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This is a terribly simple switcher question that I've tried to figure out myself, but have not been very successful.
On PCs, if I click on, say, a URL in the Internet Explorer Address Bar, and then hold SHIFT and hit the END or HOME button, the line from wherever my pointer is to the end or beginning of the line gets highlighted. But on Macs that doesn't work all the time. It seems to work in Microsoft Word... surprise, surprise, but not consistently in other programs.
So I figured out that SHIFT+OPEN APPLE works... in some programs. For instance, if you try to select the URL in the Address Bar in Safari, it works. But in Firefox it doesn't.
True, I could just use OPEN APPLE+A to Select All, but sometimes you just want to select a portion of a line.
Am I doing something wrong or is this just the way things are in the Mac World?
Also, why is it that sometimes the Alternate Menu (Right mouse click on PCs) is sometimes the OPEN APPLE key and sometimes it's the ALT key.
Just seems strange that OS X would make such simple things inconsistent among programs.
Thanks guys!
On PCs, if I click on, say, a URL in the Internet Explorer Address Bar, and then hold SHIFT and hit the END or HOME button, the line from wherever my pointer is to the end or beginning of the line gets highlighted. But on Macs that doesn't work all the time. It seems to work in Microsoft Word... surprise, surprise, but not consistently in other programs.
So I figured out that SHIFT+OPEN APPLE works... in some programs. For instance, if you try to select the URL in the Address Bar in Safari, it works. But in Firefox it doesn't.
True, I could just use OPEN APPLE+A to Select All, but sometimes you just want to select a portion of a line.
Am I doing something wrong or is this just the way things are in the Mac World?
Also, why is it that sometimes the Alternate Menu (Right mouse click on PCs) is sometimes the OPEN APPLE key and sometimes it's the ALT key.
Just seems strange that OS X would make such simple things inconsistent among programs.
Thanks guys!