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how to select whole word under cursor by hotkey in visual studio?

moeen kamali 1 Reputation point
2021-09-04T18:52:06.78+00:00

i know i can use arrow keys with ctrl and shift to select the word but is there any way to select it directly?

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  1. Castorix31 90,686 Reputation points
    2021-09-04T19:27:35.373+00:00

    I have [Ctrl + W] by default :

    129270-selectcurrentword.jpg

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  2. Karen Payne MVP 35,586 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-09-05T12:10:35.473+00:00

    The key combination is dependent on the keyboard schema as per @Castorix31

    I prefer CTRL+SHIFT+W

    129335-selecttoken.gif

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