Mine is using the arrow keys to navigate typed text while writing and editing. It helps speed things up, versus having to move your hand to the mouse to navigate.

Use the Up and Down Arrows to move/jump vertically.

Left and Right Arrows to move/jump horizontally.

Combine Left or Right Arrow with Shift to be able to select text. Use Up or Down Arrow with Shift to quickly select whole/nearly whole sections of text.

Combine Control with Left/Right Arrow to jump whole words to more quickly move to where you want to type.

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      I’m kinda mind blown that this is even considered a tip. isn’t this just basic functionality of a text box???

      it’s shit like this that makes me think I do know tech a little bit, until i stumble on an actual tech community and feel like I know nothing

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        For real, I remember when Solitaire was added to Windows to teach people how to use a mouse. It wasn’t just some fun little thing they added on a whim. The goal was to provide an entertaining way for users to naturally learn mouse controls like clicking and dragging.

        Before then, you had to use the keyboard to navigate text, because you literally didn’t have a mouse.