This simple keyboard shortcut allows you to jump over words while editing text in almost any Windows application.
CTRL+Right arrow jumps the cursor forward to the next word while CTRL+Left arrow will move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word. This is more efficient than using arrow keys where you can move only one character at a time.
And the keyboard shortcut works in the address bars of web browsers as well.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/keyboard-shortcut-to-jump-over-words/4972/
Tags: keyboard, Tips, Tricks, Tutorials
Reader Comments
Amit this is a really useful tip
Written by Readerszone on 10.16.08
And holding down SHIFT while you do this will usually help you select complete words instead of one letter at a time.
These are old keyboard tricks I’ve been using right from the start.
Written by no.good.at.coding on 10.16.08
Good tip! Just that I have been using it for ages that I am surprised how this got into a “hi-tech blog” which I always lookup for new tricks and techniques :)
Perhaps, the law of averages catching on?
Written by Kannan Ekanath on 10.16.08
Hi Amit,
True; this is one of the shortcut, being used so often by most of us.
simple but powerful tip.
I wonder how did you make this cool gif file for this. Are there any tool to create this?
I am eager to hear that.
Written by Vijay on 10.16.08
Very simple advice
Written by Badka on 10.16.08
Did not expect such an old tip from you. Really astonished that you discovered this so late..
Written by Mothi on 10.16.08
Seems your running out of ideas. Been using this since stone age. Please refrain from posting oldies or make a new category such as “Golden Tips” / “Classic Tips”
Written by Prashant on 10.16.08
It’s a good shortcut, I use it since a long time, but never thought about posting this in blog. This post reminded me to post some similar shortcuts in my blog. Here is the link link
Written by Debiprasad on 10.17.08
For everyone who is complaining about this tip…did you ever consider that there might be people out there (like me) who just might not have known about this rather handy keyboard shortcut? And that just maybe he was posting this “old, stone age” tip to try to let people know about it who might not be aware of it? Give him a break! Geesh!
Written by Michelle Robinson on 10.17.08