Shortcut to move cursor to end/beginning of line

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Shortcut to move cursor to end/beginning of line

⌘+ arrow key doesn't seem to do it even though that is what the apple support page says

Wikipedia says the same thing, but also adds Control + A or Control + E as options, but they seem to move it to the begging or end of the paragraph or sentence rather than the line.

Strangely, if iTunes is playing in the background, ⌘+ arrow key will change tracks so i wonder if this is why it no longer works in Pages or Notes? Closing iTunes just means the shortcut does nothing rather than restoring functionality to other apps.

MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Sep 3, 2016 1:47 AM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

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Sep 3, 2016 5:06 AM in response to Dr Getafix

Take a look at the Pages v5 Keyboard shortcuts from its Help menu. There is no explicit move to the beginning or ending of a sentence, but rather relative to the current line that you are on. If there is a hard return in the Pages or TextEdit document, that is the end of the paragraph, not the concluding period.

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dialabrain

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Sep 3, 2016 3:32 AM in response to Dr Getafix

It works for me as well.

1. Try restarting your Mac.

2. Restart in Safe Mode (Hold Shift key after the startup chime) and test.

3. Create a new user and test.

Post back with the results.

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Barney-15E

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Sep 3, 2016 5:11 AM in response to Dr Getafix

Another App having the same shortcut would not interfere with app-specific shortcuts.

The only thing that would interfere would be a global shortcut that worked in all applications.

Did you check you keyboard shortcuts to make sure there wasn't one set using that combination?

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Dr Getafix Author

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Sep 5, 2016 6:54 PM in response to Barney-15E

Ok, so did the Safe Mode restart and it works as advertised both on a Guest login and my login. When i restart not in Safe Mode the shortcut no longer works on my login. It does work on other logins for my family members though. I checked the Shortcuts settings under Keyboard, but couldn't see it listed there. Any other suggestions? I will try restoring the default shortcuts (even though i don't remember changing any) and see if that helps.

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ckuan

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Sep 3, 2016 2:01 AM in response to Dr Getafix

It does on my iMac with OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan.

It also works on Notes.

Did you try using TextEdit?

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Dr Getafix Author

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Sep 3, 2016 3:56 AM in response to dialabrain

So, it's not working for me in any app...Pages, Notes, TextEdit, Evernote etc etc. It's funny though because it's only the left and right arrows that don't work. The up and down arrows work as advertised taking me to the beginning of end of the document.

And i just tested and it works fine on my iMac running El Capitan.

I'll try the restart in Safe Mode and see how we go.

Thanks

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Dr Getafix Author

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Sep 9, 2016 4:52 AM in response to Dr Getafix

Have restored all the the default shortcuts but Command + left or right arrow still not working on my login. Anymore suggestions?

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