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I rely on the "Ctrl-Arrow" command on Windows to navigate my way through text documents.

This useful key-combo will quickly bring me to the beginning of the next word. For example, the following sequence illustrates what would happen to the cursor location after successive presses of ctrl-arrow (the "^" will represent the cursor):

And, if I start pressing the left arrow instead, it will move the cursor to the exact same spots in the document, just going the other direction (which is ideal because the position of the cursor is predictable, which leads to me being faster at making my edits):

Mac OS X has a similar keyboard shortcut (Option-Arrow - I mapped "Ctrl" to "Option" specifically so I could get this same functionality in the way I've become accustomed to).

However, "Option-Arrow" brings me to the end of the current word when using the right arrow key, as illustrated here:

This is extremely frustrating for me, as I need to switch between Windows and Mac often, and very rarely do I want to go to the end of the current word (why would I want that, unless I'm holding "shift" as well?). I always want to skip to the beginning of the next word.

Then I tied this Service to the "Command-Right" keystroke using the "Keyboard" settings in System Preferences.

However, for this to work I have to take my finger off the "Command" key.. which makes it sorta pointless. It's also slow, and don't seem to work in the application I most need it to work in (Xcode).

I rely on the "Ctrl-→" command on Windows to navigate my way through text documents.

This useful key-combo will quickly bring me to the beginning of the next word. For example, the following sequence illustrates what would happen to the cursor location after successive presses of Ctrl-→ (the "^" will represent the cursor):

And, if I start pressing the ← instead, it will move the cursor to the exact same spots in the document, just going the other direction (which is ideal because the position of the cursor is predictable, which leads to me being faster at making my edits):

Mac OS X has a similar keyboard shortcut (Option-→ - I mapped "Ctrl" to "Option" specifically so I could get this same functionality in the way I've become accustomed to).

However, "Option-Arrow" brings me to the end of the current word when using the right arrow key, as illustrated here:

This is extremely frustrating for me, as I need to switch between Windows and Mac often, and very rarely do I want to go to the end of the current word (why would I want that, unless I'm holding "Shift" as well?). I always want to skip to the beginning of the next word.

Then I tied this Service to the "Command-→" keystroke using the "Keyboard" settings in System Preferences.

However, for this to work I have to take my finger off the Command key.. which makes it sorta pointless. It's also slow, and don't seem to work in the application I most need it to work in (Xcode).