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

Lifesaver

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

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

thanks!

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

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

thanks!

Thanks!

Thank you tons

Thanks 🚀

I found a way around this.
Not using macOS

Thanks so much!

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

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

super helpful, I wish I could find this earlier

This was super helpful! glad I found this too!

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.

Bruh <3

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?

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

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

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.