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iTerm 2 Natural Text Editing Preset
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On iTerm2 - Open Preferences > Profiles > Keys > Key Mappings > Presets > Select Natural Text Editing
- You can move a word backwards using Option ⌥ + ← and a word forwards using Option ⌥ + →
- Move to the start of the line using fn + ← and to the end of the line with fn + →.
- Also you can delete a word backwards using Option ⌥ + ⌫, delete the whole line using Command ⌘ + ⌫.
If the preset doesn't appear, reinstall iTerm2. If you installed it using Homebrew + Cask:
brew cask reinstall iterm2
@JoelBennett
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Oh man. So glad to know it wasn't just me who was looking in the wrong spot. Talk about confusing!

@virsaviya
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@jkreitzman
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Lifesaver

@stwr667
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stwr667 commented Jun 26, 2023

Thank you! I was looking in the wrong spot too.

@Agshin2004
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If you watching Preference-Keys, (What I did for 30 minutes) you should go to Preference-Profile-keys-key mappings

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thanks!

@WolfEYc
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WolfEYc commented Nov 1, 2023

yeah this is a lifesaver... what a shitty UI

@honest-niceman
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If you watching Preference-Keys, (What I did for 30 minutes) you should go to Preference-Profile-keys-key mappings
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thanks!

Thanks!

@MohammedAlJaff
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Thank you tons

@ziyadsfaxi
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Thanks 🚀

@WolfEYc
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WolfEYc commented Apr 14, 2024

I found a way around this.
Not using macOS

@foxmean
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foxmean commented May 15, 2024

Thanks so much!

@ZBeimnet
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If you watching Preference-Keys, (What I did for 30 minutes) you should go to Preference-Profile-keys-key mappings

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Glad I found this in 2024 :), thank you!

@hieuvo
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hieuvo commented May 29, 2024

super helpful, I wish I could find this earlier

@mhphotos1
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This was super helpful! glad I found this too!

@theliuk
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theliuk commented Jun 25, 2024

Thank you guys for your life saving screenshots. I spent 30 minutes trying to understand why I didn't see the Natural Text Editing option.

@n0kovo
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n0kovo commented Aug 23, 2024

Bruh <3

@rivehafintosh
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rivehafintosh commented Oct 29, 2024 •
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oh my god this thread saved my life...after wasting 30 minutes like everyone else.... chat gpt was useless and you saved my ass from breaking my mac... this app's preferences UI is garbage, overly complex with pointless features(that i'm sure I'll be happy about later on) and the only option I wanted to change super deeply hidden... why the hell doesn't it come set by default and the weird profile get set manually for some non standard behavior anyways?

@uddesson
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uddesson commented Nov 6, 2024

+1 for finding this helpful, I was also looking in the wrong place. Thanks for posting!

@ben-xD
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ben-xD commented Nov 15, 2024

With iterm now, selecting "Natural Text Editing" only gives me 8 bindings. I'm missing quite a few.

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@TheRojam
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TheRojam commented Nov 15, 2024 •
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With iterm now, selecting "Natural Text Editing" only gives me 8 bindings. I'm missing quite a few.

Same and I think this is not working correctly.

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