Equivalent of Ctrl-W for IntelliJ Mac

Question

The cheatsheet says that for expanding selection I should use Ctrl-Up, but it doesn\'t work for me on the latest intelliJ, with Mac OS X 10.7.4

What is the

Answer 1

It's called now Extend selection, as mentioned before by default AltUp.

IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1 (Ultimate Edition), Build #IU-191.6183.87
macOS Mojave 10.14.3

Answer 2

Select word: option+Up arrow

(IntelliJ IDEA 2016.2.3 on macOS Sierra 10.12)

Answer 3

Depends on Preferences | Keymap. The action is called Select Word at Caret.

• Mac OS X keymap: CmdW (Cmd=Meta)
• Mac OS X 10.5+ keymap: AltUp (Alt=Option=⌥)

Answer 4

To get all functional you can bind 2 action into Keymap[Editor Actions]:

1. "Extend Selection" cmd+w [make more selected]
2. "Shrink Selection" cmd+shift+w [make less selected]