[BUG] Ctrl+Right has subtly different behavior than all other apps

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What's Wrong?

The behavior of Ctrl+Right is subtly different than most major apps/OSes. This makes it hard to use for people with muscle memory for what the shortcut normally does.

What Should Happen?

It should take you to the end of the current word, or if already there, to the end of the next word.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

At the prompt in CC type hello world but don't hit enter, now using | to represent the cursor position the prompt will look like:

hello world|

Now press ctrl+left:

hello |world

So far that matches standard behavior. Now press ctrl+left again:

|hello world

Still standard. Now press ctrl+right:

hello |world

That is not standard. Instead it should be:

hello| world

Go ahead and move the cursor there manually so you have:

hello| world

Now press ctrl+right again and you will get:

hello |world

Which is also not standard. You should instead get:

hello world|

It's subtle, but if you have muscle memory for it it makes CC very annoying to use, and is inconsistent with how editing works in major apps/OSes.

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.59

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

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