Home key - wikipedia Home key 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. ( January 2008 ) The Home key among other keys. 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 + ←. 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. Contents 1 Microsoft Windows 2 macOS 3 Linux 4 Non-GUI applications 5 References Microsoft Windows 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. MacOS 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. 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. Linux 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. Non-GUI applications 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. References Jump up ^ http://edr.euro.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/XHIGUserInput/XHIGUserInput.html Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2006 - 11 - 06. Retrieved 2006 - 10 - 09. Jump up ^ http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/63972/104745 IBM PC keyboard ( Windows, US layout ) Esc F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PrtScn / SysRq Scroll Lock Pause / Break Insert Home PgUp Num Lock ∕ ∗ − Delete End PgDn 7 8 9 + 5 6 ↑ Enter ← ↓ → 0 Ins. Del Keyboard keys Dead keys Compose Modifier keys Control Shift Alt / Option ( Apple ) AltGr Meta Command ( Apple ) / Windows ( Microsoft ) Super Hyper Fn Lock keys Scroll lock Num lock Caps lock F - Lock Navigation keys Arrow keys Page Up / Page Down Home End Esc Menu Editing Enter / Return Carriage return Backspace Insert Delete Tab Space bar Numeric keypad Language input Contextual Function keys Print screen System request Break / Pause Misc. Power management keys ( Power, Sleep, Wake ) Any key Macro key Concepts Keyboard layout Keyboard shortcut Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Home_key&oldid=843507986 '' Categories : Computer keys Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from January 2008 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Français 한국어 Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 29 May 2018, at 16 : 12 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the function of home key in computer
Answer: primarily used to return the cursor to the beginning of the line where the cursor is located