# Ctrl+A doesn't work in Composer user message box when last line is an empty line

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/ctrl-a-doesnt-work-in-composer-user-message-box-when-last-line-is-an-empty-line/46432>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [January 30, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/ctrl-a-doesnt-work-in-composer-user-message-box-when-last-line-is-an-empty-line/46432 "2025-01-30T23:21:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![KamilTheDev](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/kamilthedev/32/24672_2.png) [@KamilTheDev](https://forum.cursor.com/u/KamilTheDev)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/ctrl-a-doesnt-work-in-composer-user-message-box-when-last-line-is-an-empty-line/46432/1 "2025-01-30T23:21:43Z")

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Ctrl+A doesn’t work in Composer user message box when last line is an empty line

When pressing Ctrl+A, the cursor moves to the start of the message, but no text is actually selected.

![Animation-screenrecord](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/1/7/1745d465f1d8f2d95cddc58ff032e80552a1abaf.gif)

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Version: 0.45.6  
VSCode Version: 1.96.2  
Commit: 2a665be30468694ca6fd7a317310ea33eef25430  
Date: 2025-01-30T02:36:18.698Z  
Electron: 32.2.6  
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186  
Node.js: 20.18.1  
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0  
OS: Windows\_NT x64 10.0.22631

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/ctrl-a-doesnt-work-in-composer-user-message-box-when-last-line-is-an-empty-line/46432/2 "2025-01-31T08:08:29Z")

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Hey, yes, I confirm this. Thank you for the report.