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select-better

echumley

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Quickly select smarter text blocks (URLs, emails, variables) in VSCode.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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🧠 Select Better

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Select smarter, not harder.

Select Better is a lightweight Visual Studio Code extension that allows you to quickly select intelligent text ranges under your cursor — including:

  • ✅ Full URLs (with or without Markdown wrapping)
  • ✅ Emails
  • ✅ Localhost URLs and IPs (e.g., http://localhost:3000)
  • ✅ Extended variable names (some_variable-name)
  • ✅ Fallback to normal word selection when nothing matches

🚀 Features

  • 🔍 One shortcut to rule them all
  • 🎯 Detects and highlights the entire semantic unit under your cursor
  • 🧠 Automatically trims trailing punctuation from Markdown or inline links
  • 💻 Lightweight and fast — no dependencies or heavy tooling

✨ Usage

  1. Move your cursor into or onto:
    • A URL like https://github.com/user/repo)
    • An email like someone@example.com
    • A variable like some-variable_name
  2. Press the keyboard shortcut:
    • Mac: Ctrl + Option + Shift + U
    • Windows/Linux: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + U
  3. The full match will be selected automatically

🛠️ Customization

You can change the keyboard shortcut by editing your keybindings in VSCode:

{
  "key": "cmd+option+shift+u",
  "command": "select-better.selectedExtendedWord",
  "when": "editorTextFocus"
}

Note: This README was generated using AI. I'm not good at making these look good, so enjoy.

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