Bug 419424

Summary:	[navigation] Double-click (with modifier key depressed) should select entire string including quotes
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Duncan Jones <eclipse>
Component:	Text	Assignee:	JDT-Text-Inbox <jdt-text-inbox>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P5	CC:	daniel_megert
Version:	4.4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Duncan Jones

2013-10-15 04:28:15 EDT

Currently, double-clicking on a string in the Java editor will select the word within the double quotes. It would be great if the editor made it easier to select the entire string (including double-quotes) when required.

This behaviour could be tied to a control key such as Alt, such that if the user double-clicks on the string with Alt depressed, the entire string is selected.

Examples of current behaviour when double-clicking (where "[]" indicates selection):

1. "[foo]"

2. "[foo]-bar" (or "foo-[bar]")

Examples of desired behaviour when double-clicking (when combined with modifier key):

1. ["foo"]

2. ["foo-bar"]

Comment 1 Dani Megert

2013-10-15 04:41:15 EDT

Note that Edit > Expand Selection To > Enclosing Element (Alt+Shift+Up) does exactly that.