Cursor Movement Commands

Top  Previous  Next

Action

Key combination

Left to one character

Left arrow

Right to one character

Right arrow

Word left

Ctrl + Left arrow

Word right

Ctrl + Right arrow

Up to one row

Up arrow

Down to one row

Down arrow

To the start of the row

Home

To the end of the row

End

Scroll up to one row

Alt + Up arrow

Scroll down to one row

Alt + Down arrow

Up to one screen height

PgUp

Down to one screen height

PgDn

To the start of the text

Ctrl+Home or Ctrl+PgUp

To the end of the text

Ctrl+End or Ctrl+PgDn

To the selection start

Ctrl+Q B

To the selection end

Ctrl+Q K

 

See also:

Block and formatting commands.

Insertion and deletion commands.

Miscellaneous editor commands.