---
title: Jumping Around - Keyboard Katana
slug: jumping-around-keyboard-katana
published_at: 2024-01-18 18:00:06 +0000
updated_at: 2026-03-04 20:12:48 +0000
summary: 
description: In this video, we learn how to quickly navigate and edit text using keyboard shortcuts. You'll see how holding the Option key allows you to jump from word to word, making edits much faster than tapping the arrow keys.   To delete a whole word, press Option+Backspace.  To jump to the beginning or end of a line, use Control+A or Control+E.  You can also jump between the start and end of a row using Command+Left and Command+Right.   These shortcuts for navigating and editing text - like Ctrl+A, Ctrl+E, Option+Left, Option+Right, Command+Left, and Command+Right - are really helpful to learn to speed up your workflow when working with text. Master these time-saving keyboard tricks to move around and update text more efficiently.  Keyboard Katana is a series of short videos showing tips and tricks for navigating quickly with your keyboard.  #keyboard #keyboardshortcuts #productivity
tags: [cjav_dev, web development tutorials, web development for beginners, keyboard, keyboard shortcuts, hot keys, keyboard shortcut tutorial, navigate with keyboard, mac shortcuts, mac hotkeys, key board, fast navigation, keyboard shorts, keyboard katana]
views: 642
author: CJ Avilla
url: https://www.cjav.dev/videos/jumping-around-keyboard-katana
youtube_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FWJqqTzUak
youtube_id: 8FWJqqTzUak
embed_url: https://www.youtube.com/embed/8FWJqqTzUak
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8FWJqqTzUak/hqdefault.jpg
type: video
---

# Jumping Around - Keyboard Katana

*Published: January 18, 2024*
*Views: 642*

## Watch

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FWJqqTzUak)

[![Jumping Around - Keyboard Katana](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8FWJqqTzUak/hqdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FWJqqTzUak)

## Description

In this video, we learn how to quickly navigate and edit text using keyboard shortcuts. You'll see how holding the Option key allows you to jump from word to word, making edits much faster than tapping the arrow keys. 

To delete a whole word, press Option+Backspace. 
To jump to the beginning or end of a line, use Control+A or Control+E. 
You can also jump between the start and end of a row using Command+Left and Command+Right. 

These shortcuts for navigating and editing text - like Ctrl+A, Ctrl+E, Option+Left, Option+Right, Command+Left, and Command+Right - are really helpful to learn to speed up your workflow when working with text. Master these time-saving keyboard tricks to move around and update text more efficiently.

Keyboard Katana is a series of short videos showing tips and tricks for navigating quickly with your keyboard.

#keyboard #keyboardshortcuts #productivity

## Transcript

all right today we're going to talk about jumping we're jumping around we're jumping around strings moving around text like this is super slow right we don't want to use repeating arrow keys to move around so say we wanted to change this word from Fast to quick in this quote one way we can move quicker than just tapping the right arrow is holding down the option key and jumping word by word until we get to fast enough and then instead of holding down backspace backspace backspace backspace four times we're going to say option backspace and that will delete a single word then we can change it to Quick now if we wanted to jump back to the beginning of the line we can do control a and if we want to jump to the end of the line we can do contr e and we can also use command left and Command right to jump to the start and end of a certain row so here A and E is going to jump us between the beginning and end so these are really helpful to learn contr a control e option left option right command left Command right

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