Visual Studio 2010 shortcut to select word / expression / line / section / method?

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Published on 2010-05-07T08:38:34Z Indexed on 2010/05/17 7:50 UTC
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There is a shortcut Ctrl+Shift+W to select the entire word at the current cursor position.

Is there a similar shortcut that keeps expanding the selected region every time I apply it?

I mean, is there a shortcut which

  • selects the word when applied once (same as Ctrl+Shift+W) and
  • selects the entire line when applied twice in a row and
  • selects the entire block when applied three times etc.,

i.e. keeps expanding the selected region step by step?

I remember seeing such a shortcut, but I don't remember whether it was for Visual Studio or some other editor.

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