ij-win-lin-go-to-last-edit-location.md

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Kata for practicing keyboard shortcuts for common editing operations

Kata: Go to last edit location

Key sequences to practice

• (Ctrl + Shift + Backspace) - move caret to the previous point where you made an edit (not necessarily in the same file)

Walkthrough of steps with explanations

1. Open the file, rain-in-spain.txt.
2. Open the Java source file, CodeCompletionPractice.java.
3. Open the Java source file, LongConditional.java.
4. Make a minor edit in LongConditional.java.
5. In another part of the file, make another minor edit in LongConditional.java.
6. Make a minor edit in CodeCompletionPractice.java.
7. Make a minor edit in rain-in-spain.txt.
8. Press (Ctrl + Shift + Backspace) to return to the point in CodeCompletionPractice.java where you made the edit.
9. Press (Ctrl + Shift + Backspace) to return to the point of the second edit in LongConditional.java.
10. Press (Ctrl + Shift + Backspace) to return to the point of the first edit in LongConditional.java.
11. Press (Ctrl + Shift + Backspace) to return to the point of the edit in CodeCompletionPractice.java.

And then to revert:

1. Press (Ctrl + Z) repeatedly to undo changes in each file.