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rossoneri
rossoneri

Reputation: 528

VS Code 'Select word at caret' shortcut like in WebStorm IDE

WebStorm IDE has a very useful shortcut for selecting text by combination Ctrl + W;

It easy to put cursor for example to one of the arguments in function and press combination twice for select all arguments, first press will select one argument, second - all. And then if you press again, IDE will select all function.

function foo(a, b, c) {}

Summarise, selection increases depending on number of presses shortcut.

VS Code has shortcut Ctrl+D which can select only one argument.

Does anyone know how to add smart selection like in WebStorm to VS Code?

Upvotes: 17

Views: 9176

Answers (3)

Watersdr
Watersdr

Reputation: 321

As a comment suggested I tried out https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=k--kato.intellij-idea-keybindings

However, the only real bind that I wanted was the grow and shrink selection commands. That extension will overwrite a lot of the default VScode keybinds. To get just the grow and shrink selections, edit your keybindings.json file adding the following lines:

{
  "key": "ctrl+w",                
  "command": "editor.action.smartSelect.grow",
  "when": "editorTextFocus" 
},
{
  "key": "ctrl+shift+w",
  "command": "editor.action.smartSelect.shrink",
  "when": "editorTextFocus"
}

*edit: Using version 1.26.1

Upvotes: 22

Rob Lourens
Rob Lourens

Reputation: 16089

This is possible without an extension with the command "Expand select", editor.action.smartSelect.grow, which by default is "ctrl+shift+cmd+right"

Upvotes: 24

gotomanners
gotomanners

Reputation: 7906

This is not supported natively but is possible via extensions.

For example the Hot Commands extension

Edit.IncreaseSelection

Expands the current text selection by one level (ie. next largest code block level) Ctrl+{, Ctrl+}

Edit.DecreaseSelection

Shrinks the current text selection by one level (ie. next smallest code block level) Ctrl+{, Ctrl+{

More suggestions in this previously answered question

Upvotes: -2

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