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Extended Selects

Vim-style text object selection for VS Code.

Usage

Run Extended Selects: Select Text Object from Command Palette (or bind Alt+S)
Type to filter text objects (e.g., ip for inner paragraph)
Press Enter to select

Or bind individual commands directly to keybindings.

Text Objects

ID	Shortcut	Description
inner/around-word	iw/aw	Word
inner/around-WORD	iW/aW	WORD (whitespace-delimited)
inner/around-paren	i(/a(	Parentheses `()`
inner/around-brace	i{/a{	Braces `{}`
inner/around-bracket	i[/a[	Brackets `[]`
inner/around-angle	i</a<	Angle brackets `<>`
inner/around-double-quote	i"/a"	Double quotes
inner/around-single-quote	i'/a'	Single quotes
inner/around-backtick	i`/a`	Backticks
inner/around-tag	it/at	HTML/XML tags
inner/around-paragraph	ip/ap	Paragraph
inner/around-argument	ia/aa	Function argument
inner/around-indent	ii/ai	Indent block
inner/around-entire	ie/ae	Entire document

Commands

extended-selects.select - Open QuickPick to select text object
extended-selects.select.<id> - Select specific text object directly

License

MIT