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Control + Backspace deletes entire words rather than individual characters

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For a key-combo I’ve found handy:

shift + ins = a more general paste-command. While ctrl + v works in most Microsoft-contexts, shift + ins seems to work both in MS Windows, Command prompt, Linux and several other systems.

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Ctrl + shift + v to strip formatting before pasting (can be application dependent)

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think it’s cmd+alt+shift+v for our mac friends

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In bash, it’s alt-backspace 👍

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Control + Arrows also moves your text cursor by whole words. Combine it with shift and you can easily select a bunch of text without the mouse.

Another one that took me far too long to learn: Shift + Tab will do the same thing as tab (next element) in reverse

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CTRL + Shift + Home/End will select all to the start/end of a document. I use that one a lot

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Also shift+pos1/end selects whole rows or parts from where the cursor is.

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It’s the Home/End keys on US keyboard layouts. I use them all the time when coding.

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Learn vim and you can completely forget this information

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similarly if you’re using arrow keys to move the cursor where you want, ctrl + arrow key moves you along word by word instead of letter by letter.

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