Lots of Squeak good stuff is on SqueakMap, ShrinkingSelection (which I
think does what you want) included. World menu, open, package loader.

BTW, alt-space picks the word you're inside, so that isn't lost.

Daniel

Jason Rogers <jacaetevha at fast-mail.org> wrote:
> Is there a changeset somewhere that makes Squeak's highlighting behavior
> through the SHIFT+<arrow> keys more normal.  If I CTRL+SHIFT+-> I get to
> the end of a word, then an immediate SHIFT+<- takes me back one
> character from where I started to the highlighting in the first place. 
> I know this probably has its benefits (like being able to select a whole
> word from within the word without using the mouse), however it's simply
> an annoyance to me.
> 
> If there isn't a changeset, where would I look to try to change it
> myself?  ParagraphEditor?  PluggableTextMorph?
> 
> FYI: I searched the Swiki but was not successful after about an hour
> (and a lot of "Oh, that sounds cool.  What's it all about?").
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --
> =jason