What is ↑ Shift + Ctrl + ← keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 106 programs in our database.

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General (3)

Opera - Previous

Audacity - Selection Contract Left

GoldWave - Moves the finish marker left.

Text editing (9)

Microsoft Word 2019 - Extend a selection to the beginning of a word

Nuance Power PDF - Read previous paragraph

Ace Editor - Select word left

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - Deselect previous word (with Select tool selected)

Microsoft FrontPage - Go to the beginning of a word.

Microsoft FrontPage - Select or unselect one word to the left.

CudaText 1.88.3 - Go to previous word, select

OneNote for the web - Left one word

LibreOffice Writer - Selecting to the left word by word

Imaging (15)

Adobe After Effects 2021 - Go backward 10 frames

Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Trim Backward Many

CorelDRAW 2020 - Select Left 1 Word

CorelDRAW 2020 - Select Left 1 Word

Blender 3.4.1 - Move select

Blender 3.4.1 - Walk select/deselect file

Adobe XD (Windows) - Left

DesignSpark Mechanical 5.0 - Nudge secondary (inactive) dimension Down by large amount

Navisworks Freedom 2020 - Arrow Takes you to the previous redline tag.

Grasshopper (Rhino) - Grow selection upstream

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InVision Studio 1.28.2 - Decrease Width by 10

HitFilm - Move playhead back by 10 frames

Adobe Lightroom Classic - Go to first page

Pinnacle Studio 22 - Expand word selection left

InVision (macOS) - Collapse Artboard Layers

System tools (3)

Terminator - Move parent dragbar left

Kitty 0.25.0 (Linux) - Previous tab

Remote Desktop Manager - Select previous tab

Developer tools (20)

AWS Cloud9 IDE (Windows) - Select Word Left

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Extend the selection one word to the left

Delphi - Selects the word to the left of the cursor

Sublime Text 4 - Move

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Arrow Edit.SizeControlLeft

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Arrow Edit.SizeControlLeft

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Arrow Edit.WordPreviousExtend

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Arrow Format.AlignLefts

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Arrow Image.PreviousRightColor

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Arrow Edit.SizeControlLeft

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Atom (Windows) - native!

Atom (Windows) - pane:move-item-left

Atom (Windows) - editor:select-to-beginning-of-word

Free Pascal IDE - Extend selection one word to the left

Adobe Dreamweaver 20.2 (Windows) - Select word left

Adobe Dreamweaver 20.2 (Windows) - Select from Previous Word

FileMaker - Beginning of previous word

IBM COBOL Editor - Select Previous Word

Valentina Studio - Move Word Left Extending Selection

Mode SQL Editor (Windows) - Select word left

Web applications (1)

Chromebook and Chrome OS - Select previous word or letter

Media player (5)

mpv - Adjust timing to previous subtitle

PotPlayer 1.7 - Previous keyframe

BSPlayer - Decrease audio delay

MPC-BE 1.5.4 - Subtitle shift positions left

Tidal Web Player - Seek ten seconds backward in the song

Security (2)

Burp Suite - Go to previous word (extend selection)

Kleopatra 3.1.8 - Move tab left

Productivity (40)

Epic - Highlight from cursor position to beginning of word

REAPER - View: Move cursor left to grid division

REAPER - Edit: Move notes left one pixel

REAPER - Edit: Move notes left one pixel

FL Studio 20 - Shift Steps Left

Rekordbox 6 - Instant double Deck1

Rekordbox 6 - Instant double left deck

Studio One 5.4 - Left Extend Add

Traktor Pro 3 - Duplicate track Deck B (Deck A)

Nuendo 10 - Secondary parameter: Decrease

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Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - Nudge left 1/10

Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - (Text) Select one word to the left

Steinberg Cubase 10.5 - Secondary parameter: Decrease

Salesforce - (Windows) Select word to the left

Salesforce - (Windows) Select word left

Sumatra PDF - Open previous document in the directory

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Make Events One Bar Shorter

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Focus panel to the left

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Extend selection to item to left

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Move cursor and extend selection word left

LightBurn - Align left

Autodesk Flame 2019 - Previous Timeline FX (Current Segment)

Movavi Video Editor - Skip backward 0.5 seconds

The Bat! - Move out

ConnectWise 2018.6 - Select a block of text

Edraw Max 9.4 - Rotate the selected shapes left

AVS Video Editor 9.1 - Previous Time Stamp

AVS Video Editor 9.1 - Previous page

Microsoft Access 2019 - Change the selection by one word to the left

Microsoft Access 2019 - Change the size of the selection by one word to the left

Serato DJ - arrow Double (loaded) track

LibreOffice Impress - Selecting to the left word by word

Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Creating presentations) - Select to the beginning of a word

CCH Axcess Tax - Select or unselect one word to the left.

Oracle PeopleSoft - Select next word left of cursor

Adobe Experience Manager 6.4 (Windows) - Select previous word

Overdrive - Previous part

M*Modal Editor - One word left

ChartNet Editor - One word left

GitHub (Enterprise Server 3.8) - Move card to the top of the leftmost column

Scientific (8)

Archicad 24 - Go to First Layout

Altium Designer - Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the left in the current document workspace in increments of 10 snap grid units

Altium Designer - Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the left in the current document workspace, in increments of 10 snap grid units

Altium Designer - Extend a selection by one word to the left of the current cursor position

Originlab Origin 2020 - Extend the selection to the leftmost occupied cell in the row.†

MathType 7 - Skip left

PowerScribe 360 - Select words left

Originlab Origin 2020 (Mac keyboard) - Extend the selection to the leftmost occupied cell in the row.†

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Ctrl + Shift + Left
Shift + Ctrl + Left. Restrict to only Shift + Ctrl + Left.

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