diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e061e6f5a4..49edea2821 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ jobs:
         platform: [windows-latest, macos-latest, ubuntu-20.04]
         feature: [default, dataframe, extra]
         include:
+          # linux CI cannot handle clipboard feature
+          - default-flags: ""
+          - platform:  ubuntu-20.04
+            default-flags: "--no-default-features --features=default-no-clipboard"
           - feature: default
             flags: ""
           - feature: dataframe
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
           rustflags: ""
 
       - name: Tests
-        run: cargo test --workspace --profile ci --exclude nu_plugin_* ${{ matrix.flags }}
+        run: cargo test --workspace --profile ci --exclude nu_plugin_* ${{ matrix.default-flags }} ${{ matrix.flags }}
 
       - name: Check for clean repo
         shell: bash
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ba68fe4825..ebf05dc5d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -160,6 +160,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arboard"
+version = "3.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aafb29b107435aa276664c1db8954ac27a6e105cdad3c88287a199eb0e313c08"
+dependencies = [
+ "clipboard-win",
+ "log",
+ "objc",
+ "objc-foundation",
+ "objc_id",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "thiserror",
+ "winapi",
+ "wl-clipboard-rs",
+ "x11rb",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "argminmax"
 version = "0.6.1"
@@ -385,6 +403,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "block"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0d8c1fef690941d3e7788d328517591fecc684c084084702d6ff1641e993699a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
 version = "0.10.4"
@@ -502,7 +526,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "codepage",
  "encoding_rs",
  "log",
- "quick-xml",
+ "quick-xml 0.31.0",
  "serde",
  "zip",
 ]
@@ -688,6 +712,17 @@ version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "702fc72eb24e5a1e48ce58027a675bc24edd52096d5397d4aea7c6dd9eca0bd1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clipboard-win"
+version = "4.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7191c27c2357d9b7ef96baac1773290d4ca63b24205b82a3fd8a0637afcf0362"
+dependencies = [
+ "error-code",
+ "str-buf",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "codepage"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -889,7 +924,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "cfg-if",
  "crossbeam-utils",
- "memoffset",
+ "memoffset 0.9.0",
  "scopeguard",
 ]
 
@@ -1004,7 +1039,7 @@ version = "3.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "82e95fbd621905b854affdc67943b043a0fbb6ed7385fd5a25650d19a8a6cfdf"
 dependencies = [
- "nix",
+ "nix 0.27.1",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
@@ -1030,6 +1065,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "powerfmt",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "derive-new"
+version = "0.5.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3418329ca0ad70234b9735dc4ceed10af4df60eff9c8e7b06cb5e520d92c3535"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_more"
 version = "0.99.17"
@@ -1096,6 +1142,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dlib"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "330c60081dcc4c72131f8eb70510f1ac07223e5d4163db481a04a0befcffa412"
+dependencies = [
+ "libloading",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dlv-list"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -1111,6 +1166,12 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fea41bba32d969b513997752735605054bc0dfa92b4c56bf1189f2e174be7a10"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "downcast-rs"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9ea835d29036a4087793836fa931b08837ad5e957da9e23886b29586fb9b6650"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dtoa"
 version = "1.0.9"
@@ -1234,6 +1295,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "error-code"
+version = "2.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "64f18991e7bf11e7ffee451b5318b5c1a73c52d0d0ada6e5a3017c8c1ced6a21"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "str-buf",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ethnum"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -1315,6 +1386,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fixedbitset"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ce7134b9999ecaf8bcd65542e436736ef32ddca1b3e06094cb6ec5755203b80"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
 version = "1.0.28"
@@ -1518,6 +1595,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gethostname"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb65d4ba3173c56a500b555b532f72c42e8d1fe64962b518897f8959fae2c177"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.11"
@@ -2364,6 +2451,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memoffset"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5de893c32cde5f383baa4c04c5d6dbdd735cfd4a794b0debdb2bb1b421da5ff4"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memoffset"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -2519,6 +2615,19 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e4a24736216ec316047a1fc4252e27dabb04218aa4a3f37c6e7ddbf1f9782b54"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.26.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "598beaf3cc6fdd9a5dfb1630c2800c7acd31df7aaf0f565796fba2b53ca1af1b"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "memoffset 0.7.1",
+ "pin-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.27.1"
@@ -2601,7 +2710,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "miette",
  "mimalloc",
- "nix",
+ "nix 0.27.1",
  "nu-ansi-term",
  "nu-cli",
  "nu-cmd-base",
@@ -2808,7 +2917,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime_guess",
  "mockito",
  "native-tls",
- "nix",
+ "nix 0.27.1",
  "notify-debouncer-full",
  "nu-ansi-term",
  "nu-cmd-base",
@@ -2836,7 +2945,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
  "print-positions",
  "procfs",
- "quick-xml",
+ "quick-xml 0.31.0",
  "quickcheck",
  "quickcheck_macros",
  "rand",
@@ -3033,7 +3142,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libproc",
  "log",
  "mach2",
- "nix",
+ "nix 0.27.1",
  "ntapi",
  "once_cell",
  "procfs",
@@ -3318,6 +3427,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "malloc_buf",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "objc-foundation"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1add1b659e36c9607c7aab864a76c7a4c2760cd0cd2e120f3fb8b952c7e22bf9"
+dependencies = [
+ "block",
+ "objc",
+ "objc_id",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc_id"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c92d4ddb4bd7b50d730c215ff871754d0da6b2178849f8a2a2ab69712d0c073b"
+dependencies = [
+ "objc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.32.1"
@@ -3575,6 +3704,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "petgraph"
+version = "0.6.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1d3afd2628e69da2be385eb6f2fd57c8ac7977ceeff6dc166ff1657b0e386a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "fixedbitset",
+ "indexmap",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "phf"
 version = "0.10.1"
@@ -4222,6 +4361,15 @@ version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a993555f31e5a609f617c12db6250dedcac1b0a85076912c436e6fc9b2c8e6a3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quick-xml"
+version = "0.30.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eff6510e86862b57b210fd8cbe8ed3f0d7d600b9c2863cd4549a2e033c66e956"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
 version = "0.31.0"
@@ -4369,8 +4517,9 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "reedline"
 version = "0.28.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/nushell/reedline.git?branch=main#dc27ed8ff4746386489dc25f70ea5aa613f540c0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/nushell/reedline?branch=main#2f3eb3e82f30ce3b1bb3f2b826071ec8cc278687"
 dependencies = [
+ "arboard",
  "chrono",
  "crossterm",
  "fd-lock",
@@ -4665,6 +4814,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scoped-tls"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1cf6437eb19a8f4a6cc0f7dca544973b0b78843adbfeb3683d1a94a0024a294"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -5063,6 +5218,12 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "str-buf"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e08d8363704e6c71fc928674353e6b7c23dcea9d82d7012c8faf2a3a025f8d0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "str_indices"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -5600,6 +5761,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows 0.44.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tree_magic_mini"
+version = "3.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "91adfd0607cacf6e4babdb870e9bec4037c1c4b151cfd279ccefc5e0c7feaa6d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytecount",
+ "fnv",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "nom",
+ "once_cell",
+ "petgraph",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "try-lock"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -5836,7 +6011,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dunce",
  "glob",
  "libc",
- "nix",
+ "nix 0.27.1",
  "once_cell",
  "os_display",
  "uucore_procs",
@@ -6036,6 +6211,79 @@ dependencies = [
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-backend"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "19152ddd73f45f024ed4534d9ca2594e0ef252c1847695255dae47f34df9fbe4"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "downcast-rs",
+ "nix 0.26.4",
+ "scoped-tls",
+ "smallvec",
+ "wayland-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-client"
+version = "0.31.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ca7d52347346f5473bf2f56705f360e8440873052e575e55890c4fa57843ed3"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "nix 0.26.4",
+ "wayland-backend",
+ "wayland-scanner",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-protocols"
+version = "0.31.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e253d7107ba913923dc253967f35e8561a3c65f914543e46843c88ddd729e21c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "wayland-backend",
+ "wayland-client",
+ "wayland-scanner",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-protocols-wlr"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad1f61b76b6c2d8742e10f9ba5c3737f6530b4c243132c2a2ccc8aa96fe25cd6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "wayland-backend",
+ "wayland-client",
+ "wayland-protocols",
+ "wayland-scanner",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-scanner"
+version = "0.31.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fb8e28403665c9f9513202b7e1ed71ec56fde5c107816843fb14057910b2c09c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quick-xml 0.30.0",
+ "quote",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-sys"
+version = "0.31.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "15a0c8eaff5216d07f226cb7a549159267f3467b289d9a2e52fd3ef5aae2b7af"
+dependencies = [
+ "dlib",
+ "log",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "web-sys"
 version = "0.3.66"
@@ -6105,6 +6353,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-wsapoll"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44c17110f57155602a80dca10be03852116403c9ff3cd25b079d666f2aa3df6e"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -6375,6 +6632,48 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wl-clipboard-rs"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57af79e973eadf08627115c73847392e6b766856ab8e3844a59245354b23d2fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "derive-new",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "nix 0.26.4",
+ "os_pipe",
+ "tempfile",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tree_magic_mini",
+ "wayland-backend",
+ "wayland-client",
+ "wayland-protocols",
+ "wayland-protocols-wlr",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "x11rb"
+version = "0.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b1641b26d4dec61337c35a1b1aaf9e3cba8f46f0b43636c609ab0291a648040a"
+dependencies = [
+ "gethostname",
+ "nix 0.26.4",
+ "winapi",
+ "winapi-wsapoll",
+ "x11rb-protocol",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "x11rb-protocol"
+version = "0.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "82d6c3f9a0fb6701fab8f6cea9b0c0bd5d6876f1f89f7fada07e558077c344bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "nix 0.26.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "xattr"
 version = "1.0.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 363d6f0e61..cec40c98a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ nu-cli = { path = "./crates/nu-cli", version = "0.89.1" }
 nu-color-config = { path = "./crates/nu-color-config", version = "0.89.1" }
 nu-cmd-base = { path = "./crates/nu-cmd-base", version = "0.89.1" }
 nu-cmd-lang = { path = "./crates/nu-cmd-lang", version = "0.89.1" }
-nu-cmd-dataframe = { path = "./crates/nu-cmd-dataframe", version = "0.89.1", features = ["dataframe"], optional = true }
+nu-cmd-dataframe = { path = "./crates/nu-cmd-dataframe", version = "0.89.1", features = [
+	"dataframe",
+], optional = true }
 nu-cmd-extra = { path = "./crates/nu-cmd-extra", version = "0.89.1", optional = true }
 nu-command = { path = "./crates/nu-command", version = "0.89.1" }
 nu-engine = { path = "./crates/nu-engine", version = "0.89.1" }
@@ -120,7 +122,16 @@ plugin = [
 	"nu-protocol/plugin",
 	"nu-engine/plugin",
 ]
-default = ["plugin", "which-support", "trash-support", "sqlite", "mimalloc"]
+default = ["default-no-clipboard", "system-clipboard"]
+# Enables convenient omitting of the system-clipboard feature, as it leads to problems in ci on linux
+# See https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/11535
+default-no-clipboard = [
+	"plugin",
+	"which-support",
+	"trash-support",
+	"sqlite",
+	"mimalloc",
+]
 stable = ["default"]
 wasi = ["nu-cmd-lang/wasi"]
 # NOTE: individual features are also passed to `nu-cmd-lang` that uses them to generate the feature matrix in the `version` command
@@ -130,6 +141,7 @@ wasi = ["nu-cmd-lang/wasi"]
 static-link-openssl = ["dep:openssl", "nu-cmd-lang/static-link-openssl"]
 
 mimalloc = ["nu-cmd-lang/mimalloc", "dep:mimalloc"]
+system-clipboard = ["reedline/system_clipboard"]
 
 # Stable (Default)
 which-support = ["nu-command/which-support", "nu-cmd-lang/which-support"]
@@ -172,7 +184,7 @@ bench = false
 # To use a development version of a dependency please use a global override here
 # changing versions in each sub-crate of the workspace is tedious
 [patch.crates-io]
-reedline = { git = "https://github.com/nushell/reedline.git", branch = "main" }
+reedline = { git = "https://github.com/nushell/reedline", branch = "main" }
 # nu-ansi-term = {git = "https://github.com/nushell/nu-ansi-term.git", branch = "main"}
 # uu_cp = { git = "https://github.com/uutils/coreutils.git", branch = "main" }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/reedline_config.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/reedline_config.rs
index efd54d597d..9ab6f4a138 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/reedline_config.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/reedline_config.rs
@@ -861,22 +861,82 @@ fn edit_from_record(
     span: Span,
 ) -> Result<EditCommand, ShellError> {
     let edit = match name {
-        "movetostart" => EditCommand::MoveToStart,
-        "movetolinestart" => EditCommand::MoveToLineStart,
-        "movetoend" => EditCommand::MoveToEnd,
-        "movetolineend" => EditCommand::MoveToLineEnd,
-        "moveleft" => EditCommand::MoveLeft,
-        "moveright" => EditCommand::MoveRight,
-        "movewordleft" => EditCommand::MoveWordLeft,
-        "movebigwordleft" => EditCommand::MoveBigWordLeft,
-        "movewordright" => EditCommand::MoveWordRight,
-        "movewordrightend" => EditCommand::MoveWordRightEnd,
-        "movebigwordrightend" => EditCommand::MoveBigWordRightEnd,
-        "movewordrightstart" => EditCommand::MoveWordRightStart,
-        "movebigwordrightstart" => EditCommand::MoveBigWordRightStart,
+        "movetostart" => EditCommand::MoveToStart {
+            select: extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false),
+        },
+        "movetolinestart" => EditCommand::MoveToLineStart {
+            select: extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false),
+        },
+
+        "movetoend" => EditCommand::MoveToEnd {
+            select: extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false),
+        },
+        "movetolineend" => EditCommand::MoveToLineEnd {
+            select: extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false),
+        },
+        "moveleft" => EditCommand::MoveLeft {
+            select: extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false),
+        },
+        "moveright" => EditCommand::MoveRight {
+            select: extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false),
+        },
+        "movewordleft" => EditCommand::MoveWordLeft {
+            select: extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false),
+        },
+        "movebigwordleft" => EditCommand::MoveBigWordLeft {
+            select: extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false),
+        },
+        "movewordright" => EditCommand::MoveWordRight {
+            select: extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false),
+        },
+        "movewordrightend" => EditCommand::MoveWordRightEnd {
+            select: extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false),
+        },
+        "movebigwordrightend" => EditCommand::MoveBigWordRightEnd {
+            select: extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false),
+        },
+        "movewordrightstart" => EditCommand::MoveWordRightStart {
+            select: extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false),
+        },
+        "movebigwordrightstart" => EditCommand::MoveBigWordRightStart {
+            select: extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false),
+        },
         "movetoposition" => {
             let value = extract_value("value", record, span)?;
-            EditCommand::MoveToPosition(value.as_int()? as usize)
+            let select = extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false);
+
+            EditCommand::MoveToPosition {
+                position: value.as_int()? as usize,
+                select,
+            }
         }
         "insertchar" => {
             let value = extract_value("value", record, span)?;
@@ -928,12 +988,18 @@ fn edit_from_record(
         "moverightuntil" => {
             let value = extract_value("value", record, span)?;
             let char = extract_char(value, config)?;
-            EditCommand::MoveRightUntil(char)
+            let select = extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false);
+            EditCommand::MoveRightUntil { c: char, select }
         }
         "moverightbefore" => {
             let value = extract_value("value", record, span)?;
             let char = extract_char(value, config)?;
-            EditCommand::MoveRightBefore(char)
+            let select = extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false);
+            EditCommand::MoveRightBefore { c: char, select }
         }
         "cutleftuntil" => {
             let value = extract_value("value", record, span)?;
@@ -948,14 +1014,23 @@ fn edit_from_record(
         "moveleftuntil" => {
             let value = extract_value("value", record, span)?;
             let char = extract_char(value, config)?;
-            EditCommand::MoveLeftUntil(char)
+            let select = extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false);
+            EditCommand::MoveLeftUntil { c: char, select }
         }
         "moveleftbefore" => {
             let value = extract_value("value", record, span)?;
             let char = extract_char(value, config)?;
-            EditCommand::MoveLeftBefore(char)
+            let select = extract_value("select", record, span)
+                .and_then(|value| value.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false);
+            EditCommand::MoveLeftBefore { c: char, select }
         }
         "complete" => EditCommand::Complete,
+        "cutselection" => EditCommand::CutSelection,
+        "copyselection" => EditCommand::CopySelection,
+        "selectall" => EditCommand::SelectAll,
         e => {
             return Err(ShellError::UnsupportedConfigValue {
                 expected: "reedline EditCommand".to_string(),
@@ -1109,4 +1184,57 @@ mod test {
         let b = EventType::try_from_record(&event, span);
         assert!(matches!(b, Err(ShellError::MissingConfigValue { .. })));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_move_without_optional_select() {
+        let event = record! {
+            "edit" => Value::test_string("moveleft")
+        };
+        let event = Value::test_record(event);
+        let config = Config::default();
+
+        let parsed_event = parse_event(&event, &config).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            parsed_event,
+            Some(ReedlineEvent::Edit(vec![EditCommand::MoveLeft {
+                select: false
+            }]))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_move_with_select_false() {
+        let event = record! {
+            "edit" => Value::test_string("moveleft"),
+            "select" => Value::test_bool(false)
+        };
+        let event = Value::test_record(event);
+        let config = Config::default();
+
+        let parsed_event = parse_event(&event, &config).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            parsed_event,
+            Some(ReedlineEvent::Edit(vec![EditCommand::MoveLeft {
+                select: false
+            }]))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_move_with_select_true() {
+        let event = record! {
+            "edit" => Value::test_string("moveleft"),
+            "select" => Value::test_bool(true)
+        };
+        let event = Value::test_record(event);
+        let config = Config::default();
+
+        let parsed_event = parse_event(&event, &config).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            parsed_event,
+            Some(ReedlineEvent::Edit(vec![EditCommand::MoveLeft {
+                select: true
+            }]))
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/repl.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/repl.rs
index b93eb406bc..c4d04bf3dc 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/repl.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/repl.rs
@@ -657,7 +657,10 @@ pub fn evaluate_repl(
                 line_editor.run_edit_commands(&[
                     EditCommand::Clear,
                     EditCommand::InsertString(repl.buffer.to_string()),
-                    EditCommand::MoveToPosition(repl.cursor_pos),
+                    EditCommand::MoveToPosition {
+                        position: repl.cursor_pos,
+                        select: false,
+                    },
                 ]);
                 repl.buffer = "".to_string();
                 repl.cursor_pos = 0;
diff --git a/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu b/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
index b12057d635..4af77b6d8a 100644
--- a/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
@@ -760,5 +760,33 @@ $env.config = {
             mode: emacs
             event: {edit: capitalizechar}
         }
+        {
+            name: copy_selection
+            modifier: control_shift
+            keycode: char_c
+            mode: emacs
+            event: { edit: copyselection }
+        }
+        {
+            name: cut_selection
+            modifier: control_shift
+            keycode: char_x
+            mode: emacs
+            event: { edit: cutselection }
+        }
+        {
+            name: select_all
+            modifier: control_shift
+            keycode: char_a
+            mode: emacs
+            event: { edit: selectall }
+        }
+        {
+            name: paste
+            modifier: control_shift
+            keycode: char_v
+            mode: emacs
+            event: { edit: pastecutbufferbefore }
+        }
     ]
 }