Is there a shortcut for selecting word under cursor in Sublime Text, Atom

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firedev picture firedev · Jul 29, 2012 · Viewed 37.2k times · Source

Is there a shortcut or a command to select word under cursor in Sublime Text or Atom? I want a replacement for double-click. So I could press shortcut instead and get selection on a current word and start typing to replace it or get in quotes etc...

Answer

BoundinCode picture BoundinCode · Jul 29, 2012

command+d on OSX

control+d on Windows/Linux

You can find all the default keybindings by going to Preferences > Keybindings - Default and perusing the list.

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