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Provide Standard Text Editing Cursor Control

Provide Standard Text Editing Cursor Control

In Windows text editing areas, the following keystrokes work consistently across the platform:

  • Home - Move cursor to beginning of line
  • <Ctrl>+Home - Move cursor to beginning of all text in editing area
  • End - Move cursor to beginning of line
  • <Ctrl>+End - Move cursor to end of all text in editing area
  • <Ctrl>+<Left Arrow> - Move cursor to beginning of next word
  • <Ctrl>+<Right Arrow> - Move cursor to beginning of previous word
  • <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<Arrow key>  - Select whole words (left/right arrows) or paragraphs (up/down arrows) in the direction of the arrow pressed.

See Microsoft's published list here:

 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12445/windows-keyboard-shortcuts)

 

In Revit, some of the standard keystrokes work in some areas, and not at all in others.  Attempting to use these shortcuts presents unexpected behavior and errors in data entry:

  1. In annotation text items, the keys generally work.
  2. In a schedule <Ctrl>+<Arrow Key> or <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<Arrow Key> removes the cursor from cell editing mode and moves it to a different cell.
  3. In the Properties window, Family Types window, , <Ctrl>+anything leaves the cursor in place and nothing happens.  This behavior is also noted in most other dialog boxes where data can be entered into a grid.

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