Better text selection using keyboard (accidentally selecting full paragraph)

[qualquertipo]

I often want to select parts of text from a paragraph and end up selecting the entire paragraph instead (or even entire nested paragraphs/trees).

Doing one more SHIFT+ DOWN would result in the entire paragraph being selected, like this:

I know I could use CTRL+RIGHT a few times until the remaining text is selected, but that’s awkward.

Maybe have SHIFT+DOWN select the text all the way to the end of a paragraph first, them only after the next SHIFT+DOWN have the full paragraph be selected? Same (inverted) for SHIFT+UP.

There is also some awkward behaviour when paragraphs/blocks are nested, with full trees being selected accidentally…

[qualquertipo]

This was implemented in latest release. Thanks! Is there a way to mark this as “done” or something?

Here’s a related post which I’d also like to be considered":

Ability to select/edit *partial* text across multiple blocks/paragraphs

I want to be able to select and edit text that partially spans two or more blocks. In the example below, I’d like to be able to select the text from “HERE” to “THERE”. Using either mouse or keyboard (SHIFT+DOWN/UP). [image] If I try doing it currently, as soon as the selection spans more than one block, all the involved blocks are fully selected. [image] I’d also expect (most) edit operations to work as much as possible as one would expect from a traditional text editor (whenever possible…