How to select the whole variable name including $ in Visual Studio Code in PHP?

Question

I am using the latest version of Visual Studio Code and I am using the PHP programming language. I am selecting a variable but it only selects the variable name, not the $ symbol.

By default it selects like this:

But I want it like this:

Is there any setting that enables this behavior?

Any information on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

The best way is to edit the VsCode settings.json and specify it for the PHP language. You can open it typing VsCode command:

Preferences: open settings (JSON)

And specify inside the "editor.wordSeparators" setting for your language removing the '$' symbol:

"[php]": {   "editor.wordSeparators": "`~!@#%^&*()-=+[{]}\\|;:'\",.<>/?" } 

Answer 2

You need to remove the $ symbol from the editor.wordSeparators directive. This is the default value:

// Characters that will be used as word separators when doing word related navigations or operations. "editor.wordSeparators": "`~!@#$%^&*()-=+[{]}\\|;:'\",.<>/?", 

You can make this language specific if you want, so it only applies to PHP.