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Dodi
Dodi

Reputation: 2269

Select current line in intellij

Is there any way to select the whole line at caret in IntelliJ 15? I know you can select the current word (ctl + w), go to beginning/end of line but I can't find a current line selection feature.

Upvotes: 82

Views: 86880

Answers (7)

Jordi
Jordi

Reputation: 2537

In IntelliJ's new UI the feature that allows selecting the whole row by clicking on the row number does not work by default, instead clicking on the row number adds a breakpoint.

To reenable this functionality you have to follow this procedure:

  1. Press Ctrl+Shift+A o Shift twice
  2. Type Breakpoints Over Line Numbers
  3. Disable

As described in https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/new-ui.html#gutter.

Upvotes: 4

garci560
garci560

Reputation: 3213

Simply hit

ctrl+c

Note that for this to select the whole line, you need to ensure that nothing is already selected; otherwise it'll work as an usual "copy" command.

Upvotes: 169

Torino
Torino

Reputation: 452

Not a keyboard feature, but nice to use: to select the whole row just click on row number on the left of the code.

In addition to that you can click and drag selection.

Moreover, you can doubleclick on the number of the first line of method which results selection of the whole method.

Upvotes: 4

SanjX
SanjX

Reputation: 1127

Go to the end of the line and hit Ctrl+W. If you'll hit Ctrl+W at the beginning of the line it will select only one word.

Upvotes: 4

JimHawkins
JimHawkins

Reputation: 5000

  1. move caret to line
  2. on Windows, press ctrl+shift+a . This popup appears, where you find Select Line at Caret
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  3. for quick access, you can specify a shortcut in Settings enter image description here

Upvotes: 34

cuppajoeman
cuppajoeman

Reputation: 337

If none of the above are working, I suggest using end and home keys in combination with shift allowing you to select lines quickly.

Upvotes: 8

Muath Alshehri
Muath Alshehri

Reputation: 129

I would like to also add the following from JetBrains website. Because, that what i was looking for here, but no one mentioned it.

1- To select text from the current caret position to the beginning/end of the current word:

Ctrl+Shift+Left, Ctrl+Shift+Right.

2- To select text from the caret position to the beginning/end of the current line:

Double-click Ctrl and press Home/End

3- To select text from the current caret position to the top/bottom of the screen:

Ctrl+Shift+Page Up, Ctrl+Shift+Page Down.

Upvotes: 12

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