Visual Studio 2010 shortcut to select word / expression / line / section / method?

There is a shortcut Ctrl + Shift + W to select the entire word at the current cursor position.

Is there a similar shortcut that keeps expanding the selected region every time I apply it?

I mean, is there a shortcut which

• selects the word when appl开发者_Go百科ied once (same as Ctrl + Shift + W) and
• selects the entire line when applied twice in a row and
• selects the entire block when applied three times etc.,

i.e. keeps expanding the selected region step by step?

I remember seeing such a shortcut, but I don't remember whether it was for Visual Studio or some other editor.

Solution for CodeRush

Finally, I figured it out: the shortcut is the numpad-plus key after installing CodeRush Express for Visual Studio.

_{Source: Stack Overflow → CodeRush Tricks of the Trade → Answer by moobaa}

Solution for ReSharper

Or if you use Resharper, it's the extend/shrink selection feature accessible via Ctrl+W.

_{Source: Jetbrains.com → extend/shrink documentation}

If you want to select a line or lines you can use the combination of ctrl + E then U. This combination also works for uncommenting a complete line or lines(and also for indentation). This combination looks somewhat strange to work with, but it will get habituated very soon :)

You can also use Ctrl + X to cut an entire line. Similarly, you can use Ctrl + C to copy an entire line. As long as you don't have anything selected, these commands will work on the entire line.

Out of the box ReSharper uses Ctrl+Alt+→ to extend the selection. Check the main menu under ReSharper | Edit | Extend Selection

It's not quite what you're looking for as it does Word, then block where block keeps getting bigger (e.g. method, class, etc).

My ReSharper keyboard shortcut was not set up to Ctrl + W.

The name for the command is ReSharper.Resharper_ExtendSelection.

I noticed this "Triple Click" VS2010 add-on last time I searched through the add-on gallery. It's not quite what you're looking for (ie. it's not a hotkey and it won't select a block), but at least it will make it so that triple-clicking will select a whole line. If you're extra-adventurous, it comes with source.. so you could potentially extend the functionality and/or make it a hotkey yourself.

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/2bbdc70c-32f7-4b69-8cff-d8190cae0cc7

Please refer to the Text Selection section of this document.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/da5kh0wa.aspx#editors

Write a macro (or record one):

Sub SelectLine()
    DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.EndOfLine()
    DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.StartOfLine(vsStartOfLineOptions.vsStartOfLineOptionsFirstColumn)
    DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.EndOfLine(True)
End Sub

Then bind it to whatever key you want in tools->options->environment->keyboard.

The only problem with this is it doesn't save the position of the cursor, which is mildly annoying.