VilJun 22, 2023
Gavin Nelson
I learned through a @rsms bug report that double click + drag to select text on macOS snaps the selection to full words and my life has not been the same since
Jun 22, 2023 at 7:27pmWeb
Show threadGavin NelsonJun 22, 2023
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Show threadBrad Dielman 🇺🇦Jun 22, 2023
@gn 🤯
Show threadFlorian PircherJun 22, 2023
@gn You can navigate word by word by holding down the Option key when using the left and right arrow keys. Hold down Shift and you get the same selection behavior, but with the keyboard. And triple-click-drag operates on paragraphs (or lines, in most code editors).
Show threadGavin NelsonJun 22, 2023
@florian this I knew, but the ability to do it with the mouse thorough double click was fun
Show threadFlorian PircherJun 22, 2023
@gn It is! Great to have you in the double-click-to-select-text-word-by-word club! 😄
Show threadDaveJun 22, 2023
@gn 🤯🤯🤯
Show threadSENTINELITEJun 22, 2023
@gn @rsms WOW. This is a pro-tip for sure! 👀
Show threadAndy LeeJun 22, 2023

@gn @rsms Ancient fundamentals of Mac text editing are why for years I kept triple-tapping on text in iOS expecting the whole paragraph to be selected. Because OBVIOUSLY. I see it works now, but I could swear it did not used to.

I also get a squirmy feeling when a text editor uses Command-E for other than the standard purpose.

Show threadBruno PhilipeJun 22, 2023
@gn @rsms triple-click + drag does the same but for paragraphs
Show threadAlex AkersJun 22, 2023
@brunoph @gn @rsms !!
Show threadGavin NelsonJun 22, 2023
@brunoph @rsms for some reason I knew this one, but not double click
Show threadMarc EdwardsJun 23, 2023
@brunoph Oh, snap! Yeah, it’s great! +@gn @rsms
Show threadBenjamin CarlssonJun 23, 2023
@gn @rsms Works on iOS too!
Show threadMarc EdwardsJun 23, 2023
@gn Triple click for paragraphs! I don’t know where this started, but I think Quark Xpress did it. 😀 +@rsms
Show threadHenrik NyhJun 23, 2023
@gn @rsms After trying this out I realised how intuitive it is – double-click selects a whole word, so this does that and then you just keep dragging. So clever.
Show threadJon KantroJun 23, 2023
@gn @rsms well this is a new one I never knew after 20 years of using OS X. 😅🥲