Is there a keyboard shortcut to select current word?

Question

In JetBrains PhpStorm, what is the keyboard shortcut to select the current word? (I mean the word where the cursor is)

Answer 1

Yes there is but it's different from one IDE to another, And here are 3 examples:

• SublimeText: Selection -> Expand Selection to Word (The shortcut will be shown next to it according to your OS)
• PhpStorm: Edit -> Extend Selection (The shortcut will be shown next to it according to your OS)
  • MAC Extended Selection Shortcut: ⌥ + ↑
  • MAC Shrink Selection Shortcut: ⌥ + ↓
    
  • MAC Select all occurrences: ˄ + Command + G
• Visual Studio Code: Selection -> Add Next Occurrence (The shortcut will be shown next to it according to your OS)
  • MAC Add Next Occurrence: Command + D
  • MAC Select All Occurrences: Shift + Command + L

Answer 2

Ctrl + W selects the current word.

Answer 3

^+G it should work across all JetBrains IDEs

Answer 4

If you have CamelHumps enabled, Alt + J will be your friend.

Answer 5

to select the current word in Php storm (if you're using Windows) you can use ctrl+j

you can change it from: setting → keymap → click the search icon next to the search filed(search by keyboard shortcuts) → type ctrl+j → find "Add Selection for Next Occurrence" and change the keyboard shortcut of that as you want

Answer 6

For the people that comes here in search of a way to just delete the word you are in the middle of, you can use ctrl+del+backspace (combining the two shortcuts ctrl+del / ctrl+backspace).

This deletes from the cursor to the beginning of the word (ctrl+ backspace) and then from the cursor to the end of the word (ctrl+del).

Answer 7

On Linux. Select next word: Ctrl+Alt+J Select all occurrences of word: Shift+Ctrl+Alt+J