System-wide hotkey for custom text field highlighting [closed]

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For years now I've been wishing there was a key I could press that would toggle text highlighting/selection as I type so that when I know I'm going to want to copy some text, I don't need to go back and highlight it because it highlights as I type. Unfortunately I'm just a .NET information systems programmer so I don't really have any idea what it would take to create a low level hack like that or if it's possible. Would there be a way to do that?

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Sounds like you just need to become more familiar with keyboard shortcuts:

Hold SHIFT down then press the arrow keys, notice it highlights as you press the arrows.

Now hold CTRL + SHIFT down and press the arrow keys again. Notice it highlights words this time.

Now hold SHIFT and press HOME or END and it will highlight to the beginning or end of the current line, using the arrow keys you can press up or down to get more lines if needed.

Using these combinations plus the standard CTRL+C/CTRL+V you can easily manipulate large quantities of text in most editors.