Using Intellij to select block between parentheses () or brackets [] or curly brackets {} either with keyboard or mouse

One of which is selecting blocks between {}, (), or [] or jumping between the opening/closing of a block.

Let’s assume you have cursor on itemA.

Ctrl+W -> selected:

itemA

Ctrl+W -> selected:

method2(itemA)

Ctrl+W -> selected:

item1, method2(itemA), item3,
                item4, item5

Ctrl+W -> selected:

method(item1, method2(itemA), item3,
                item4, item5)

And so on. After that it would select whole method, class etc.
Honestly this is the shortcut which I use most frequently. Unfortunately I sometimes try to use that in other applications – each web browser closes tab by pressing Ctrl+W 🙂

Another thing is:

  • Ctrl + {
  • Ctrl + }

It jumps to opening / closing bracket

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