A quick way to expand your current selection to include the next most significant element is to use the keystroke Alt-Shift-Up. Try placing your cursor in the middle of a word and hit Alt-Shift-Up. Your selection will expand to include the whole word. Say your word is a parameter in a method signature, hitting Alt-Shift-Up again will expand the selection to include the parameter’s type. Hitting it again will select the entire method. Neat, huh? As you might expect, there’s a corresponding Alt-Shift-Down to reduce the current selection as well.
Today’s tip:
Alt-Shift-Up/Down: expand/contract the current selection
