need option for "home" key to go to BOL

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need option for "home" key to go to BOL

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There needs to be an option (set in preferences per user) to allow the "Home" key to ALWAYS go to the BEGINNING OF THE LINE (*not* the first non-whitespace character on a line). I know you can do this with Home-Home; but it's extremely disconcerting to have to do this. I don't think I'll EVER get used to it--and it's annoying because no other program I've ever used does this.

Don't get me wrong; it's nice to have the OPTION to set "Home" = first non-whitespace character if you WANT to do that; but--since the other way is the default for every other program in the world (and therefore a "de facto standard")--if not the default behavior, it should AT LEAST BE AN OPTION.

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Post by Bob Hansen »

Look at changing settings in Configure, Preferences, Keyboard.

Click on LIST and you will get a current document listing all of the current Keyboard settings.

The default setting is for a single "Home" to go to the beginning of the line.

You can make any key settings that you want.
Hope this was helpful.............good luck,
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Post by MudGuard »

Bob, with a setting of
LineStart Pos1
the cursor jumps to the first non-whitespace character. This is not always column one.


One solution is:
Record a macro which goes to column 1
(Search, Goto, select Column and 1)
and assign the key you want to it.
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Post by ben_josephs »

I also can't live with the default, modal, meaning of [Home].

The command executed by [Home] by default is LineStart. You need to change it to LineLeft:

Configure | Preferences | Keyboard
Categories: Cursor
Commands: LineLeft
Press new shortcut key: [Home]

(that is, just type the [Home] key).

Similarly, change the command executed by [Shift+Home] from LineStartExtend to LineLeftExtend.
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Post by Bob Hansen »

Thanks for clarification for me.....I just did a quick test and all lines started at position 1. :oops:
Hope this was helpful.............good luck,
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[quote="Bob Hansen"]Look at changing settings in Configure, Preferences, Keyboard.[/quote]

Awesome!! Thanks for the tip!!
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Post by philiptdotcom »

Bob Hansen wrote:Look at changing settings in Configure, Preferences, Keyboard.... You can make any key settings that you want.
OOPS! Except that making Home, Home go to DocumentStart DISABLES the functionality of a single Home! It gives a little "press another key" icon & does NOT do the single-click function!

Know any way to get around this??

TIA, -pt
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