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[weeksatinsead]

This is more a question, probably, than a feature request.

I am looking for a way to be able to check or lookup the word under the cursor without having to select it first.

Maybe, though, I am just missing something. Is there a keyboard shortcut in OS X to select the current word (in other words to simulate a doubleclick of the word containing the cursor)?

As it is, what I am doing is taking my hands off the keyboard to doubleclick the word and then going back to the keyboard to hit Ctl-Cmd-K or L or whatever. I'd like a way to do that more easily.

Cheers,
John

[Evan Gross]

weeksatinsead, on Apr 12 2004, 12:12 PM, said:

This is more a question, probably, than a feature request.

I am looking for a way to be able to check or lookup the word under the cursor without having to select it first.

Maybe, though, I am just missing something.  Is there a keyboard shortcut in OS X to select the current word (in other words to simulate a doubleclick of the word containing the cursor)?

As it is, what I am doing is taking my hands off the keyboard to doubleclick the word and then going back to the keyboard to hit Ctl-Cmd-K or L or whatever.  I'd like a way to do that more easily.

Cheers,
John

Interesting idea - there is no way to do this currently (although there are standard Mac OS keyboard shortcuts available in most text editing views to select a word - command-option-right arrow will generally extend the selection to the right by one word), but it may well be possible in those apps that support the Text Services Manager properly. I'll keep it in mind.

Meanwhile, see if there's a standard Mac OS keyboard shortcut that can help for now.

[weeksatinsead]

In case anyone is curious, anyone who uses QuicKeys, at least. I found a QuicKeys solution to this, setting up a HotKey for the sequence: "Option left, Shift-option Right, Command-control-k". It works great.

John