Shift+Ctrl+Home/End" doesn't select to beginning/end of document

Hi DaveR,

DaveR said:

This is happening on two different Windows 7 computers (desktop and laptop, both Dells), and in multiple programs on both machines. I am positive that the combination Shift+Ctrl+End ought to select/highlight text to the end of the current document. Likewise the same combo with Home should select to the beginning. I've used this so many times in word processors, email programs, forum posts like this, etc. that it has become reflex. But for the last couple of weeks it has done nothing at all. Could there have been some system update that killed this useful function? Am I the only one?

[1] The combination Shift+Ctrl+End does select/highlight the text to the end of the current document but ONLY from the point that the cursor is in down to the end.

[2] The combination Shift+Ctrl+Home does select/highlight the text to the beginning of the current document but ONLY from the point that the cursor is in up to the beginning.

[3] To select the whole document [top to bottom] then you need to use CTRL+A.

I hope this helps!

Hi DaveR,

DaveR said:

I know that that is what these key combinations are supposed to do. But they don't. They don't actually do anything at all. I take it that you are not experiencing this? If it were just one machine I'd figure it was a physical keyboard or driver issue. But it's on two machines, one a desktop and one a laptop, both having the same problem.

[1] Are the computers networked?
[2] Have the two computers been used by the same user?
[3] If so, has the user changed or adapted any HotKeys [locally] in any way for example?

I hope this helps!

DaveR, may B Opera browser.
It's known to hijack shortcut keys. Opera Bug ask VG
Bill

Snick said:

DaveR, may B Opera browser.
It's known to hijack shortcut keys. Opera Bug ask VG
Bill

Wow, that was absolutely it! I never would have guessed that was the problem. However, for me, Shift-PgUp/PgDn still work, and the Home and End versions worked until about a 1-2 months ago. Also, it only affected 1 of my computers (just retested -- closing Opera fixes it on the problem computer, but having Opera running has no ill effect on the others). So this is definitely not a universal problem that if you have Opera browser running, you'll lose Ctrl-Shift-Home/End.

Following a bunch of testing on my part, here's a summary of the solution options from simplest to most complex, but also in order of increasing permanence (#3 is what I ultimately did which seems like a permanent fix):

1. Close Opera (problem returns when Opera restarts)
2. Kill the extensions within Opera by pressing Shift-Esc in Opera (you may have to expand the Task column to see them), then select "Extensions: Video handler" and click on End Process. You may have to do this twice, as it seems to bounce back after the first attempt. The problem returns when Opera restarts, but at least this lets you use Opera at the same time as you use Ctrl-Shift-Home/End.
3. If you are running Opera version 65 or later (maybe even 64 or later, but definitely NOT version 63 or earlier), and if you're willing to reset your Opera settings, you can completely and permanently fix the problem by resetting Opera's settings: Opera menu -> Settings -> Advanced -> Browser -> Reset settings to their original defaults. This works because the Opera team has fixed the problem as of Ver 64 or 65, but depending on your settings, they don't change with the updates unless you manually reset them.

More minds more possibilities of solutions!
Glad to hear the answer to your problem.
Bill