Expand selection doesnt honor editor.wordSeparators

[TobiaszCudnik]

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Steps to Reproduce:

1. Set editor.wordSeparators to "_"
2. Try to expand selection (alt+shift+right on linux) on "^a_b"

Expected: "^a$_b"
Result: "^a_b$"

[jrieken]

Yes - it's based on the tokinizer info and not on word info. The whole thing should be redone

[TobiaszCudnik]

Glad to hear that it's gonna be redone. Its one of the missing features for me after switching from webstorm.

[rozzzly]

I totally agree with Tobias, webstorm's selection grow is awesome and I miss it dearly. There are a few extensions on the marketplace expand upon vscode's native functionality, but even with them, its still interior to webstorm's implementation imho.

[jrieken]

Closing this as a dupe of #4795 which is also about improving/redoing word selection.