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    • John AveryJ Offline
      John Avery
      last edited by

      I want to be able to press the {Home} key and have the cursor move to the very-beginning of the line, INSTEAD OF to the first visible-character on the line. Is there a way to make Notepad++ change to my preferred behavior?
      Thanks. --John R Avery

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      • EkopalypseE Offline
        Ekopalypse @John Avery
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        @John-Avery

        Settings->Shortcut mapper->Scintilla commands
        SCI_HOME_DISPLAY and SCIVCHOMEWRAP might be of interest to you.

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        • Michael VincentM Offline
          Michael Vincent
          last edited by

          I actually prefer the way it is when coding. Pressing HOME once brings me to the start of the text in the line, pressing it twice brings me to the very start of the line itself (column 0). I haven’t set anything special with regards to shortcuts for HOME.

          Using 7.7.1 64-bit Windows 10.

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          • Alan KilbornA Offline
            Alan Kilborn @John Avery
            last edited by Alan Kilborn

            @John-Avery

            The default keycombo of Alt+Home does what you want. If you don’t like that, go into the Shortcut Mapper and remap the command tied to Alt+Home to whatever alternate you like.

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            • John AveryJ Offline
              John Avery
              last edited by

              Thanks for your replies. I was looking for a configuration-setting and did not find it. It seems that I am too dense for it to have occurred to me to try Home-Home or Alt+Home. <sigh> Either of those is perfectly-fine w/ me.

              Thanks again, very much. --JRA

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              • Alan KilbornA Offline
                Alan Kilborn @John Avery
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                @John-Avery said:

                I was looking for a configuration-setting

                Well…that’s the Shortcut Mapper on the Settings menu.

                Why adapt to something you don’t like…just go in and CHANGE IT. Nothing to be afraid of.

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                • Bob SteinB Offline
                  Bob Stein @Alan Kilborn
                  last edited by Bob Stein

                  The Settings | Shortcut mapper | Scintilla commands | SCI_HOMEDISPLAY setting worked for me. A bit tedious to resolve the conflict. Soviet era UX.

                  Screenshot 2022-12-02 18.58.54.png

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