Shift+Home/End

Select to Start / End of Line on Windows

Windows · Text & File Editing
ActionSelect to Start / End of Line
ShortcutShift + Home / End
PlatformWindows
CategoryText & File Editing

About this shortcut

On Windows, you can select to start / end of line with Shift + Home / End. Selects from the cursor to the start or end of the line. It sits in the Text & File Editing group and is one of the Windows shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard Windows conventions.

How to use it

1

Get ready

Open the app or screen where you want to select to start / end of line.

2

Press the keys

Press Shift + Home / End.

3

Done

Selects from the cursor to the start or end of the line.

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