Using functions such as page up/down, home, end etc

[moizkhan]

Well, I bought the new aluminum macbook and have loved every single aspect of it so far. The only thing I have been missing since switching from a Windows based laptop is...there is no home key! (or at least one that I have found yet).

So my question is, is there a way to make a keyboard shortcut which does the same function as a home or end key?

 

[plinden]

What exactly do you use a Home key to do? I use Windows every at work, and to be honest I can't remember off hand what I use the Home key for ... if I'm in a Unix bash shell, I use it for going to the start of a line, but other than that, I don't think I ever actually use Home in Windows.

If you want to go to the start of the line use Command-left arrow, to go to the end Command-right arrow.

 

[WellRedd]

Fn and left arrow is home, Fn and right arrow is End, and as you'd expect knowing that, Fn Up and Down are Pg Up and Down respectively.

 

[gpb01]

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So my question is, is there a way to make a keyboard shortcut which does the same function as a home or end key?

In TextEdit (and, I suppose, in other text applications) you can move like PgUp, PgDn with ctrl-UpArrow and ctrl-DnArrow and you can go Home and End with cmd-UpArrow and cmd-DnArrow

 

[moizkhan]

What exactly do you use a Home key to do? I use Windows every at work, and to be honest I can't remember off hand what I use the Home key for ... if I'm in a Unix bash shell, I use it for going to the start of a line, but other than that, I don't think I ever actually use Home in Windows.

If you want to go to the start of the line use Command-left arrow, to go to the end Command-right arrow.

Mainly when I am fiddling with code...

Thanks to everyone for the help

 

[deepfriedbrain]

Scroll to Page Top or Bottom

Here's another question on the lines of the original post (I-can-do-this-in-Windows-but-how-to-do-it-in-Mac)

How do I jump to the top or bottom of a long page. I can do fn+up/down to do PageUp/Down in steps, but is there an equivalent of Ctrl+PageUp/Down of Windows that takes you to the top/bottom of the page?

Thanks.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Here's another question on the lines of I-can-do-this-in-Windows-but-how-to-do-it-in-Mac

How do I jump to the top or bottom of a long page. I can do fn+up/down to do PageUp/Down in steps, but is there an equivalent of Ctrl+PageUp/Down of Windows that takes you to the top/bottom of the page?

Thanks.

In what application? Cmd + Down/Up jumps to the end/beginning of a page for me in Safari.

 

[deepfriedbrain]

In what application? Cmd + Down/Up jumps to the end/beginning of a page for me in Safari.

Sorry, I posted this in the wrong thread (it wasn't intentional). I should have started a new thread. I'm talking about the keyboard controls in Win XP (running Bootcamp). I just realized that the OP wasn't referring to Bootcamp. It works under OS X (like you said), but on Windows, it doesn't.