Select Word

A custom key action that selects the word nearest the editing caret.

Add desired shortcut for external keyboard use.

Steps

script

var text = editor.getText()
var selRange = editor.getSelectedRange()

var n = text.length

var i = selRange[0]
//var delim = /^[^\w]$/
var delim = /^[\s]$/

while (i > 0) {
  if (delim.test(text[i - 1]))
    break

  --i
}

var j = selRange[0]+selRange[1]

while (j < n) {
  if (delim.test(text[j]))
    break
  ++j
}

if (j-i)
  editor.setSelectedRange(i, j-i)
/*else if (i)
  editor.setSelectedRange(i-1, 1)
else 
  editor.setSelectedRange(0, 1)*/

Options

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Action

Select Word (Key)

Select Word

Steps

script

Options