Have ctrl+click work the same way as in Visual Studio

[xingzhuo1983]

we use dblclick LBtn to select a word, but using ctrl +LBtn is a good way,
in vs studio we could do the following:

1. basic: press ctrl and click a word, the word is selected.
2. advanced: when a word is selected , press ctrl+shift and select another word, so we could select from the start of the first word to the end of the last word
   3.advanced: with ctrl down, we clicked a word, don't release the LBtn, move the mouse to some where in the middle of the next word , the whole next word will be selected. this is the same effect as the "ctrl + right"

[alexdima]

Related: #3130

[RcSepp]

I agree. This is one of the best features of the Visual Studio IDE.
With this feature you can copy-and-replace text faster than typing it into the find/replace window, just by holding down Control and typing Left-Click, C (on the word to copy), Left-Click, V (on the first word to replace), Left-Click, V (on the second word to replace), ...

Please add the option to bind Goto-Definition to F12 (like in Visual Studio) and Control-LeftClick to SelectWord (as requested by xingzhuo1983).

[dougbenham]

https://github.com/dougbenham/CtrlClick

[RcSepp]

The fact that people are willing to install a keyboard hook to replicate this behavior should be considered a strong upvote.

[jjblodgett]

https://github.com/dougbenham/CtrlClick

@dougbenham That's a great start! The only functional step towards a solution I've seen in the 5 or 6 years we've been waiting for this feature in VS. The only thing I noticed right away is that it works great with single words but if I need to do a phrase, I don't see a way to CTRL+click and drag to select multiple words. Any chance that's an easy adjustment or am I missing a way to do that currently?

[dougbenham]

@jjblodgett A new release is added that might fix that functionality for you.