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Is there some agreed upon algorithm of what is supposed to happen when, in a text editor or text editing field, the user presses Ctrl + Left-Arrow or Ctrl + Right-Arrow? I noticed the behavior in Chrome’s text box, and Windows Notepad, for instance, aren’t the same; the “jump to the last/ next bit” pattern is similar but not the same.
I’m looking for this info to emulate the behavior in my own Chrome/JavaScript-based text editor, as I’m not happy with how Chrome handles this at times.
Standard action would be, jump to the next non-whitespace block of text in either direction (and as you noted this can depend on context of ‘non-whitespace block’)