#33 Selection Extending & Shrinking

Press Alt+Up (Ctrl+W on Windows/Linux) to extend the selection from the cursor’s location to the encompassing code contexts.

From the example above, the selections being made are as follows:

1. Variable name (excluding ‘$’)
2. Variable element (including ‘$’)
3. Expression
4. Line
5. Foreach body
6. Foreach block
7. If body
8. If block
9. Method body
10. Method block
11. Class body
12. Class block
13. File contents

Press Alt+Down (Ctrl+Shift+W) to shrink the selection.

Further Reading

• Selecting Text in the Editor