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How to jump words in text editor


I used to be able to hold down the Ctrl key and press arrows to jump over words in a text for navigation or selection of text. I even had it configured that it would respect camelhumps. However after a new installation of Visual Studio these settings have been lost. I've also installed CodeRush, but haven't found anything like these features in there.

Edit versions added: CodeRush v20.1.3, trial
Visual Studio 2019 16.4.6


Solution

  • I've found this function on the ALT key. In order to make it work on the CTRL key, that key had to be the only key with the function. If I made it an alternative key, the text editor would just lose focus when pressing CTRL+LEFT.