ctrl+Page Down
| Positions the cursor one view width to the right.
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Ctrl+Home
| Positions the cursor at the start of the text box.
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Ctrl+End
| Positions the cursor at the end of the text box.
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Ctrl+Tab
| Gives focus to the next control on the dialog.
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Shift+Page Up
| Selects the text to the start of the current view. Press and hold Shift and continue to press Page Up to extend the selection
to the start of the previous view.
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Shift+Page Down
| Selects the text to the end of the current view. Press and hold Shift and continue to press Page Down to extend the selection
to the end of the next view.
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Shift+Home
| Selects the text to the start of the line.
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Shift+End
| Selects the text to the end of the line.
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Shift+Ctrl+up arrow
| Selects the text to the start of the paragraph, then to the start of
the previous paragraph.
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Shift+Ctrl+down arrow
| Selects the text to the end of the paragraph, then to the end of the
next paragraph.
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Shift+Ctrl+Home
| Selects the text to the start of the text box.
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Shift+Ctrl+End
| Selects the text to the end of the text box.
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