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Better Selection
This is a Fabric mod for Minecraft that makes text more pleasant to select by improving the "move by word" feature (Ctrl+← and Ctrl+→).
Q&A
Does it support non-left-to-right scripts?
Yes, it does.
Does it support macOS?
Yes, macOS should be supported properly:
- ⌘ Command+← moves the cursor to the beginning of the line,
- ⌘ Command+→ moves the cursor to the end of the line,
- ⌘ Command+⌫ Backspace deletes everything to the left of the cursor,
- ⌘ Command+⌦ Delete deletes everything to the right of the cursor,
- Shortcuts that use Ctrl on Windows use ⌥ Option on macOS.
Does it fix MC-121278?
No, it does not. But I made another mod that does: Universal Shortcuts.
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[1.9.1] Better Selection 1.9.1
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 26.3
[1.9] Better Selection 1.9
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 26.2
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.21.11
[1.8] Better Selection 1.8
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.21.11
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.21.9
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.21.10
[1.7.1] Better Selection 1.7.1
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.21.10
[1.7] Better Selection 1.7
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.21.9
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.20.5
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.20.6
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.21
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.21.1
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.21.2
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.21.3
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.21.4
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.21.5
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.21.6
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.21.7
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.21.8
[1.6.8] Better Selection 1.6.8
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.21.8
[1.6.7] Better Selection 1.6.7
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.21.7
[1.6.6] Better Selection 1.6.6
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.21.6
[1.6.5] Better Selection 1.6.5
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.21.5
[1.6.4] Better Selection 1.6.4
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.21.4
[1.6.3] Better Selection 1.6.3
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.21.2
- Added support for Minecraft 1.21.3
[1.6.2] Better Selection 1.6.2
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.21.1
[1.6.1] Better Selection 1.6.1
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.21
[1.6] Better Selection 1.6
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Fixed an issue that caused text to not be selected properly in scrollable boxes when using the mouse
[1.5.1] Better Selection 1.5.1
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.20.6
[1.5] Better Selection 1.5
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.20.5
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.20.2
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.20.3
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.20.4
[1.4] Better Selection 1.4
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.20.3
- Added support for Minecraft 1.20.4
- Fixed a bug introduced in the previous version where the cursor flickering animation would not properly restart on move
[1.3] Better Selection 1.3
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.20.2
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.20
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.20.1
[1.2] Better Selection 1.2
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for macOS:
- <kbd>⌘ Command</kbd>+<kbd>←</kbd> moves the cursor to the beginning of the line
- <kbd>⌘ Command</kbd>+<kbd>→</kbd> moves the cursor to the end of the line
- <kbd>⌘ Command</kbd>+<kbd>⌫ Backspace</kbd> deletes everything to the left of the cursor
- <kbd>⌘ Command</kbd>+<kbd>⌦ Delete</kbd> deletes everything to the right of the cursor
- Shortcuts that use <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> on Windows use <kbd>⌥ Option</kbd> on macOS
- Enabled text selection with the mouse
- You can now select text in textboxes by dragging the mouse over it
Thanks to Slackow for contributing to this release!
[1.1.1] Better Selection 1.1.1
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.20.1
[1.1] Better Selection 1.1
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Added support for Minecraft 1.20
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.19.3
- Breaking change:** dropped support for Minecraft 1.19.4
- Improved word-by-word movement
[1] Better Selection 1
by MDLC01 on Oct 09, 2026
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- Improved word-by-word movement
- Fixed [MC-260563](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-260563)
- Improved text selection with mouse
