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    • Tolken Sak
      Tolken Sak last edited by

      Please, make a function that select the word under the cursor. Many other editors already have this function.

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      • Alan Kilborn
        Alan Kilborn @Tolken Sak last edited by

        @Tolken-Sak

        Ummm…double click the word with the mouse?

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        • Alan Kilborn
          Alan Kilborn @Tolken Sak last edited by

          @Tolken-Sak

          But if you are looking for something that can select the current word via a keycombination, I think that Notepad++ alone cannot do it. But you can do it via scripting. Let us know if you need that type of solution.

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          • guy038
            guy038 last edited by guy038

            Hello, @tolken-sak, @alan-kilborn and All,

            In order to select the current word, where cursor is located inside, you have to produce these two shortcuts, successively :

            • Ctrl + Left Arrow

            • Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow

            Now, to get a single shortcut, for that selection, just create a macro, which will be executed by a user shortcut !

            Best Regards,

            guy038

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            • Alan Kilborn
              Alan Kilborn @guy038 last edited by

              @guy038 said:

              where cursor is located inside

              It’s actually the “caret”, but no matter… :)

              So inside is rather key. I found that if you are right at the start of a word, this macro will select the word to the left of the desired word. Oh, well, nothing is perfect. :)

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              • PeterJones
                PeterJones last edited by

                Looking at the Scintilla documentation, there’s SCI_MULTIPLESELECTADDNEXT, which says “If the current selection is empty then select word around caret”. Unfortunately, that’s not in the Settings > Shortcut Mapper > Scintilla Commands list. Looking at the Scintilla History, that command was added in Scintilla 3.5.7, but Notepad++ uses Scintilla 3.5.6: if Don had done one more update, that command could have been in the Shortcut Mapper. Sigh.

                But @guy038’s macro-suggestion should be workable for you.

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