Set the Esc+ field to: 1 5C (Option-Right) 1 5D (Option-Left) With these in place both work swimmingly. Set the keyboard shortcut by pressing Option-left or Option-right.
#ITERM MOVE BY WORD PLUS#
At most one line of text can be selected this way. Add a hotkey with the plus symbol at the bottom of the hotkey list. To move the beginning of the selection to the left, press shift-tab. Then press tab and the end of the selection will advance by a word. Enter the beginning of the text you wish to copy and the find feature will select it in your window. To select text without using the mouse, press cmd-f to open the find field. Text selection by mouse is described later in General Usage section. There are two ways to select text to copy to the clipboard: you can use the mouse, or you can use the find feature's "mouseless copy" feature. You can use "Edit->Copy Mode" by default Shift+ Cmd+ C, In there you can use VIM-like shortcuts:Īnd while selecting you can use $ to move to the end of the line and finally the good ol' Cmd + C to copy. (I updated this answer to reflect new features in iTerm 3.0.
Autocorrect works best for a single word, though. A popup window appears and you can choose from there.
#ITERM MOVE BY WORD MOVIE#
Just type the start of some text that is either on the screen or you have copy-pasted recently and press cmd-. This is the first chapter in the Dark Deception story The fastest downloads at the smallest size Also a movie buff with a soft corner for film noir Guaranteed delivery The dark web is a smaller part of the deep web that can’t be accessed without special software The dark web is a smaller part of the deep web that can’t be accessed without special software. Similarly settings can also be used to move line selection.Īlternatively, the autocorrect feature reduces the need for copy-paste. You could also assign custom keys in Prefs -> Keys. You can press option-Enter to immediately paste the selection and close the find bar at once. Press tab to grow it one word to the right press shift-tab to grow it one word to the left.Īs soon as you press tab or shift-tab, it is copied to the clipboard. When you have a partial match on what you want to copy, you can expand the selection.Type some text that matches part of what you want to copy.