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Add Shift+Ctrl+Home and Shift+Ctrl+End support

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by locating the Rust editor's keyboard handling for Home and End and how Shift extends selections. Done means Shift+Ctrl+Home selects from the cursor to the top of the file and Shift+Ctrl+End selects to the bottom, with the behavior verified in the relevant tests or manual editor use.

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Description

C-task E-help-wanted P-medium

Can you add Shift+Ctrl+Home and Shift+Ctrl+End support to select text from the current position to the top of and bottom of file respectively?

Dominant language
Rust
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Merged PRs (30d)
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