# Chromebook / ChromeOS keyboard shortcuts for text navigation and text editing (2024-09-11)

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**Created:** [September 11, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/chromebook-chromeos-keyboard-shortcuts-for-text-navigation-and-text-editing-2024-09-11/200 "2024-09-11T07:00:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/chromebook-chromeos-keyboard-shortcuts-for-text-navigation-and-text-editing-2024-09-11/200/1 "2024-09-11T07:00:00Z")

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One wishes the Emacs shortcuts, which macOS somehow adopted, were available in ChromeOS (Chromebooks) too. Alas this is not the case.

Here are the default Text navigation keybindings:

**Text Navigation:**

- **Go to beginning of document:** `Ctrl` + `Home`
- **Go to end of document:** `Ctrl` + `End`
- **Move cursor to beginning of line:** `Search` + `←`
- **Move cursor to end of line:** `Search` + `→`
- **Move to start of previous word:** `Ctrl` + `←`
- **Move to end of next word:** `Ctrl` + `→`

**Text Editing:**

- **Turn on/off Caps Lock:** `Caps Lock`
- **Open Emoji Picker:** `Search` + `Shift` + `Space`
- **Copy selected content to clipboard:** `Ctrl` + `C`
- **Cut selected content to clipboard:** `Ctrl` + `X`
- **Paste content from clipboard:** `Ctrl` + `V`
- **Paste content from clipboard as plain text:** `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `V`
- **Open Clipboard:** `Search` + `V`
- **Delete previous word:** `Ctrl` + `Backspace`
- **Undo last action:** `Ctrl` + `Z`
- **Redo last action:** `Ctrl` + `Y` or `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Z`
- **Select everything on page:** `Ctrl` + `A`
- **Select text from cursor to beginning of line:** `Shift` + `Home`
- **Select text from cursor to end of line:** `Shift` + `End`
- **Select previous word or letter:** `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `←`
- **Select next word or letter:** `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `→`
- **Delete next letter:** `Delete`
- **Delete selected content:** `Backspace`

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 ![chromeos-text-navigation-keybindings](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/4434fc76acdf726531a3345ef4c1e07d8fcd08a3.png)