Wish list: Ctrl + Right to move cursor to beginning of next word

[iguana2]

Hello,

there is one feature I really miss in this otherwise great product: In many word processing applications (such as Microsoft Word) etc. it is possible to

* move the cursor to the beginning of the next word using "Ctrl + Right"
* move the cursor to the beginning of the current (or previous) word using "Ctrl + Left"
* move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph using "Ctrl + Down"
* move the cursor to the beginning of the current (or previous) paragraph using "Ctrl + Up"

* mark text until the beginning of the next word using "Shift + Ctrl + Right"
* mark text until the beginning of the current (or previous) word using "Shift + Ctrl + Left"
* mark text until the beginning of the next paragraph using "Shift + Ctrl + Down"
* mark text until the beginning of the current (or previous) paragraph using "Shift + Ctrl + Up"

The paragraph moves / markings are not that important to me, but the word moves / markings would really help. Currently, when moving the cursor in a document In PDF-XChange Editor, the Ctrl key is without function (so this feature would not interfere with anything else).

Regards
iguana

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Iguana,

Indeed the Ctrl key does not seem to affect text selection/navigation currently, so I've created a Feature Request ticket in our internal system:
#4511: FR: Ctrl + Right to move cursor to beginning of next word
So that our devs could review and consider this.

As soon as we have any news on the subject - we will post an update here!

Cheers,
Stefan

[iguana2]

Hello Stefan,

thank you so much for implementing the Ctrl + arrow keys in the current version, it works really well!

Now there is one last thing (or maybe I just didn't find the keyboard shortcut for it yet): I basically need the digital form of pencil-and-ruler-highlighting in books, so, using the keyboard only, I would like to

1. navigate the cursor in the text of a document using the Ctrl + arrow keys (works well now),
2. select a passage (usually just a few words) with Shift + Ctrl + arrow keys (works well, too)
3. highlight the selected passage (works with a keyboard shortcut which I defined for the highlight button in the toolbar)
4. continue navigating the cursor in the text of the document.

Step 4 is the problem: After selecting a passage (2.) and pressing the highlight button in the toolbar (3.), the cursor is gone, i.e. the focus moves away from the text, and I need a mouse click each time to get it back and continue navigating (4.). Positioning the mouse significantly reduces the speed and the ergonomics of the process. The same problem occurs with a keyboard shortcut which I created for highlighting (I used STRG + SPACE).

Ideally, after highlighting, the focus should be back on the text immediately, with the cursor at its last position (i.e. at the end of the highlighted passage); if this can't be done directly, is there any keyboard shortcut for it?

I use this highlighting a lot, literally on thousands of pages which I read for my studies, creating dozens of highlightings on each page; at this amount, using the keyboard is far more ergonomic for me than the mouse.

Regards
iguana2

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello Iguana2,

Thank you for the suggestion, this is an excellent point, without this functionality the feature feels incomplete. I have brought this to the attention of the Dev team and they intend to add this as well. I cannot speak for when exactly, but we do plan to implement it.

Kind regards,

[iguana2]

Hello,

thank you very much for your quick reply!

> Dev team ... they intend to add this as well.

That's great news, thanks!!

Regards
iguana2

[Will - Tracker Supp]