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Asked: 2026-05-11T15:19:57+00:00

ReSharper has a nice feature called extend selection: by pressing CTRL+W (I think this

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ReSharper has a nice feature called ‘extend selection’: by pressing CTRL+W (I think this is the default) repeatedly, you select more and more from your current caret location. First it’s a word, then more and more words, a line, inner then outer block of lines (for example an if-block), then a function, etc…

Basically, by pressing the key combination repeatedly, you can end up selecting the entire file. I’m sure at least some of you will be familiar with it.

I have just started learning all the intricacies of vim and I don’t have enough experience to see how something like this could be implemented in Vim (although I assume it’s possible). So my question is meant for Vim gurus out there: can this be done and how?

Update: a bit of a background story. I’ve been talking to my ex-boss about all the benefits of Vim, and he thinks it’s all great. His only question/problem was: does it have ‘extend selection’? My question so far has been no. So, if someone knows the answer, I’ll finally win a discussion 😛 (and maybe create a new Vim convert:-))

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  1. I had a quick go at this problem. It doesn’t work as is. Feel Free to make edits and post on the vim wiki or as a plugin if you get it refined.

    chances are you’d want to make a g:resharp_list for each language (eg. one for paranthesised languages, etc.)

    All that is needed is a marker for the original cursor position :he markers and a timeout autocommand that resets the index.

    'resharp emulator 'TODO this needs a marker 'also c-w is bad mapping as it has a lag with all the other- 'window mappings ' let g:resharp_index = 0  let g:resharp_select =  ['iw', 'is', 'ip', 'ggVG']  func! ResharpSelect()     if g:resharp_index >= len (g:resharp_select)         let g:resharp_index = 0     endif      exe 'norm \<esc>v' . g:resharp_select[g:resharp_index]     let g:resharp_index = g:resharp_index + 1 endfun  nnoremap <c-w>  :call ResharpSelect()<cr> vnoremap <c-w>  :call ResharpSelect()<cr>  'Something to reset on timeout. TODO this doesn't work au CursorHold :let g:resharp_index = 0<cr>
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