Ctrl+Shift Arrow-Keys not working as expected

Question

I developed within Visual Studio as every day. Out of nothing (this is what it seems like to me) Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down is not working anymore as before/expected.

Expected would be to select text. However, in Visual Studio now nothing happens anymore. In Notepad++ instead the current line is moved Up or Down.

Maybe I've pressed some magic shortcut to enable this awesome hidden feature. If so, I don't want this feature.

I really need help as of this is driving me crazy, because I don't know where this is coming from nor how I can reset this behavior.

I'm running Windows 10 (all updates installed).

I want the behavior like here. And I'm pretty sure, that this was working before. Will have to test it at my Home-PC as I am starting to going nuts on this.

Solution

I suspect this is a case of PEBKAC ;)

Ctrl+Shift+↑/↓ is supposed to move lines in Notepad++.

Shift+↑/↓ will select text.

In general, unless specific application overloads this behavior:

• Shift enables text selection as cursor moves (either with arrows or Home/End/Page Up/Page Down keys)
• Ctrl+←/→ makes cursor move by words instead of characters
• Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down jumps to actual next page, not just next screen (ie. scrolls document to the top of next sheet of paper)
• Ctrl+Home/End jumps to beginning/end of the document

Comments

[Raystafarian]

Is the issue in visual studios or.. more than that?

[DavidPostill]

"Notepad++ instead the current line is moved Up or Down" that's normal behaviour for Notepad++. See Keyboard And Mouse Shortcuts. To select text use <shift>+<up.down>

[KingKerosin]

In Notepad++ this was never the behavior for me and I did not change anything. Just tested in Notepad. Same as in Visual Studio: Nothing happens

[DavidPostill]

<ctr>+<shift>+<up/down> does nothing in Notepad. To select text use <shift>+<up.down>

[techturtle]

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow in apps like Word will select the entire paragraph. But the concept of a paragraph is not part of Visual Studio, so the shortcut has been co-opted into size up or down for form controls.

[DavidPostill]

@KingKerosin "I want the behavior like here" - try <ctr>+<shift>+<left/right> in Notepad and Notepad++ to get the behaviour you describe.

[KingKerosin]

@DavidPostill And I'm pretty sure, that holding Ctrl+Shift+Down was extending my selection to the next line (without unpressing Ctrl). But maybe it's too much work for me today. Will check at home and afterwards for mental illness ;)

[DavidPostill]

@KingKerosin In VS Editor Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow is Edit.NextHighlightedReference. See Default Keyboard Shortcuts in Visual Studio. Shift+Down Arrow is Edit.LineDownExtend

[KingKerosin]

What happens if you open default Notepad, write some lines (5-6), move to line 2, press Ctrl+Shift+Down?

[DavidPostill]

@KingKerosin Nothing.

[techturtle]

@KingKerosin Ctrl+Shift+Down does nothing for me in windows default Notepad.exe.

[gronostaj]

@KingKerosin Nothing in default Notepad, this i.stack.imgur.com/DO9Zb.gif in N++. Windows 10, Polish keyboard layout.

[undo]

@DavidPostill Yeah... my bad