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Shift + page down allows you to select entire pages of text, cut it, and move it to whatever other position. It's also probably faster given that autoscrolling
by nsmartt 14y ago
Shift + page down allows you to select entire pages of text, cut it, and move it to whatever other position. It's also probably faster given that autoscrolling moves at a slower speed than page down.
- Shorel 14y agoPut the cursor at the start of the desired selection. Move the window with the scrollbar (faster than anything else, actually), then shift click at the end of the desired selection. Bam! Just as fast if not faster.
- nsmartt 14y agoSure, but now you're utilizing the keyboard and mouse together, and, as you said, it isn't necessarily faster. That's an argument for sticking to the mouse. It's mostly justification. It isn't an argument in favor of consistently preferring the mouse to the keyboard.