Expanding select word function

[ctwinovalon]

In IntelliJ, you can use control-W to select the current word. But if you keep pressing it, it keeps expanding based on language scope, e.g., control-W selects the word in a string, control-W again selects the whole string, then the line, then the scope w/in braces, then the method, then the class, etc. Is there any way to replicate this in Helix? Not the key binding, the functionality.

[pascalkuthe]

a-o is similar. It expands to the parent tree-sitter node

[ctwinovalon]

Awesome! Thanks!

[David-Else]

This is such a massive feature, you may want to remap it to (what I consider) better keys:

[keys.normal]
"tab" = "expand_selection"
"S-tab" = "shrink_selection"

I think this is what VS Code did on smart select, but I forget now.

[rahil627]

o. my. goodness. i've been wanting this for a long time now!! i always thought x/X was supposed to do this, and couldn't figure out a macro for it... glad you asked! i actually even like the placement, (o)utside/(i)nside, is an important position (on qwerty). can also try it on mod-x/X.