iTerm 2: How to set keyboard shortcuts to jump to beginning/end of line?

Question

I can see that Ctrl+left/right jumps to the beginning/end of line. How to change this to Cmd+left/right arrow

Answer 1

Follow the tutorial you listed above for setting up your key preferences in iterm2.

1. Create a new shorcut key
2. Choose "Send escape sequence" as the action
3. Then, to set cmd-left, in the text below that:
   • Enter [H for line start
     OR
   • Enter [F for line end

Answer 2

To jump between words and start/end of lines in iTerm2 pick one of the two solutions below.

1. Simple solution (recommended)

1. Open Preferences
2. Click "Profile" tab
3. Select a profile in the list on the left (eg "Default") and click "Keys" tab
4. Click the "Presets" dropdown and select "Natural Text Editing"

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2. Mapping keys manually (Advanced)

If you don't want to use the "Natural Text Editing" preset mentioned above, you can map the keys you need manually:

1. Open Preferences
2. Click “Keys” tab
3. Click the [+] icon

You can now add the following keyboard shortcuts:

Move cursor one word left

• Keyboard shortcut: ⌥ + ←
• Action: Send Hex Code
• Code: 0x1b 0x62

Move cursor one word right

• Keyboard Combination: ⌥ + →
• Action: Send Hex Code
• Code: 0x1b 0x66

Move cursor to beginning of line

• Keyboard Combination: ⌘ + ←
• Action: Send Hex Code
• Code: 0x01

Move cursor to end of line

• Keyboard Combination: ⌘ + →
• Action: Send Hex Code
• Code: 0x05

Delete word

• Keyboard Combination: ⌥ + ←Delete
• Action: Send Hex Code
• Code: 0x1b 0x08

Delete line

• Keyboard Combination: ⌘ + ←Delete
• Action: Send Hex Code
• Code: 0x15

Undo

• Keyboard Combination: ⌘ + z
• Action: Send Hex Code
• Code: 0x1f

Don't forget to remove the previous bindings:

• Open the “Profiles” tab
• Click the sub-tab ”Keys”
• Remove the mappings for key combinations ⌥ + ← and ⌥ + →