ajaxorg/ace — Issue #598: add command to Extend/Shrink Selection
Author: nightwing
Created: 2011-12-31 18:59:37+00:00
State: open

some IDEs (e.g IntelliJ IDEA http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/code_assistance.html) allow to quickly select expressions with shortcut. By repeatedly pressing it, one can select the symbol at caret, then the closest expression that involves it, then the surrounding code block, and so on.

IntelliJ IDEA `Ctrl+W` to extend and `Ctrl+Shift+W` to shrink selection