This article is about the computer keyboard key. For the touch-typing position, see Home row. For music key signatures, see Tonic (music). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The Home key is commonly found on desktop and laptop keyboards. The key has the opposite effect of the End key. In limited-size keyboards where the Home key is missing the same functionality can be reached via the key combination of Fn+←.
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Its standard symbol ⇱ from ISO/IEC 9995-7, ie. U+21F1 ⇱ NORTH WEST ARROW TO CORNER, is used on some full-size keyboards instead of a possibly localized text label.
In modern Microsoft Windows text editing applications, it is primarily used to return the cursor to the beginning of the line where the cursor is located. When the text is not editable, the Home key is used to return to the beginning of the document; this can also be done in editable text if the key is pressed along with Control.
The Home key can also be used to select all the characters before the cursor in a certain line if pressed along with ⇧ Shift in selectable text.
Only full-sized Apple keyboards have a Home key. On most macOS applications, the key works like the original on UNIX in the days of dumb-terminals, where Home moves to the start of a document. When the key is pressed, the window scrolls to the top, while the caret position does not change at all; that is, the Home key is tied to the current window, not the text box being edited.[1][2] On Apple keyboards that do not have a Home key, one can press Fn+← for the Home key functionality described above. To get the same result as the Windows platform (that is, moving the insertion point to the beginning of the current line of text), one can press ⌘ Command+←. An application can also be used to change this behaviour.[3]
In Linux, the Home key has basically the same functionality as it does on Windows. It returns the cursor to the beginning of the line in editable text, and otherwise scrolls a scrollable document to the beginning. Also, like Windows, the Home key can be used to select all the characters before the cursor in a certain line if pressed along with ⇧ Shift in editable text.
In older screen-oriented, text-based (non-GUI) applications, the user often accessed the "screen" they wanted through a series of menu screens with numbered options. The Home key took the user to the "top" menu screen.
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Home und pos1 sind identisch
Updated: 08/16/2021 by Computer Hope
A Home key may refer to any of the following:
1. The Home key is a control key for returning the text cursor to the beginning of the line on which you're currently typing. This key may also move the cursor to the beginning of a document, web page, or cell.
Below is a list of all of the different ways the Home key can be used on your keyboard. Keep in mind that not all programs use the Home key the same, so not all of these examples work with every program.
- Home - Go to the beginning of the line, paragraph or document.
- Ctrl+Home - Pressing Ctrl and Home at the same time takes you to the very beginning of the document, text, worksheet, or page. With languages that write left-to-right, pressing Ctrl+Home moves to the top-left of the page.
- Shift+Home - Pressing Shift and Home at the same time highlights all text from the current position to the start of the line.
- Ctrl+Shift+Home - Pressing Ctrl, Shift, and Home all at the same time highlights all text from the current position to the beginning of the text or page.
Tip
While browsing the Internet pressing the Home key on your keyboard moves to the top of the page.
Where is the Home key on the keyboard?
Standard keyboard: Pictured is a computer keyboard, with the Home keys highlighted in blue. One is located above the arrow keys, and the other on the numeric keypad.
Note
Apple computer keyboards do not have a Home key on the numeric keypad.
Laptop computer: The location of the Home key on laptops varies from model to model, and some don't even have one. If the keyboard contains a Home key, it will usually be on one of the number or function keys at the top. Also, you may need to use the Fn key and that number or function key at the same time activate it.
Google Chromebook: Chromebooks don't have a Home key, but you can get the same functionality by pressing Shift+Search key (looks like a magnifying glass)+left arrow key.
Practice using the Home key
Use the following text box to practice using the Home key to jump to the beginning of a line of text.
What does a Home key do in a browser?
While browsing the Internet using a browser, pressing the Home key scrolls to the beginning of the web page. For example, if you pressed the Home key now, it'd scroll to the top of this page. Some users may assume that this key returns them to the home page, which it does not.
Note
If the text cursor is in a text box like the one above, pressing Home key moves to the beginning of the line.
What keyboard shortcuts use the Home key?
Below are links to keyboard shortcut keys that use the Home key.
2. On smartphones, the Home key, better known as the home button, allows a user to go to the home screen at any time. The home button is commonly on the front-bottom of the smartphone and may be a depressed circular area, sometimes with a square icon.
3. When referring to multiple keys, Home keys is short for home row keys.
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