This issue was posted by another user on the Structural forum with no answers, so I thought I'd post it on the Architectural forum as well and see if anyone has an idea of why this functionality has been removed (if not a glitch). This problem occurs in Revit 2017/2018 in Windows 7 and 10 OS.
"My problem is with the text editor in Revit 2017 and 2018 (2D text, never use model text so I have not tested that).
When editing a text, I almost always use the CTRL+LEFT or RIGHT ARROW to jump one word at a time to the left or right. It's a very quick and exact standard way to move around in the text to where I want to edit, without having to change to the mouse. It works in any textedit that I've come across (both standalone programs and web browser based input fields etc), including Revit up to 2016. From 2017 it works fine going to the right (CTRL+RIGHT ARROW), and when marking textareas (CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT/RIGHT ARROW).
"However, as soon as I just need to jump a few words to the left (CTRL+LEFT ARROW) to change something, the text editor aborts/closes on me (keeping any changes I had made so far, without any popup thankfully), and I need to switch to the mouse, click the text object again, entering text editor mode and try to remember not to use the standard way of getting around the text...
"I have the Revit versions up to date, I have looked through the keyboard shortcuts trying to see if there was anything that could be changed there to solve the problem. I have tested on a colleague's computer, same effect there.
"Does anyone out there have a solution to this very annoying problem (bug?)?"
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Test editing in Revit is limited in functionality. I don't think it's a bug but rather a limitation as the text editor is not nearly as robust as others.
But it has been available on versions prior to 2017/2018. And Ctrl+Right Arrow still works like normal, it is just Ctrl+Left that doesn't. Plus, this is something that is built into the Windows Operating System, so it doesn't have to do with being a "feature" of Revit, and more that Revit is overriding an operating system parameter.
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